Climate refugees are not protected under existing international law
The most durable solution to protect climate refugees is to recognise them under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention,…
Trump promised transparency. His administration is waging war on FOIA.
President Donald Trump claimed in 2019 that he was “the most transparent president in history.” Throughout his second…
11 people charged over alleged torture, bashing of teen found wrapped in plastic
Eleven people have been charged after a teen was allegedly bashed and left in wrapped in plastic in…
Israel moves to surround prisons with crocodile-filled moats
The Israeli government is planning to surround prisons with moats full of crocodiles [Getty] Crocodiles might soon surround…
Hussam Abu Safiya beaten in Israeli detention
Now imprisoned for over a year, his family members, activists and politicians have called for Hussam Abu Safiya…
How one family came to embody Syria’s struggle for justice
A moment of collective grief engulfed Syria on 30 May 2026, when Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons…
Former Syrian colonel unfit for trial in landmark UK crimes against humanity murder case
LONDON — A former Syrian air force colonel is unfit to stand trial in a landmark British case…
How Jihad Shaped Medieval Europe’s ‘Christian Monsters’
Citing history—or rather, a highly selective and often fabricated version of it—is one of the chief ways Islam’s…
Belarus: Human rights organisations and trade unions have…
Belaurs-Paris-Geneva, 4 June 2026 – The Observatory (FIDH-OMCT),Belarusian and international human rights organisations, independent trade unions, and civil…
Syria: sexual violence in detention on trial in the Netherlands
“I went home and stood under the shower with my clothes on, completely broken. I did not want…
Trial of man accused of torture during Syria’s civil war begins in the Netherlands
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Syrian man accused of crimes against humanity denied dozens of charges of torture…
Norway/Greece: Aegean Boat Report founder, Tommy Olsen,…
New informationGRE 003 / 1022 / OBS 076.2Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment / Transnational repressionNorway / Greece31 March…