Human Rights

6/11/2026: The US is scheduled to appear in Geneva on November 10 for its Universal Periodic Review, the UN peer review process of every member state’s rights record. But  the Trump administration has declared that the US will not participate. Civil society organisations have submitted evidence of a dramatic worsening of the US government’s rights record over the past year, arguing that there should be no exemption from a process that applies to every UN member country.

Source: Human Rights Watch

6/11/2026: Tanzania’s High Court has sentenced the leader of the country's main opposition party to four years in prison. For years, the authorities have arbitrarily arrested and charged opposition figures for allegedly inciting protests and terrorism.

Source: Human Rights Watch

5/11/2026: Amnesty International has called on the international community not to accept the continued criminalization of legitimate activism as the new normal in Hong Kong. Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, the second national security conviction of the prominent activist.

Source: Amnesty International

4/11/2026: Human Rights Watch has called on the newly elected US Congress to prioritize respect and protection for human rights both within the United States and around the world. In recent years Congress has failed to implement adequate safeguards or oversight of the Trump administration.

Source: Human Rights Watch

3/11/2026: The Ethiopian Media Authority has announced that it is indefinitely suspending the print and online license of the Reporter, one of Ethiopia’s oldest media institutions. Since 2025, Ethiopian authorities have banned numerous media outlets, deported foreign correspondents, and targeted local journalists through arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, and office raids.

Source: Human Rights Watch

26/10/2026: More than 37,000 civilians were killed in conflict last year. Women and girls accounted for one in four of these deaths, according to the 2026 UN Secretary-General’s report on Women, Peace, and Security. The report also shows that, in 2025, women made up only five per cent of negotiators across 57 peace processes worldwide.

Source: UN Women

26/10/2026: The latest report of the UN-appointed Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine finds that the Russian authorities have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians and vital energy infrastructure, among other violations of international law.

Source: UN News

26/10/2026: Oxfam has issued a statement alleging that Israel’s military campaign in Hebron amounts to a policy of ethnic cleansing. It refers to destruction of factories, workshops, and business premises in parallel with movement restrictions and forced displacement.

Source: Oxfam International

13/10/2026: Iranian authorities have arbitrarily executed a further five people convicted in relation to the January 2026 protests. Amnesty International asserts that the men were sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial involving forced confessions, torture,  prolonged solitary confinement, beatings and electric shocks.

Source: Amnesty International

8/10/2026: A growing number of states across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are taking positive steps towards reducing the use and scope of the death penalty. Singapore remains the only ASEAN member state known to carry out executions regularly and to openly oppose substantive reform.

Source: Amnesty International