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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]