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Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian … Read more: Rwanda-backed rebels committed possible war crimes, rights group says – ABC NewsContinue Reading

26 May 2025 — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an immediate end to the daily killings and destruction in Ukraine, … Read more: UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine after deadly weekend attacksContinue Reading

UN Document in English on Myanmar and 1 other country about Protection and Human Rights; published on 26 May 2025 by UN HRC. Read more: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/59/57 … – ReliefWebContinue Reading

Myanmar's spiralling human rights crisis – fuelled by relentless military violence, systemic impunity and economic collapse – has left civilians … Read more: UN warns of 'catastrophic' human rights crisis in Myanmar as violence and economic …Continue Reading

On 26 May 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) published a shadow report ahead of the review of Vietnam's fourth periodic (…) Read more: Vietnam: Report on the situation of civil and political rights – FIDHContinue Reading

Kurdish Sunni cleric Barzan Maleki was taken into custody on 26 May after being summoned to the Speical Clerical Court of Hamadan. Read more: Kurdish Sunni cleric arrested after court summons in Hamadan – KHRNContinue Reading

A series of events are being held in the types of troops, military units and formations, as well as special military educational institutions of … Read more: Azerbaijan Army holds events within “Human Rights Month” – AZERTACContinue Reading

Italy and Denmark have spearheaded a call for a "new interpretation" of the European Convention on Human Rights. Experts say it's a political move … Read more: Nine states urge migration law rethink at Europe's top court – DWContinue Reading

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved the Foreign Agents Law, which imposes arbitrary restrictions on the freedom and work of human … Read more: El Salvador deepens siege on civil society – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

Formal guidance on how organisations should implement the supreme court ruling on gender may not be fully signed off for months, officials and MPs … Read more: MPs fear UK equality watchdog may take months to sign off gender guidanceContinue Reading

VIENNA, 26 May 2025 (UN Information Service) – Pakistan signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from … Read more: Pakistan signs the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements …Continue Reading

Turkish authorities must immediately lift unlawful restrictions on the Saturday Mothers/People's protest at Istanbul's Galatasaray Square and … Read more: Türkiye: Thirty years of struggle for justice as the Saturday Mothers protesters mark a sombre …Continue Reading

The retrial follows appeal court reversals launched by the aforementioned six lawyers, and a Constitutional Court ruling that found violations of fair … Read more: Turkey : Selçuk Kozağaçlı and other ÇHD lawyers on trial once againContinue Reading

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Nils Muižnieks, published his first annual report in this position. Read more: "Belarus continues to live in the darkness of repression," UN Special Rapporteur saysContinue Reading