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A UK-based rights group on Thursday launched an interactive map documenting rampant human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. The documented violations—committed by both the Taliban and militant groups such as the Islamic...

The European Union on Monday imposed new sanctions on Iranian officials and entities for their role in the violent crackdown on popular protests. The new package of sanctions targets five Iranians and two entities responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran, according to the European...

Russia has issued an arrest warrant for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor who in March prepared a warrant for President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges, Russian media reported on Friday. The British prosecutor, Karim Khan, was added to the Interior Ministry's wanted list, state...

Multiple accounts of rape perpetrated by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have emerged across Sudan—as well as one documented case of a rape by an army soldier—as activists and medical professionals take to social media to warn others and provide a critical support network for survivors and...

Mexico will launch a new tool later this month to help record information on the tens of thousands of people who have gone missing, the country's federal prosecutor's office (FGR) said on Thursday. The registry is set to gather information from a number of databases covering mass and clandestine...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized sharply a plan to return Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, saying it poses “grave risks” to their lives and liberty. Bangladesh is home to about a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar that is now subject to a...

Myanmar’s military has imported at least $1 billion worth of weapons and related material from Russia, China, and other countries since its February 2021 coup, some of which it has used to carry out atrocities against civilians, according to a UN report released Wednesday. The weapons continue to...

The remains of 605 people believed to have been killed by ISIL (ISIS) have been exhumed from a mass grave near a prison in northern Iraq over the past two years, a government agency has said. The group, which took over vast swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014, had taken the inmates from the prison in...

After a rare summit of the Council of Europe, leaders vowed to hold Russia to account for its war against Ukraine. Leaders of wider Europe approved a "Register of Damage" on Wednesday to document the damage in Ukraine caused by the Russian forces so Moscow could be held liable for compensation. It...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a ceasefire with a dissident FARC rebel group in the four regions where it is most active. The suspension was triggered by the killing of four indigenous teenagers by the left-wing rebel group EMC-FARC. It comes just two months after Mr. Petro put on...