Rights activists hail Venezuela’s departure from UN Human Rights Council
CNN — Venezuela has lost its seat on the United Nations Council of Human Rights — a development hailed on Tuesday by activists and human rights defenders in Venezuela as…
A failed truce renewal in Yemen could further complicate US-Saudi relations
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Abu Dhabi,…
Iran protests: At least 2 people killed Saturday as security forces intensify crackdown
CNN — Iran’s security forces shot at protesters and used tear gas in the Kurdish cities of Sanandaj and Saqez in fresh protests on Saturday afternoon, as weeks of nationwide…
Kharkiv police say bodies of more than 500 civilians found
CNN — The bodies of more than 500 civilians have been discovered in territory in northeast Ukraine recently retaken from Russian forces, Ukrainian police say. And as Ukrainian forces liberate…
Japanese journalist sentenced to 10 years in Myanmar prison, official says
CNN — A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to 10 years in prison for sedition and violating a law on electronic communications after he filmed an…
Four teenagers were shot at a protest in Papua. Eight years on, only one man is facing trial
Hong Kong CNN — Even by the bloody standards of Indonesia’s decades-long Papua conflict, one massacre stands out for its brutality – and the seeming impunity of those behind it.…
In the Philippines, victims of martial law fear their stories are being erased under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos
Hong Kong CNN — When Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr. met US President Joe Biden in New York last week, there was an uncomfortable sense of deja vu for…
Top rights body ‘put on notice’ over Indian aggression in IIOJK
GENEVA: Amid India’s useless attempts to misinform the international community on Kashmir, the world’s top torchbearer of human rights was put on notice over the worsening grave human rights situation…
Mahsa Amini death: Fifth Iranian paramilitary member killed as president warns protesters will be dealt with ‘decisively’
CNN — A fifth member of an Iranian volunteer paramilitary group died Sunday after clashing with what state media called “rioters and thugs,” as the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi warned…
Izium mass burial site: Signs of torture, mutilation on bodies
CNN — Ukrainian officials say they have finished exhuming bodies from a mass burial site in Izium – and that of the 436 bodies found, 30 showed signs of torture.…