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 […]
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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, […]
By Human Rights Press Staff – Sept. 28, 2024 Afghanistan’s Taliban regime has introduced strict new vice and virtue laws, further limiting women’s freedoms in public life. Approved by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the laws ban women from raising their voices in public, either through singing or reading aloud, deeming […]
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20 September 2024 Delivered by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights At UN Security Council Related Statements and speechesHuman Rights are our mainstay against unbridled power Statements and speechesGaza: Turk pleads for end to fighting as death toll passes 40,000 Statements and speechesCall for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response […]
U.N. Team to Discuss Investigation into Bangladesh’s Deadly Protests By Human Rights Press StaffAugust 22, 2024 A United Nations delegation will meet Bangladesh’s interim government and other key parties starting Thursday to discuss the process of investigating alleged human rights violations during recent violent protests. According to officials, around 300 […]
By Human Rights Press Staff | Aug. 16, 2024 Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, Afghan men like Zahir, a 45-year-old public servant, have struggled to support the women in their lives amid harsh restrictions. Gathering 40 family members, including 25 women, Zahir reassured them that “all […]
By Human Rights Press Staff July 16, 2024, 10:00 am ET A surge in Jewish settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is prompting international outcry as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government expands its hold on the occupied territory, claiming more land and allegedly providing tacit military support […]
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 […]