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Human Rights Watch urges Vietnam to fulfill its international human rights obligations by ensuring the full and unhindered enjoyment of the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, and cease all forms of harassment, intimidation and retaliation against human rights defenders.

In a case that is disappointing but not surprising, the agreement between the government of Azerbaijan and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for hosting the climate conference COP29, is replete with significant shortcomings and ambiguities on the protections for participants’ rights.

Daily Brief, October 10, 2024

This World Mental Health Day we need to confront a troubling reality: the mental health landscape is shifting in harmful ways in parts of Canada and the United States with the prospect of more coercive measures such as involuntary treatment and the elimination of vital support services.

Taliban authorities have threatened Afghan women who had served in the police under the previous government, putting them at risk.

A deadly military airstrike in Kaduna state, Nigeria, on September 27 claimed the lives of 24 people and injured dozens more, according to media reports, which stated that the strike was intended for criminal gangs popularly referred to as bandits, but instead killed others. This incident follows a series of erroneous military airstrikes that have killed hundreds of people since 2017.

Elon Musk pushed Brazil´s Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes into a stare-down that culminated in the shutdown of X in the South American giant. Then Musk backed down. The social network complied with Supreme Court court orders that Musk had vociferously rejected before and access to X in Brazil was restored on October 9th. This case is a cautionary tale, underscoring the need for social media platforms and authorities to do a lot more to center human rights.