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UN report exposes systematic torture in Myanmar under military rule

The United Nations Independent Mechanism for Myanmar (IMM) has released a damning report detailing systematic torture and serious human rights violations carried out by the military government since its coup in 2021. The 16-page report reveals harrowing accounts of abuse in detention facilities, implicating......

Norway scrutinizes $2 trillion fund's Israeli investments over Gaza airstrikes

Norway’s government has directed its sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world valued at $2 trillion, to reevaluate its holdings in Israeli companies accused of complicity in human rights violations during the ongoing Gaza conflict. This move comes after reports linked some investments to......

US ramps up third-country deportations amid legal and human rights concerns

The United States has intensified its diplomatic efforts to deport migrants to third countries, targeting nations willing to accept individuals whose home countries refuse to repatriate them. Rwanda, Eswatini, and South Sudan are among the countries now cooperating with the U.S. on these controversial......

Norwegian pension fund cuts ties with firms supplying Israeli military

Norway’s largest public pension fund, KLP, has announced its decision to withdraw investments from two international firms Oshkosh Corporation and ThyssenKrupp over concerns that their products are being used by the Israeli military in Gaza. KLP stated that it acted after reviewing UN reports......

Israel accused of targeting medics and journalists in Gaza as violence escalates

Two weeks after a video of a young girl walking through flames at the bombed Fahmi al-Jarjawi school in Gaza captured the world’s attention, the rescuer who saved her and the journalist who filmed the scene have been killed in an Israeli airstrike. The June 9 attack on paramedics and journalists......

Netherlands calls for EU review of Israel's Gaza plans

Dutch foreign affairs minister Caspar Veldkamp has raised serious concerns regarding Israel's approach to the Gaza region, accusing the nation of violating human rights laws amid plans for permanent occupation. In a letter addressed to Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief,......

Trump administration's first 100 days: a troubling assault on human rights

The initial 100 days of Donald Trump’s second administration have been marked by a relentless series of actions that jeopardize, threaten, or undermine human rights both in the United States and abroad, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch. To shed light on the breadth and depth......

Algeria's responsibility for human rights violations in Tindouf

A Sahrawi human rights defender urged the international community on Thursday in Geneva to hold Algeria accountable for the human rights violations occurring in the Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria) and to end the impunity enjoyed by Polisario leaders. "We call on the international community......

Kidnapping crisis in Tindouf raises alarm over Sahrawi welfare

Recent reports have ignited serious concerns regarding the escalating incidents of kidnapping within the Algeria-controlled Tindouf camps. The Sahrawi Autonomy Support Forum (FORSATIN) has condemned the abduction of an elderly man, who appeared in a distressing video pleading for his son’s intervention. In......