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Photo by scooterenglasias on pixabay.com Zimbabwe is facing a renewed and deeply concerning wave of repression , as authorities intensify violence and intimidation against political opponents and civil society actors resisting proposed constitutional changes. According to Human Rights Watch, this crackdown is closely linked to efforts by the ruling party, ZANU-PF, to extend the presidential term and consolidate power beyond current constitutional limits. At the center of the

Photo on pixabay.com February 24th, 2026, marked the fourth year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since the start of the war, Russia has been accused of numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the illegal kidnapping and deportation of Ukrainian children to Russian and Belarusian territory. A recent investigation by the Independent International Commission   of Inquiry on Ukraine estimates that , since 2022, over 1,200 children have been kidnapped by  

Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on unsplash.com The Russian government continues pursuing a restrictive approach of limiting accessibility of safe abortions and reproductive healthcare amid a steep demographic crisis. In light of a demographic crisis caused, among other reasons, by the grave human cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian authorities are seeking to promote birth rates by limiting women’s access not only to healthcare services like abortions and proper consultat

Photo by ErikaWittlieb  on pixabay.com   Israel continues generating geopolitical instability by attacking neighboring countries, among which is Lebanon, and causing numerous casualties, even among the civilian population.  Indeed, more than one year after the deadline for the withdrawal of troops from Southern Lebanon, Israel not only did not retrieve its troops, but has also been conducting large-scale attacks in the region. The systematic destruction of infrastructure has

Photo by RDNE Stock project on pexels.com   Recently, international institutions have assessed Ecuador’s response to enforced disappearances allegedly perpetrated by national armed forces. The main case under review, which took place in 2024 and sparked global condemnation, has recently been brought before the courts and addressed by international authorities. Between 10 and 12 March 2026, the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances  in Geneva evaluated Ecuador’s

Photo by Faruk Tokluoğlu on Pexels.com   Women in Afghanistan are once again at the centre of institutionalised repression, as a new criminal regulation introduced by the Taliban intensifies restrictions over their lives while simultaneously targeting minority groups and dissenting voices. The Criminal Procedure Regulation of the Courts , recently endorsed by Taliban leadership, has indeed been criticised as a deeply regressive framework . Rather than functioning as a neutral

Photo by   Jhonny Estrada   on Unsplash.com   Colombia is once again drawing international concern as new reports point to a steady worsening of its human rights situation, raising doubts about the durability of progress achieved after the 2016 peace agreement with the FARC. What emerges from recent assessments is not a sudden collapse, but a gradual and troubling regression, particularly visible in rural and peripheral regions where state authority remains limited. “Colombia

Photo by @jorono on pixabay.com On Tuesday, February 10, Vice President J.D. Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance visited the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia. In a now-deleted post on X, Vance wrote that he laid a wreath “ to honor the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide .” Hours later, after political backlash, the White House claimed the language was posted by a staffer and walked it back. This reversal is both unprecedented and illogical. The U

Photo by @ aboodi vesakara n  on Unsplash.com   Senegal’s government is pushing for an anti-LGBT+ law harshening the framework of repressive measures for the LGBT+ community and its supporters. Senegal already criminalises sexual acts between individuals of the same sex under article 319 of the Penal Code, enshrining a prohibition of “acts against nature” . Over the years, conservatives and religious organisations in the country have been rallying for harsher punishments , an

Photo by Liz Martin  on unsplash.com S exual violence has become one of the most severe human rights violations linked to armed conflicts in Ethiopia. Over the past several years, wars and internal fighting in regions such as Oromia, Tigray, and Amhara  have exposed women and girls to rape, sexual slavery, and other forms of gender-based violence. Human rights organizations, journalists, and medical researchers have documented widespread abuses carried out by various armed ac