For the second time since the Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted, the US this week formally withdrew from the global pact following a 12-month mandatory period since President Donald Trump announced he would pull his country out on his first day in office in January 2025. Since then, the US has axed most […]
Bangladesh’s interim government must restore public trust by guaranteeing full respect for human rights and the rule of law in the fortnight ahead of next month’s national elections, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnes Callamard, said in an open letter to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, the country’s acting leader. The letter, sent ahead of the 12 February […]
In 2024, for the first time, the global average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, making rapid coordinated global climate action even more urgent. Instead of supporting a fast and just phase out of fossil fuels, US President Donald Trump is recklessly assaulting global efforts to combat climate change in five key ways, by: Withdrawing […]
Content warning: This story contains graphic stories of violence against women who give birth. Annick Nonohou Agani, 51, from Benin, is a midwife, jurist, and human rights activist. She founded the Network of Patient-Friendly Caregivers (Réseau des Soignants Amis des Patients) and coordinates an initiative to reduce obstetric and gynecological violence in French-speaking Africa. She […]
Click to expand Image Budapest mayor Gergely Karacsony, center, addresses participants at the Pride march in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 28, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo/Rudolf Karancsi This week, prosecutors filed criminal charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. They are seeking a criminal fine and proposing the case be […]
Click to expand Image Musician and opposition candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine during a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, October 1, 2019. © 2019 Sipa via AP Images (Nairobi) – Ugandan authorities have intensified attacks on the country’s main opposition party since presidential elections took place on January 15, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. […]
Click to expand Image A woman with her two daughters walks down a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 2024. © 2024 Nathalye Cotrino Villarreal/Human Rights Watch Sexual violence by criminal groups is not new in Haiti: Human Rights Watch has documented how criminal groups have used widespread sexual violence in recent years to terrorize communities and assert […]
Click to expand Image Villagers extinguish a fire that engulfed a house after a Myanmar military airstrike, Tabayin, Myanmar, November 13, 2025. © 2025 Swe Lin Tun/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Photo (Tokyo) – Myanmar’s military junta has committed widespread repression and abuse in every facet of life in the country since seizing power on February […]
A landslide in southern Sicily has homes balanced at the edge of a cliff following days of rain. Officials have said some people won’t be able to return to living in their homes.
Prosecutors in Hungary are moving against Budapest’s mayor, Gergely Karacsony, after last year’s Pride went ahead despite a police ban. The case is being handled without a court hearing and as elections approach.
