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Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima has been granted bail, according to her lawyer, putting her a step closer to freedom after nearly seven years behind bars. De Lima was “triumphant” on Monday after a judge granted her bail. One of the most outspoken critics of former President Rodrigo...

David McBride—a former army lawyer who revealed information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan—could be facing a “life sentence” if found guilty in a trial that started on Monday. While Australia has established an independent special investigator into alleged war crimes committed by...

The library of the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial will be open to the public starting November 15, according to the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission (HRVVMC). The HRVVMC envisions the library as “the most comprehensive and authoritative source of knowledge and...

Bangladesh police have arrested nearly 8,000 opposition figures in a nationwide crackdown since officers broke up a major rally in the capital a week ago, a report said Sunday. The sweeping wave of detentions comes ahead of a general election due in January. The country's major opposition...

Myanmar resistance leaders and international human rights groups are welcoming a new round of U.S. sanctions aimed at that country’s oil and gas sector, a major source of revenue for the ruling junta that seized power in February 2021. Additional sanctions announced simultaneously by the United...

New research—from Security Force Monitor, a project of the Columbia Law Human Rights Institute in the United States—linking alleged violations to soldiers and commanders suggests actions are institutionalized. The study, Under Whose Command?, covers a period of 12 years until March 30, 2023 and...

Five Myanmar nationals asked the Philippines on Wednesday to investigate alleged war crimes committed by 10 serving or former members of Myanmar's military against the mainly Christian Chin minority. Filipino lawyers representing the Myanmar nationals told reporters they lodged the "landmark"...

Women and girls are in a “not only difficult ... but deadly” situation following recent earthquakes in Afghanistan because of the humanitarian and civil rights crises in the country since the Taliban seized power, a UN official said Sunday. An update from UN Women highlighted some of the problems...

Indigenous Australians have called for a “week of silence” and mourning after a referendum on giving them more political representation was rejected by the country’s white majority. With more than 70 percent of ballots counted on Sunday, about 61 percent of Australians said “no” when asked if the...

Senior UK special forces officers had suspicions of a "deliberate policy" of murder by the Special Air Service (SAS) in Afghanistan but hid evidence, an inquiry heard. In some cases, they did nothing and in others "sought to prevent adequate investigation," a lawyer for families of those killed said...