Category: Human Rights

[ad_1] On October 9, the Bangladesh authorities filed charges against 28 people  for enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture. It was a long time coming. A “smear campaign,” the home minister had scoffed in 2017, after Human Rights Watch released a report on secret detentions and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh. When I had met with him, the minister, Asaduzzaman […]

[ad_1] “There is a very positive, jubilant mood in Gaza this morning and there was overnight,” said Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. “There were people whistling and partying and celebrating.” Speaking to UN News from the devastated enclave, Ms. Cherevko stressed that immediate humanitarian priorities remain unchanged: “to reach the most […]

El-Fasher, Sudan — In the besieged city of El-Fasher, journalists remain trapped alongside civilians, enduring hunger, relentless bombardment, and targeted violence as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) tighten their grip on North Darfur’s last government-held stronghold. Reporting Amid Violence According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), media workers in El-Fasher face systematic persecution. […]

Cairo, 9 October 2025 — Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement as part of a U.S.-brokered initiative aimed at ending the two-year war in Gaza. The deal, negotiated in Egypt, marks the beginning of a phased peace process but leaves key territorial and governance issues unresolved. Terms of the Agreement Under the initial […]

Beijing, 9 October 2025 — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Chinese government to immediately drop charges against Gao Zhen, a U.S. permanent resident and prominent artist known for his critical depictions of China’s Cultural Revolution. Gao was arrested in August 2024 while visiting family in Sanhe City, Hebei province, and charged with […]

Cairo, 9 October 2025 — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the detention of prominent Egyptian journalist and researcher Ismail Iskandarani, who was arrested in Cairo on 24 October over Facebook posts critical of government policies. The organization described the arrest as part of a broader crackdown on independent journalism and free expression in Egypt. […]

Khartoum, 9 October 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the killing of Sudanese journalist Alnor Suleiman Alnor, who died following a drone strike on his home in El Fasher, North Darfur. The press freedom group is urging Sudanese authorities to investigate whether the attack was a deliberate attempt to silence his […]

[ad_1] During the landmark 1995 event in the Chinese capital, countries came together and adopted the Beijing Declaration – a blueprint document for advancing women’s rights (read our explainer, here). At the high-level celebratory event on Monday, countries, civil society organizations, and representatives from academia and the private sector discussed how to accelerate its implementation. “For so […]

Owerri, Nigeria, 8 October 2025 — Human rights advocates have called for the immediate release of 21-year-old trainee nurse Princess Nmesoma Chukwunyere, who has been held for more than 80 days without trial at the Imo State Police Command’s Tiger Base facility in Owerri. Arrest and Detention Nmesoma, a student nurse at Mother of Mercy […]

[ad_1] (Beirut) – A Tunisian court sentenced a man to death last week for peaceful Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch said today. He received a presidential pardon days later, but this is an unprecedented sentence for nonviolent expression in Tunisia. Tunisian authorities should stop detaining and prosecuting people solely for exercising their right of expression. […]