Media Coverage

In its September report assessing the civic space of Cambodia, the international nonprofit CIVICUS rated the country as "repressed." The nonprofit—a coalition of international civil society members—found "no tangible human rights improvements" in the past year and said the country's media freedom...

The Taliban have signed a provisional deal with Russia to supply gasoline, diesel, gas and wheat to Afghanistan, Acting Afghan Commerce and Industry Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi told Reuters. Azizi said his ministry was working to diversify its trading partners and that Russia had offered the...

It was a landmark piece of legislation for Guatemala: a law that established stiff prison sentences for violence against women and appeared to signal a new era for a country still emerging from decades of civil war and military rule. But in recent years, public officials have found another use for...

At least 10 armed groups in Colombia, including former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels who reject the country’s peace deal and the Clan del Golfo crime gang, have agreed to participate in unilateral ceasefires, the government said on Wednesday. President Gustavo...

Sudanese medical officials warned Monday that more than 1,500 unidentified bodies piled up in several of the country’s morgues could lead to an outbreak of disease, amid accusations the government is covering up their causes of death. Among the deceased are believed to be pro-democracy protesters...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all journalists arrested while covering mass protests around the country and restore blocked internet access. CPJ has learned from multiple sources inside Iran that as of Monday...

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other opening fire overnight on Friday, breaking a fragile ceasefire agreement that had brought the worst fighting between the two ex-Soviet countries since 2020 to a close last week. Following two days of clashes that killed almost 200 soldiers early last week...

The Sri Lankan police violently dispersed hundreds of demonstrators a day after severely curtailing protest rights in response to months of unrest sparked by the island nation’s sharp economic downturn. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken a tough line against activists who forced his...

The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the Khmer Rouge for its brutal 1970s rule ended its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes after the regime caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people. In its final session, the UN...

After releasing a first-of-its-kind report earlier this year that examined slavery in the United States and the lingering effects on African Americans, the California Reparations Task Force is holding a two-day public hearing this weekend to discuss reparations. Assembly Bill 3121 (AB 3121) was...