Human Rights
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Netanyahu Seeks $14 Billion Increase in Israel’s War Budget
DID Press: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a 50 billion shekel increase in Israel’s military budget, equivalent to about $14 billion, as the country faces mounting financial pressures from its ongoing regional wars. The request comes as…
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Taliban Leader Urges Clerics, Universities to Strengthen Islamic System
DID Press: Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has stressed the role of religious scholars and universities in strengthening what he described as the “Islamic system,” calling clerics the “heirs of the prophets” and urging university officials to prepare students to serve…
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US Military Families Protest Prolonged USS Lincoln Deployment in Middle East
DID Press: Around 200 family members of US service personnel met with Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao in San Diego on Thursday to raise concerns over the prolonged deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the…
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ICC Judges Seek Separate Probe Into Taliban Gender Persecution Allegations
DID Press: Judges at the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber II have asked prosecutors to examine allegations of gender persecution by the Taliban through a separate investigation, arguing that the group’s conduct since 2021 is fundamentally different in nature from…
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UN Rights Expert Calls for Immediate Release of Six Women’s Rights Workers
DID Press: Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has expressed concern over the Taliban’s detention of six employees of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation in Kabul and called for their immediate…
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More Than 50 Experts Call for Criminalizing Gender Apartheid Under Taliban Rule
DID Press: More than 50 prominent lawyers and human rights advocates have called for the recognition and criminalization of gender apartheid under international law, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power. The group issued an “International…
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UN Chief Renews Nuclear Disarmament Appeal on Hiroshima Anniversary
DID Press: António Guterres marked the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by renewing his call for a world free of nuclear weapons, while once again refraining from explicitly naming the United States as the country that carried…
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China Warns UNSC of Serious and Complex Terrorism Threat from Afghanistan
DID Press: China has warned the United Nations Security Council that terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan continue to pose a serious threat to regional security, urging the Taliban to honor their counterterrorism commitments and prevent the country from once again…
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14 Nations Reject Israeli Measures in Jerusalem, Defend Status of Al-Aqsa Mosque
DID Press: Foreign ministers from 14 countries have strongly condemned Israeli policies aimed at altering the Arab, Islamic, and Christian identity of Jerusalem, according to a joint statement issued after the Jerusalem Conference in Jordan. The statement rejected Israeli actions…
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Taliban Face Criticism as Shia Parties Warn Over Property Seizure
DID Press: Two Afghan Shia political groups have criticized the Taliban over what they describe as growing religious and civil restrictions and warned against the seizure of properties, particularly the Omid Sabz Township in western Kabul. The Supreme Council of…
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