Australia’s coal and gas exports violate our human rights, group says in new UN case

A group of Australians have accused the government of violating their human rights by continuing to export coal and gas and are asking the UN to take action.

US Supreme Court ends lawsuit alleging Cisco helped China pursue Falun Gong

Suit ⁠alleged California-based company developed technology that allowed China to surveil members of movement.

Saudi Arabia has executed 100 people so far this year

According to Agence France-Presse, 65 of the people executed since January had been convicted of drug-related offenses.

Leading Pakistan activist given life sentence over soldier’s killing at rally

A leading human rights activist who has spent years campaigning against enforced disappearances in the Pakistani province of Balochistan has been sentenced to life in prison over the killing of a paramilitary soldier at a rally in 2024.

More than 5,300 people still held in Myanmar scam centres: rights group

Those trapped in the compounds include Chinese, Philippine, Taiwanese, Malaysian and Brazilian nationals.

The day I heard MEPs cry “Send Them Back” — and felt the ground move beneath me

I have spent 15 years writing about people’s fear. On Wednesday, 17 June 2026, in Brussels, the fear became mine.

EU countries eye setting up migrant ‘return hubs’ in Rwanda and Uzbekistan

Push marks fresh test of Europe’s effort to outsource migration controls after years of legal setbacks and political controversy.