US slaps sanctions on top Chinese, Hong Kong officials for rights abuses

Secretary of State Rubio says Beijing ‘broke promises’ to Hong Kong residents, depriving them of their freedoms.

Heart of darkness

Veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov on his recent mission to Ukraine to document Russian war crimes.

‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan

Police go door-to-door arresting Afghans as government pledges to send millions back home to Taliban rule.

Italy approves new decree to use Albania migration centres as repatriation hubs

Under the new decree, two centres in Albania will now also house migrants who arrived in Italy, had their asylum request rejected and received a deportation order.

Rights commission urges North Korea to release 6 detainees

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has urged North Korea to release six South Korean citizens held against their will by the regime, it said on Friday.

‘Jersey was my doctor after Somalia imprisonment’

A human rights journalist from Somalia imprisoned in his country for speaking out against the government has said “Jersey was my doctor” after a respite holiday.

In Mexico, enforced disappearance is a way of life

Mass graves and clandestine crematoriums scattered across the country expose the brutal reality of Mexico’s invisible war.

The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says

Friedrich Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from Hungary, according to a document seen by POLITICO.

Latin American church leaders call for action over Amazon rainforest

Church leaders in Latin America have delivered an urgent message to the Brazilian government on the plight of the Amazon rainforest. The COP30 climate talks are to be held in Brazil this year.

An outside probe says a Japanese TV station didn’t support its worker in a sexual assault case

An independent investigation of a sexual assault case linked to one of Japan’s top celebrities says Fuji Television Network failed to support its female employee, adding that management lacked human rights awareness.