Amnesty International reported that tens of thousands of refugees have been cut off from humanitarian aid for the last two months in an area between Syria and Jordan. [Al Jazeera]
The hunger strike of a former Guantanamo detainee currently residing in Uruguay as a refugee prompted a judge this week to order a medical evaluation. [Washington Post]
A Colombian court ruled this week that Colombia was responsible for the 1999 death of Jaime Garzon, a journalist and satirist, and ordered the State to pay his family damages. [Washington Post]
Two activists in South Kordofan in Sudan were detained and questioned about a meeting to take place this week to discuss health care, infrastructure, and utilities. [All Africa]
Khurram Parvez, a human rights defender in India was prevented from travelling to Geneva this week where he planned to attend the United Nations Human Rights Council’s current session. [FIDH]
The High Court of Justice in Israel ruled this week that force-feeding Palestinian prisoners who have gone on a hunger strike is constitutional. [Jurist]
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan finished its first trip to South Sudan this week. [OHCHR Press Release]
The United Nations Security Council issued a statement that the recent nuclear test from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea disregarded several Security Council resolutions. [UN News Centre]
Conflict and Violence
A United Nations report released this week found that civilian casualties are on the rise in eastern Ukraine due to ongoing conflict in the area. [OHCHR Press Release]
Ahead of signing a peace accord, the FARC, an armed forced in Colombia, admitted in a released video this week that they have kidnapped thousands of people during the conflict and promised not to do so again. [Al Jazeera]
Politics
After an opposition leader submitted a complaint to Gabon’s Constitutional Court claiming that President Ali Bongo was recently re-elected through fraudulent means, the African Union announced that it will send observers to assist the court. [VOA]
Luxembourg this week called for Hungary to be kicked out of the European Union based on its treatment of refugees and violation of the right to freedom of expression. [Guardian]
President Edgar Lungu was sworn in this week after being re-elected last month in Zambia. [Al Jazeera]
In a statement issued this week China reiterated its intent to uphold the right to be presumed innocent. [Jurist]
This week the United States House of Representatives intelligence committee released a summary of its investigation into Edward Snowden’s removal of documents from the National Security Administration and stated that Snowden is not a whistleblower. [Al Jazeera]