More than 130 people have died at a hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The city, a key location in Darfur, has seen escalating violence as Sudan’s army battles the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). El Fasher, the last major city in Darfur controlled by […]
In a recent interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Aryeh Neier, a co-founder of Human Rights Watch and a Holocaust survivor, has made a stark accusation against Israel, stating that he is now convinced the country is “engaged in genocide against Palestinians.” Neier’s statements have sparked significant discussion and controversy, given […]
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 […]
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 […]
GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts, as reported by The Associated Press, have uncovered further evidence of “horrific” torture inflicted upon Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian captors, potentially constituting war crimes. The Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine revealed widespread human rights violations since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s directive […]
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 […]
This article is based on a press release from the Council of Europe [source: Council of Europe]. The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, expressed deep concern about the state of freedom of expression and the environment for journalists, human rights defenders, and civil society in Turkey, […]
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