From the Daily Times, Malawi: Persons with disabilities in Malawi continue to face harsh realities on the streets. This is happening as the Constitutional Court

While fewer women than men are incarcerated, their numbers are rising faster and most often for non-violent offences. More than 733,000 women and girls are held

In an era when digital infrastructures have a strong hold on everything from civic participation to surveillance, human rights interventions must reckon with cyber politics

Incarceration should be a last resort, yet this broken and brutal system punishes marginalised women, most of whom are inside for non-violent crimes When you

FIACAT: In September-October 2025, ahead of the AU-EU human rights dialogue on 7 October, twenty civil society experts convened to discuss the current far-reaching and

Amnesty International: For too long, citizens, especially older women, have been victimized by witchcraft accusations in Ghana. This deeply rooted practice has led to untold

Sonke Gender Justice: As the world approaches the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), African feminist movements, youth advocates, policymakers, and grassroots organisations

Amnesty International: Kenyan authorities systematically deployed technology-facilitated violence as part of a coordinated and sustained campaign to suppress Generation Z-led protests between June 2024 and

A nonprofit human rights organization in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has launched a campaign tagged “HealthNotHarm”, a strategic initiative aimed at reshaping national discourse on safe

Tunisian authorities have increasingly escalated their crackdown on human rights defenders and independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through arbitrary arrests, detention, asset freezes, bank restrictions and

Women Beyond Walls: Women are the fastest-growing prison population worldwide, often locked up for low-level drug offenses tied to poverty, coercion, or survival. In this

Language used maybe offensive to some readers  Records obtained by Amnesty International and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil

On a Tuesday afternoon in July, a magistrate sits inside a local prison in Malawi. A remandee stands before him and begins to share his

Various human rights organisations came together to sound the alarm on the inadequacies of the recent UN Convention Againct Cybercrime. The joint statement begins with:

In the Sahel, repression is intensifying. Human rights defenders and journalists are being silenced under the pretext of national security. A region of hope and

World Cities Day 2025 celebrates “People-centred Smart Cities”—a vision worth pursuing and one that requires that we explore what it means to truly center people

In light of the prolonged arbitrary detention of Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, Indigenous representatives of the 48 cantons of Totonicapán, who will today have

The sentencing of three land defenders criminalized by Canada sends a chilling message about the threats facing people and Nations on the front lines of

INTERVIEW Fighting for human rights in silence S. is a lawyer. She works to defend the rights of women and children, notably through her work

Prison might be part of her story — but it is never the whole story. Proving what we’ve long known: with the right post-prison support, women don’t

OTTAWA, Canada – October 28, 2025 – The Global Centre for Pluralism is pleased to announce the three winners of the 2025 Global Pluralism Award, recognizing

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has today written to His Excellency Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika, Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation,

The United States still incarcerates 614 people for every 100,000 residents, more than almost any other country in the world. Women in particular are incarcerated in

This essay reflects on the brutal realities of incarceration, particularly for Indigenous women in Australia. It begins with the tragic death of Selesa Tafaifa, who

Advocates, ministers and lawyers gathered in Sydney this week to back reforms that keep women out of prison and families together.  At Parliament House this

Chinese courts are systematically weaponizing vague national security and public order laws to silence human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today in a new report exposing the

There’s a hidden side to our justice system — one that punishes people not for what they did, but for what they don’t have. Across

Joint Statement by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA). Press freedom in Southern Africa is increasingly under threat,

A new criminal justice wave has formed in Hawaii and California. Where will it go next? Ending prison for teens might seem like a pipe

In many Caribbean communities, rising violence has eroded public trust in law enforcement. Imagine a police officer in Trinidad and Tobago who walks the bustling

On 1–2 September 2025, the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (CHR), and the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI)

The prints have travelled from Art Basel Miami to the World Urban Forum in Cairo. This proves that when those most affected drive the conversation, the impact reaches far beyond galleries to influence policymakers.

Partners for Dignity & Rights: On June 3, 2025, several advocates working on housing, homeless/houseless and poverty issues in the United States met with civil

OSF: Last June, Malaysian authorities burned the homes and boats of members of the Bajau Laut, an indigenous community in Malaysian Borneo whose livelihoods are inextricably linked

Multiple custodial killings in Guna District, Central India, have become disturbingly normalised, prompting the Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project (CPA Project) to investigate local

SALC: As outlined in international human rights treaties and the constitutions of most African countries, freedom of expression is a fundamental right. The International Covenant