Canada eliminates human rights watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad

Mark Carney says Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise office hasn’t been ‘effective’ since its 2019 setup.

Two jailed Pakistanis win human rights prize for lawyers

Jailed Pakistani lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha have been awarded the 2026 edition of the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in the world for lawyers committed to defending human rights.

‘Torture isn’t new to Palestinians’: How Israel learned from colonialism

A colonial chain of sexual violence that Britain built, France refined and Israel inherited is being used against Palestinians.

Drone strikes killed over 1,000 civilians in Sudan in 5 months, UN rights chief says

A senior United Nations official reports that drone strikes have killed more than 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first five months of 2026.

Far-right general upends Italian politics

Ahead of next year’s election, Meloni has to decide whether to embrace firebrand ex-paratrooper Roberto Vannacci.

A man was jailed for murder. 15 years after his death, he will get a retrial

When a Japanese court granted Hiromu Sakahara a retrial, there was no defendant in the dock celebrating the prospect of freedom.

Pope Leo visits Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrants

Pope Leo XIV began a two-day visit to the Canary Islands on Thursday by listening to the stories of migrants, who have risked long and perilous journeys across the Atlantic to reach Europe.