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UN human rights chief Volker Turk on March 4 called on China to implement recommendations to amend laws that violate fundamental rights, including in the Xinjiang and Tibet regions. Rights groups accuse Beijing of widespread abuses of Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority that numbers around 10...

Vietnam’s Communist Party leaders have issued a sweeping directive aimed at clamping down on civil society, including trade unions and labor activism, even as it pledges to uphold human rights at the United Nations, according to a rights watchdog. Among the many provisions of the order known as...

The US military on March 2 carried out its first airdrop of aid into Gaza, after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for food underlined the growing humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave after months of Israeli military operations. Other countries including Jordan and France have...

A bill seeking to repeal Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) was presented in the West African country's parliament on March 4 and will be discussed by lawmakers later this month. Former president Yahya Jammeh banned the practice in 2015 and introduced steep fines and jail sentences for...

The United Nations human rights chief has said that the apparent deliberate denial of safe access for humanitarian agencies within war-torn Sudan could amount to a war crime. “Sudan has become a living nightmare. Almost half of the population—25 million people—are in urgent need of food and medical...

The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa’s genocide case, Human Rights Watch said on February 26. Citing warnings about “catastrophic conditions” in Gaza, the court ordered Israel...

The Czech lower house on February 28 agreed to give more rights to same-sex couples in a civil partnership, but disappointed campaigners by stopping short of calling their union a marriage or allowing joint adoption. The Czech Republic allows same-sex couples to register their unions, but this...

Pakistani journalist and video blogger Asad Ali Toor was arrested by federal authorities on February 26 on charges of orchestrating a malicious campaign against the state and its officials, with the “objective to coerce, intimidate, and incite violence” against them through his social media...

Tens of thousands of Brazilians have rallied in support of former President Jair Bolsonaro amid a probe into allegations that he tried to orchestrate a coup following his election loss in 2022. Bolsonaro, who called the rally in Sao Paulo after being targeted by a police raid earlier this month...

The United States on February 28 pushed for the United Nations Security Council to take action to help end a nearly year-long conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The United States says the warring parties have committed war crimes and the RSF...