The United Nations published a report on Friday that said Iran is using drones, facial recognition technology, and a snitching app for smartphones to enforce its mandatory head covering law for women.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague on Friday after being arrested this week on charges of crimes against humanity.
Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a non-governmental human rights organization, released a report on Wednesday that found over 1,500 people have been arbitrarily detained by the Chinese Communist government over the past six years in a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent.
The United States on Thursday condemned Thailand for deporting 40 Uyghurs to China, despite fears they could face imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Taliban junta on Thursday announced it has withdrawn Afghanistan from the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC), and no longer recognizes the jurisdiction of the ICC.
New documents reportedly reveal that Hamas, the Palestinian terror organization formerly in control of Gaza, tortured and executed those of its members it suspected of homosexual activity, according to the New York Post.
China’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday announced the assets of two Canadian human rights groups have been frozen in retaliation for their advocacy on behalf of the oppressed Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans.
The U.S. Congress has upbraided Secretary of State Antony Blinken for “surreptitiously” introducing an LGBTQ+ agenda into international American diplomacy.
Lawmakers from Venezuela’s socialist regime passed a law on Thursday to heavily punish individuals that call for international human right sanctions against the authoritarian regime with 30 years prison time and a 60-year ban from running for public office positions.
Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping sternly warned outgoing American President Joe Biden during what is expected to be their final in-person meeting of Biden’s tenure that “democracy and human rights” are a “red line” for communist China, meaning Beijing will accept no condemnation of its atrocities.
A joint Venezuelan journalistic investigation published on Monday across several local outlets revealed how socialist regime officials used social media to publicly hunt dissidents and brand them “enemies” and “terrorists” in the wake of the fraudulent July 28 presidential election.
A senior Taliban terrorist announced that the jihadists would ban women from reciting the Quran or performing certain Islamic prayers within earshot of themselves, multiple Afghan outlets reported this weekend.
Multiple reports this week from various Afghan provinces indicated that the Taliban terrorists in charge of the country have begun enforcing a ban on the publication of pictures and videos of living things, human or otherwise, in mass media – effectively rendering journalism impossible.
Taliban terror leaders announced on Thursday that they have opened an investigation into multiple reports of Iranian border guards opening fire on a crowd of hundreds of Afghans who had entered the country illegally.
A local newspaper revealed that socialist Venezuela is feeding political prisoners arrested after the nation’s sham election this summer rotten food and contaminated water, greatly endangering their health.
Legendary Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the “Merchant of Death” freed in President Joe Biden’s lopsided December 2022 prisoner exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner, claimed on Monday that U.S. media reports of him returning to the arms trade were “fake news” and clickbait.
The NBA has announced that it is partnering with yet another oppressive regime as it continues its development deal with Abu Dhabi.
Cuba sentenced dissident José Manuel Barreiro Rouco to two and a half years in prison for sharing anti-regime memes on WhatsApp.
The Center for Information Resilience (CIR), a non-profit human rights group, and the UK Guardian on Wednesday accused fighters from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of gleefully posting images of themselves committing war crimes, including the burning of civilian homes and the torture of prisoners.
The FHRC has documented more than 115 cases of members of Cuba’s communist regime moving to the United States since February 2023.
The Taliban announced that U.N. Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett has been banned from entering the country.
The Taliban on Wednesday celebrated the three-year anniversary of the disastrous Biden-Harris withdrawal that gave them power in Afghanistan, more secure in power than ever despite constant complaints from the international community about their appalling human rights offenses.
The State Department announced on Saturday that it would lift a three-year ban on selling certain weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Birju Dattani resigned before officially becoming Canada’s human rights chief on Monday due to controversy over his anti-Israel statements.
Ksenia Karelina, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Russia, pleaded guitly to “treason” after being left out of a prisoner swap deal.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Moscow on Monday for a visit that included a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
North Korea’s state-run Rodong Sinmun declared on Monday that Hunter Biden’s trial is a “farce” that makes a mockery of the U.S. government.
The United Nations invited the jihadist Taliban terrorist organization to a two-day conference on Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar, next weekend, its third such meeting since the Taliban seized power in 2021.
Both pro- and anti-China demonstrators gathered outside Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra on Monday as Chinese Premier Li Qiang paid a visit.
The State Department announced on Monday that Ukraine’s controversial Azov Brigade will no longer be banned from receiving American weapons and training. Russia immediately denounced the U.S. for supporting Ukrainian “ultra-nationalists” and “neo-Nazis.”
The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Israel may have committed war crimes when it rescued four hostages from Hamas.
A consortium of media agencies in Germany and Sweden reported on Tuesday that members of Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan security units accused of torturing prisoners are being deployed on dozens of U.N. peacekeeping missions, adding another scandal to a string of embarrassments for the United Nations.
The president of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world’s largest global soccer organization, issued a message of condolence on Monday following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
Over half of GOP voters and those who lean Republican say, “Human life begins at conception, so an embryo is a person with rights.”
Public Eye, a human rights advocacy group based in Switzerland, blasted Chinese fashion giant Shein for demanding excessive overtime from its workers in a 2021 report.
A State Department report on Israel’s use of U.S. weapons tried to please both pro- and anti-Israel voices, creating a slew of contradictory headlines.
A former colonel in the Saudi military and ex-intelligence officer told the BBC on the record Wednesday that the Saudi government ordered troops to kill indigenous people who resisted eviction on the land that Riyadh hopes to turn into the state-of-the-art “megacity” Neom.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week broke the uneasy silence among China’s leadership and offered public comments on the upcoming American election, which stands a good chance of returning outspoken China critic Donald Trump to the White House.
U.S. forces were expelled from both Niger and Chad this week, dealing a serious blow to the Biden administration’s diplomacy and counter-terrorism policies in Africa.
The 2023 edition of the State Department’s annual human rights report blasts China for repression, torture, and genocide.
