UN Extends Arms Embargo, Blocks Broader Sudan Sanctions
By AI Jazeera Staff and AFP October 9, 2026 Russia and China block US efforts to expand the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan amid ongoing conflict. Credit: AFP The United Nations Security Council extended the arms embargo on Sudan’s Darfur region by two months but failed to agree on a US proposal to widen it to the whole country, after permanent members Russia and China opposed it. The 15-member council unanimously adopted Resolution 2830 on Thursday, extending the s
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Nearly 500 Children Killed In Afghanistan over Three Year
By Afghanistan International October 10, 2026 Credit: Afghanistan International The UN says 1,415 children were killed or wounded in Afghanistan over three years, including 446 killed and 969 injured. The casualties included 1,094 boys, 310 girls and 11 children of unknown sex. According to the UN secretary-general’s latest report on children and armed conflict, the Taliban recruited and used 557 boys during the same period, including children as young as 12. Cases of child r
Jailed activist Umar Khalid wins 2026 human rights award
By Freepress Kashmir - News Desk October 9, 2026 Credit: Freepress Kashmir New Delhi: Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar and student activist Umar Khalid has been named a recipient of the 2026 Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, presented by Ireland-based human rights organisation Front Line Defenders in Dublin. Khalid could not attend the award ceremony as he had been in jail for more than six years in connection with the 2020 Delhi violence conspiracy ca
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Jamaica celebrates reparations case referral to appealS
By John Myers Jr. September 23, 2026 Jamaica says its reparations case against Britain has been referred to the United Kingdom’s highest court of appeal for the Caribbean island. Credit: Jess Hurd KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica’s government announced Wednesday that its reparations case against Britain has been referred to the United Kingdom’s highest court of appeal for the Caribbean island. The unprecedented legal maneuver marks a watershed moment in the fraught historical rel
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Cameroon: UNESCO joins the National Efforts to prevent Femicide
By UNESCO News October 9, 2026 The National Conference on the Prevention of Femicide brought together public authorities, justice and security actors, civil society, experts, international partners and women themselves in Yaoundé on 24 September 2026. UNESCO/Baboga Sidoine Organized by AWEP Cameroon, the conference sought to strengthen understanding and prevention of the forms of violence that can lead to femicide. Femicide, described as the most extreme manifestation of viol
Israel Used AI-Assisted Technology to Destroy Infrastructure in Gaza
By: Neha Madhira August 12, 2026 General view of destroyed buildings in eastern Gaza City, on July 19, 2026. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images) An ongoing system of surveillance and policing in Occupied Palestine by Israel, aided by Artificial Intelligence (AI), can be traced back to the 2010s, when facial recognition was being “tested” at checkpoints and large information databases through cyber warfare programs. As Israel continues its most recent genocidal ca
Syria: detentions of Syrians by Israeli forces
By The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights October 9, 2026 © Huseyin Mesal / Anadolu Delivered by Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Shabia Mantoo Location Geneva The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, is concerned by the continuing impact of Israeli military operations on civilians in southern Syria. Some 280 incidents involving armed Israeli incursions into Syria were recorded in September alone, through
Israeli settler attacks target Palestinian olive harvest in West Bank
By Al Jazeera Staff and Anadolu October 9, 2026 At least 19 settler attacks recorded across territory on Friday as Israeli forces separately detain 16 Palestinians. Israeli soldiers approach a Palestinian farmer during the harvest season in the Palestinian-owned olive groves in the village of Rantes near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, October 6, 2026 [AFP] Israeli settlers have carried out attacks and pogroms disrupting the Palestinian olive harvest in the West Bank, wh
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Petitioners on Western Sahara Highlight Human Rights Concerns
By United Nations Meetings Coverage and Press Releases October 7, 2026 United Nations Audiovisual Library Give Morocco’s autonomy plan a chance, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard from some petitioners today, even as others underscored that there should be no compromise on the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination. Western Sahara was inscribed on the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories in 1963. In 1991, the United Nations Mission for
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Nepal, Malaysia renew three-year deal on migrant worker rights
Pact targets forced labour, recruitment fees and rights violations as Malaysia reports 46 complaints involving Nepali workers. Author: Hom Karki The National Human Rights Commission of Nepal (NHRC) and Malaysia’s Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) have renewed a three-year agreement to investigate and monitor rights violations involving Nepali migrant workers and improve their access to justice. The memorandum of understanding, covering 2026–2028, was signed on Wednesday at SU
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Chaos As Thugs Attack Nigeria democratic congress (NDC) Supporters At Enugu Airport Despite Police Presence
The incident raises fresh concerns about the safety of opposition party members and the freedom of political groups to organise and participate in democratic activities without intimidation. Chaos erupted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu State on Saturday after thugs attacked members and supporters of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) who had gathered to welcome the party’s governorship candidate in the state, Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa. In a video on socia
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FBI arrests California woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China
By Jamie Ding, Hui Zhong Wu, and Jamie Stengle October 5th, 2026 The FBI has arrested a California real estate agent at Los Angeles International Airport as she was leaving the country and accused her of spying on the Taiwan president’s family for China ABC News Live The FBI arrested a California real estate agent as she prepared to fly to China, accusing her of secretly working for Beijing to surveil the president of Taiwan's family in the U.S., federal officials said. The c
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