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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 […]
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 […]
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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 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 […]
By Human Rights Press Staff, July 16, 2024 Since the declaration of a state of emergency in El Salvador in March 2022, over 1,000 minors have been convicted of crimes, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report. The organization denounces these convictions as the result of indiscriminate arrests and […]
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 […]
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, […]
By Human Rights Press Staff July 13, 2023 A West African court has found the Nigerian government guilty of human rights abuses during its suppression of the 2020 #EndSARS protests against police brutality. The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja imposed a financial penalty on Nigeria for its forceful crackdown […]