US prosecutors filed expanded criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, accusing them of overseeing systematic torture. Maduro denies wrongdoing, while the case adds to existing drug trafficking charges and raises fresh human rights concerns
India has firmly rejected allegations of human rights violations during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Europe visit, with senior diplomat Sibi George stressing India’s constitutional values and global trustworthiness. The remarks came after Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng Svendsen questioned India’s democratic credentials during Modi’s Oslo stop for the India-Nordic summit.
Nearly four years after invading Ukraine, Russia controls 20% of its territory, with civilians facing repression, poor infrastructure and alleged abuses. Rights groups report secret detentions and forced Russification, while displaced families recount fear, destruction and hardship in annexed regions
Human rights groups wrote to the Norwegian Nobel Committee accusing Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s interim government chief advisor, of remaining silent amid escalating violence and rights abuses in the country, urging moral leadership and accountability to uphold the Nobel Peace Prize’s ethical authority
BRS has petitioned the NHRC, alleging human rights violations by the Congress government in Telangana, including police bias, phone tapping, and political vendetta. The party cited tribal assaults, surveillance misuse, and child deaths in state-run schools as evidence
