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Brazil’s federal government on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Discord, Inc., accusing the messaging platform of violating national child protection laws. The Brazilian attorney general’s office, the Advocacia-Geral da Union (AGU), brought the lawsuit in the federal court seeking roughly R$500 million ($97 million) i
Amnesty International on Wednesday reported that Angolan individuals displaced by prolonged drought to Namibia face human rights abuses due to their lack of safe and legal status in the host country. Amnesty International released a report documenting the consequences of recurrent droughts in Angola and the impacts of
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Türkiye’s detention of Mehmet Osman Kavala since 2017 is unlawful in nature, finding that the country’s government has deprived him of his rights to free speech, peaceful assembly, fair trial, and liberty. A majority judges criticized the Turkish domestic courts
On August 24, 2026, the United States Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to put on hold a federal preliminary injunction blocking portions of President Trump’s executive directive concerning mail-in voting. In an unsigned per curiam opinion—Latin for “by the court”—the Court concluded th
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for the Chilean National Congress to reject a proposed constitutional amendment addressing “national security” questions being pushed by President José Antonio Kast. HRW charged that the amendment, supposedly aimed at fighting organized crime, would undermine due process and human r
Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the Belarusian authorities following reports of persecution, intimidation and systematic targeting of students and affiliates of the European Humanities University (EHU), actions which the organization said constitute violations of the right to freedom of expression and peacef
In a monumental win for Pakistan, a panel of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on Monday held that India must honor a nearly 70-year-old water treaty between the two nations. The court said that the treaty remains legally binding and that no party may unilaterally suspend or terminate it. The PCA ruled that Indi
A UN independent expert on Monday called for Tajikistan to enact freedom of information and whistleblower legislation, saying such laws are needed to protect public access to budget and debt information and participation in budget-making. She delivered preliminary observations in Dushanbe at the close of a 12-day offic
Human Rights Watch reported Monday that the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency, and Disclosure) Bill (FA Bill) proposed by Nigerian Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo allows the government to regulate and influence the goals and activities of independent organizations, leading to a deterioration in freedom of expression rig
UN experts on Friday urged member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to implement more stringent measures to safeguard the future of the Court after the latest string of sanctions by the United States targeting senior court officials, emphasizing that such sanctions threaten justice and only serve to embo
A UN committee on Friday warned that the Maasai Indigenous people in Tanzania are facing forced evictions and abuses at the hands of security forces, raising the alarm over escalating human rights violations. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urged Tanzania to “immediately halt the forced evi
The UN reported Thursday that the World Food Program (WFP) and its humanitarian partners had delivered food and essential supplies to more than 600,000 people in Gaza this month. However, agencies such as the WFP warn that severe hunger continues to worsen across the territory despite the ongoing relief efforts. The UN
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