By Human Rights Press StaffJune 3, 2025 | 6:30 PM ET A new global report warns that only 3.5% of the world’s population—about 284 million people—live in countries that fully protect civil liberties, while nearly seven billion live under governments that restrict or suppress basic freedoms. The 2025 Atlas of […]
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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 […]
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 | 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 […]
In a historic move, the UN Human Rights Council has taken a decisive step to ensure that millions of children worldwide have access to free education. This decision follows the approval of a proposal by Luxembourg, the Dominican Republic, and Sierra Leone, supported by 36 other nations. Background: The council’s […]
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 […]
Qatar has announced a $3 million donation to the office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, aiming to support welfare and safety in the war-torn country. According to Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the funds will support initiatives to improve the lives of children, citizens affected by armed […]
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 […]
A new report by Amnesty International details widespread human rights abuses faced by women working in informal cross-border trade (ICBT) in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The report, titled “Cross-border is our livelihood, it is our job” – Decent work as a human right for women cross border traders in southern […]
The source: UN “Online and ‘real life’ media serve as watchdogs and early warning systems for the full range of potential human rights violations,” said UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on the safety of journalists. “And that is precisely why journalists are so frequently the targets of threats, violence […]