Johannesburg — Regional Bodies Should Press Governments to Respect Rights, Promote Accountability Southern African countries committed serious human rights violations throughout 2025, creating vicious cycles of abuse and impunity, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. Security forces in Angola, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe used excessive and at times lethal force, and…
In his final annual address outlining his priorities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world is “brimming with conflict, impunity, inequality and unpredictability” – even as international cooperation is fraying at the moment it is most needed. Speaking in the General Assembly, he said the global system was under unprecedented strain from wars, division,…
The 2025 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) theme, “Chat GBV: Raising Awareness on AI-facilitated Gender-Based Violence against Women Journalists,” highlights the urgent need to confront the use of artificial intelligence and other digital tools to harass, silence and endanger women working in the media. These online attacks, including coordinated harassment,…
