By Christina Cushen Source: The Taliban continue to restrict the rights of women in Afghanistan. (AFP: Wakil Kohsar) It has been 5 years since the fall of Afghanistan and Taliban fighters took control of the capital, Kabul. Since that day, Afghan women and girls have been targeted and isolated from the rest of the world. The fall of Afghanistan has instigated calls from the international community to declare Gender Apartheid as an international crime as the Taliban hide betwe

By Alexandra Robertson People gather to greet freed Palestinian detainees arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on October 13, 2025. Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo The recent passage and implementation of legislation mandating the death penalty for West Bank Palestinians convicted of "nationalistic killings" represents a profound shift in the legal landscape of the Middle East

By Jeff Zhou Source: Amnesty International Introduction On the morning of Friday, April 11, 2025, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) breached Zamzam refugee camp in North Darfur, the country’s largest site for people displaced by the war. Once inside, they fired indiscriminately at men, women, and children; the killing spree lasted for over 70 hours. Official estimates claim up to 400 people were killed in Zamzam, although a committee established to unearth the