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 […]
Women’s Rights
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 […]