Rights watch
Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
A War That Targets Women: Sudan’s Silent Crisis
Sudan has been going through a brutal conflict since 2023. But no one stopped or cared about people of Sudan. War has always been waged between and by men.
Kazakhstan sentences 19 for protest against repression in China’s Xinjiang region
A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing.
Art on trial - a sculptor’s arrest highlights new extremes for censorship in China
Jesus Christ stands at gunpoint, palms upturned, seven figures in a firing squad around him. The bronze riflemen are unmistakable in their likeness. They are Mao Zedong, the long-deceased dictator who founded the People’s Republic of China, and presided over some of the most traumatic chapters in China’s recent history.
‘Predators’: Amnesty slams Netanyahu, Putin, Trump as human rights decline
Global rights group says leaders of three countries behind devastating wars inspire other states to carry out abuses.
The government has defended its response, citing the upcoming royal commission and work done by the Islamophobia and antisemitism special envoys.
How Europe’s Elections Are Reshaping Queer Rights
Leo Varadkar, Carr-Ryan Senior Fellow and former Taoiseach of Ireland, examines how recent elections in Europe have shaken up party politics and election strategy when it comes to LGBTQI+ rights.
Designating Cartels as Terrorists Has Sweeping Legal Consequences
The U.S.’s cartel and organized crime terror designations expand state power while shrinking civil and financial infrastructure.



