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 […]
MENA
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
July 9, 2024 A Saudi court has sentenced Asaad al-Ghamdi, a 47-year-old teacher, to 20 years in prison solely for his peaceful social media activity. Human Rights Watch highlights this case as part of Saudi Arabia’s escalating crackdown on freedom of expression and transnational repression. On May 29, 2024, the […]
By Jane Doe, July 4, 2024, 10:30 AM ET A bipartisan group of 142 House lawmakers is urging President Biden to address Turkey’s systematic human rights abuses during the NATO Summit, scheduled for July 9-11 in Washington, D.C. The lawmakers emphasize the urgent need for the U.S. to push Turkey […]
An Iranian court has sentenced rapper Toomaj Salehi to death, drawing criticism from United Nations human rights officials. Salehi has been jailed for over a year and a half for supporting protests sparked by the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. “Branch 1 of Isfahan Revolutionary Court… sentenced Toomaj Salehi to […]
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi urged the international community to increase pressure on Iran over its grave human rights violations during a UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva on Monday. Mohammadi, 51, a prominent human rights activist, has spent much of the last two decades in […]
Feb 27, 2024 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Israel of violating a recent order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by hindering the delivery of vital aid to the Gaza Strip. This comes amidst ongoing concerns about the worsening humanitarian crisis in the region, PBS reported. According to […]
By HRP staffNov. 22, 2023, 10:30 am ET In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, voiced profound worry about the dire humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, characterizing it as “apocalyptic.” Türk condemned “grave breaches of international humanitarian law,” pointing to the […]