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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 StaffJuly 13, 2024, 10:30 am ET Amnesty International and four other human rights organizations on Thursday criticized China’s new judicial guidelines targeting individuals advocating for Taiwan’s independence, calling the guidelines “a blow for human rights protections.” On June 21, 2024, the Supreme People’s Court of China, […]
Amnesty International reports that Indian authorities are engaging in a pattern of “bulldozer justice,” targeting Muslim homes, businesses, and places of worship without due process. Described as a de-facto state policy, the demolitions aim to crush dissenters and protesters, disproportionately affecting Muslims. Around 600 Muslims have faced forced evictions, arbitrary […]
United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed deep concern over reports of abuse against Afghan refugees in Pakistan amid its forced mass deportation policy. Türk called for the suspension of the repatriation program until international law-compliant procedures are in place, urging an investigation into reported abuses by Pakistani authorities. […]
In a damning revelation, Human Rights Watch, in a report unveiled today, exposes the severe human rights violations and mistreatment suffered by numerous women in Japanese prisons. The comprehensive 76-page report, titled “‘They Don’t Treat Us like Human Beings’: Abuse of Imprisoned Women in Japan,” meticulously documents the appalling conditions […]