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 […]
Women’s Rights
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]