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Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States have urged the restoration of the civilian government in Sudan following last week's coup. In a joint statement the four countries said, "We call for the full and immediate restoration of its civilian-led transitional...

The Biden administration has blacklisted Israeli firm NSO Group, accusing the technology company of developing and supplying spyware to foreign governments "that used these tools to maliciously" target a range of actors, including journalists and activists. Danna Ingleton, deputy director of Amnesty...

The International Criminal Court said it would close a 17-year preliminary examination into Colombia for war crimes and crimes against humanity in recognition of efforts to combat impunity and guarantee justice for victims. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said, “I am delighted to say that Colombia has...

The leader of the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia and Colombia's most wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga ("Otoniel"), was captured. "This is the biggest blow against drug trafficking in our country this century. This hit is only comparable to the fall of Pablo Escobar in the 1990s,"...

A United States judge has ruled the United States has no legal basis for holding an Afghan man, Asadullah Haroon Gul, at the notorious US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2007, setting the stage for his potential release. Gul was held for 14 years at Guantanamo without charge and denied...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling holding Colombia’s government responsible for the kidnap, torture, and rape of a journalist by paramilitary groups in 2000. The ruling said the attacks against Bedoya “could not have been carried out without the consent and collaboration...

National Museum Wales has announced two new artist commissions which will reframe the legacy of a Welsh officer of the British Army who fought in the Napoleonic Wars, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton. Picton was a sitting Member of Parliament at the time of his death in 1815 with a far-reaching...

A working paper by the international Human Rights Clinic at the University of California Berkeley School of Law shows San Francisco’s police department historically mired in deep racism and violence. The report is meant to aid the work of the city’s forthcoming Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation...

Patrick Ball’s nonprofit, Human Rights Data Analysis Group, will be awarded the Rafto Prize, a Norwegian award bestowed on defenders of human rights around the world. Ball and his team have been called in during or after conflict to examine human rights abuses in a long list of countries from...