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On March 4, US President Donald Trump is slated to deliver a speech to a joint session of Congress, where he is expected to comment on his first weeks in office and lay out future plans.

The Algerian authorities have maintained their repression of civic space through a brutal crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, leading to a steady erosion of human rights. States at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council have a responsibility to take a stand against these human rights violations, eight human rights groups including Human Rights Watch, said today.

Daily Brief, March 3, 2025.

Visiting Dhaka in January, it felt like the climate of fear that had pervaded the country for many years had finally been lifted.

South Africa and other countries that have not yet done so should endorse a widely adopted political commitment aimed at protecting civilians from the bombing and shelling of cities and towns during wartime.

This week, the Trump administration announced that it will ramp up enforcement of a relatively obscure legal provision that requires undocumented immigrants in the United States to register with the government.

The Taliban have threatened, assaulted and arbitrarily detained women and girls for not abiding by the prescribed dress code. They have also threatened, arbitrarily detained and tortured former security force personnel, journalists, human rights defenders and LGBT people.

The Trump administration’s termination of over 90 percent of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s programming and thousands of State Department foreign assistance programs will undermine human rights globally and imperil millions of people, Human Rights Watch said today.

South Sudan stands at a precarious juncture as it enters another extended transitional period. The ongoing clashes between government forces, armed opposition groups, and allied militias in Western Equatoria and Nasir, have resulted in forced displacements, unlawful killings and other abuses. Similarly, civilians in parts of southern central Equatoria are targeted by all sides. The government should do more to protect civilians.