https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2024/10/art-defending-human-rights 18 October 2024 “I think art really helps to reinforce ideas, to give clarity about some of the things that are happening today. What I did was to reflect on some of the rights that I think have been violated in Mexico,” said Eva Jiménez Bracamontes, a Mexican illustrator […]
Political Rights
By Human Rights Press Staff, July 16, 2024 Since the declaration of a state of emergency in El Salvador in March 2022, over 1,000 minors have been convicted of crimes, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report. The organization denounces these convictions as the result of indiscriminate arrests and […]
By Human Rights Press Staff July 13, 2023 A West African court has found the Nigerian government guilty of human rights abuses during its suppression of the 2020 #EndSARS protests against police brutality. The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja imposed a financial penalty on Nigeria for its forceful crackdown […]
More than 90 percent of the world’s 2,000 most influential companies, including Amazon, BMW, and Nestle, are failing to meet societal expectations regarding human rights, working conditions, and corporate ethics, according to a groundbreaking assessment by the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). Despite commanding revenues equal to 45 percent of the […]
On February 2, the Russian Justice Ministry announced the classification of Oleg Orlov, a seasoned Russian human rights advocate, as a “foreign agent.” The ministry stated that individuals and entities on this list are obligated to include a disclaimer on their published items and adhere to stringent financial reporting and […]