EU: ‘Return Hubs’ Risk Becoming Human Rights ‘Black Holes’
By Amnesty International September 2, 2026 © Photo by ADNAN BECI/AFP via Getty Images Ahead of the 4 September meeting between Austria, Denmark, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands to discuss progress on plans to deport people to so-called “return hubs” in countries outside Europe where they may never have set foot, likely be to centres or facilities funded by EU member states, Eve Geddie, Director of the European Institutions Office of Amnesty International, said: “By their
Amnesty International
Sep 22
Indonesia: President designates spread of LGBTQ (LGBTQI+) culture as Nonmilitary Threat
Amnesty International Indonesia July 7, 2026 Credit: billyhanggara / Shutterstock Responding to recent backlash against online expression of LGBTQI+, which derived from the Presidential Regulation on General Policy for National Defense, which classifies the spread of LGBTQI+ culture as a non-military threat to the state, Amnesty International Indonesia’s executive director Usman Hamid says: “We express our profound concern regarding Indonesia’s Presidential Regulation No. 111
Amnesty International
Sep 22
M23 Fighters Abused Miners And Trafficked Minerals to Rwanda
By Amnesty International September 21, 2026 REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra The plunder by M23 and Rwanda of DRC’s gold and coltan may amount to war crime of pillage M23’s multiple violations that also involve Rwandans may amount to war crimes “Rwanda has continued to illegally profit from DRC’s mineral wealth,” Agnès Callamard Minerals linked to abuses by M23 are prevalent in electronic devices owned by millions across the world Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) fighters have com
Amnesty International
Sep 21
Namibia: Displaced Angolans Face Human Rights Abuses
By Amnesty International September 2, 2026 Source: Amnesty International Namibia: Drought displaced Angolans face human rights abuses Angolan women and children displaced by drought into Namibia face serious human rights abuses arising from a lack of safe and legal migration pathways for people forced across borders by natural disasters, Amnesty International said in a new report. The report, “The Drier It Gets The Longer You Have To Walk, The Deeper You Have To Dig” – The
UN Urges Tanzania To Stop Maasai Evictions
By David Herbling August 28, 2026 Maasai herders in Tanzania. Photographer: Rob Taggart/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The United Nations called on Tanzania to immediately halt evictions of Maasai families from ancestral lands to make way for tourism developments. Maasai herders are being forced out of homes bordering the Serengeti National Park without adequate and meaningful consultation, according to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. “Restrictions
Bloomberg
Aug 28
Why Nigeria Needs More Than a Bigger Army
Without accompanying reforms, the risk is that President Tinubu’s plan only makes Nigeria’s army bigger but not better.
Chatham House
Aug 25
Amnesty: Argentina’s AI Surveillance is Social Control
Amnesty International decries Argentina’s expanding AI surveillance as tool of social control Tiana Nowzari | Lincoln Alexander School of Law, CA August 21, 2026 Neslihan_Turan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Argentina of building techno-authoritarian surveillance infrastructure without adequate legal safeguards, as the government’s newly created AI security unit expands state monitoring powers over citizens’ online communications and ph
Jurist News
Aug 25
Reshaping Europe Through Parliament
By: Alexander Smith Far-right Patriots for Europe group meets in Madrid, February 8-9, 2025. (X/Viktor Orban). The far right has resurged across Europe. Over the past decade, the United Kingdom left the European Union (EU) after a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment; the National Front in France took more than 100 seats in the French parliament; Germany's right-wing became the second largest party in its parliament; dissatisfaction with mainstream governments surged across the c
Genocide Watch
Aug 23
TTPS on alert after 11 bomb threats in 40 minutes
By Anna-Lisa Paul, Senior Reporter, anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt August 20, 2026 Valpark Plaza, Valpark (Source: Trinidad & Tobago Guardian) Chaguanas Magistrates' Court (Source: Trinidad & Tobago Guardian) Security agencies across Trinidad and Tobago, including the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS), were placed on high alert yesterday, after a series of 11 bomb threats targeted several courts, a shopping plaza and a go
Ecuador intelligence chief & 5 Americans killed in crash
By Basillioh Rukanga, Thomas Mukhwana, Reporting fromin Nairobi, Henry Moore and Vanessa Buschschluter Published August 19, 2026 Rescue officials at the crash site in a remote area of Samburu County by Mount Ololokwe (Source: Kenya Red Cross/Handout via Reuters) Ecuador's intelligence chief and his wife have been killed in a helicopter that crashed at Mount Ololokwe in central Kenya. Michele Sensi-Contugi, 44, and his wife, fashion designer Stephany Hollihan, 42, were among t
BBC News
Aug 20
Death and torture of a man spark protests in Syria
Picture showing White Helmets volunteer unconscious and with bruises on his body went viral By William Christou Mourners carry the coffin of Mohammad Ghamira for burial in the village of al-Haffah, in Latakia province, Syria on Monday. Photograph: AP Syrians have protested over the death of a man who was arrested and allegedly beaten by security forces, sparking widespread anger at a practice thought to have ended with the fall of Bashar al-Assad. A crowd gathered in the city
The Guardian
Aug 20
Ecuador charges ex-minister over candidate’s murder
By Aleks Phillips August 09, 2026 Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead at a campaign event in the capital, Quito, days before the election in 2023 (Source: Getty Images) Prosecutors in Ecuador have charged a former interior minister and six others on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023. José Serrano and the head of cartel Los Lobos, Wilmer "Pipo" Chavarria, were implicated in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio at a campaign e
BBC News
Aug 13
