By Human Rights Press Staff Introduction:Reza Khandan, a long-time advocate for women’s rights in Iran and husband of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested in December 2024 for peacefully expressing opposition to the country’s mandatory hijab laws. His arrest follows his distribution of thousands of handmade buttons that […]
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By Human Rights Press StaffMay 17, 2025 | 9:00 am ET Thirty years after the enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendun Choki Nyima, and his parents, their whereabouts remain unknown. The six-year-old was taken by Chinese authorities on May 17, 1995, days after the Dalai Lama recognized him […]
By Human Rights Press StaffMay 16, 2025, 11:00 am ET Gaza Strip — Acute hunger and deprivation are escalating in Gaza, where half a million people now face starvation and the entire population is confronting “high levels of acute food insecurity,” according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). […]
By Human Rights Press Staff | May 16, 2025Human rights organizations are raising alarms over a spike in migrant construction worker deaths in Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom accelerates major infrastructure projects for the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Reports by Human Rights Watch and FairSquare reveal that many worker deaths […]
By Human Rights Press Staff In her first major foreign policy speech, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch urged the UK to reconsider its international agreements, warning that continued restrictions from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) could push the country to exit the treaty. “If it continues to do so […]
Byline: By Human Rights Press Staff | Jan. 24, 2025 Introduction:A 2024 report from Human Rights Watch (HRW), released last week, paints a grim picture of human rights conditions across Central Asia. The report highlights ongoing authoritarian governance and a lack of progress in the rule of law in Uzbekistan, […]
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Byline: Human Rights Press StaffPublished: Dec 19, 2024 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Israel of committing acts of genocide in Gaza by deliberately depriving Palestinian civilians of sufficient access to water, a claim rejected by Israeli authorities as baseless propaganda. The 179-page HRW report asserts that Israel intentionally damaged […]
By Human Rights Press StaffNovember 9, 2024 GENEVA — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, voiced deep concern today regarding escalating violence and human rights abuses in Mozambique following the country’s recent elections. So far, these post-election tensions have resulted in at least 20 deaths and numerous injuries. […]
The European Commission has declined to release findings from a human rights inquiry conducted in Tunisia, despite approving a €150 million migration deal with the increasingly authoritarian regime of President Kais Saied. The inquiry, termed a “risk management exercise,” was quietly completed before the deal was signed in July 2023, […]