UN human rights chief calls on US to conclude probe into Iran school strike

The UN’s human rights chief has urged the US to conclude its investigation and publish its findings into a deadly strike on an Iranian primary school that happened on the first day of the war last month.

AI‑driven border surveillance is spreading across west Africa. What this means for migrants’ rights

West Africa as a region has long had one of the most mobile populations in the world. Since 1979, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has allowed citizens of its member states to travel freely across borders without visas.

Most Syrian refugees in Germany expected to return home in three years, Merz says

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that he and the Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hope that 80 per cent of the Syrians in Germany will return home in the next three years.

In Denmark, the Center Did Not Hold

Denmark is not known for politically active billionaires. Yet when, in February, the Danish Social Democrats, under prime minister Mette Frederiksen, proposed a 0.5 percent annual wealth tax on the country’s richest 1 percent, the business response was both swift and furious.

US-based dissident artist put on trial in China over satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group

The Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of China’s former leader Mao Zedong, has been tried over accusations of “defaming national heroes and martyrs”, his wife and a rights group have said.

BBC accused of making ‘propaganda’ films for Saudi sovereign wealth fund

Critics say films lauding country’s attitude to women and green credentials could damage corporation’s reputation.

FIFA World Cup will be held amid ‘human rights crisis’ in the US: Amnesty

Rights group says the football tournament in Canada, Mexico and the US poses grave risks for international fans and those from local communities.

India faces criticism over proposed expansion of foreign funding rights on NGOs

India’s proposed extension of restrictions on overseas funding for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) would curtail civil society space and undermine fundamental rights.