Category: Human Rights

“We see massive violations of international human rights law, direct attacks on civilians, noncompliance with international humanitarian law, which regulates conduct in relation to hostilities, and that the attacks are largely on civilians,” said Chaloka Beyani, who recently took up his post as Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for the Prevention of Genocide. Mr. Beyani told […]

On November 6, a court in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, gave the go-ahead for the trial of twelve activists, eight of whom are students. The group faces charges stemming from their protests against the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), one of the largest fossil fuel infrastructure projects currently under development globally. The activists were […]

António Guterres urges ceasefire compliance and humanitarian scale-up amid deepening crisis in Gaza. Doha, Qatar – November 6, 2025 — UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a renewed call for Gaza stabilization, urging all parties to uphold ceasefire agreements and commit to a two-state solution. Speaking at the Second World Summit for Social Development, Guterres […]

Share an invitation to a state-sponsored press briefing in Niger and face jail time. That’s the reality for six Nigerien journalists who were arrested last month in the military junta’s latest assault on media freedom. On October 30, police in Niamey, Niger’s capital, arrested Moussa Kaka and Abdoul Aziz of Saraounia TV; Ibro Chaibou and […]

Paris, France – November 6, 2025 — Amnesty International has condemned France’s short-term residency permit system as a systemic violation of migrant workers’ human rights, citing widespread exploitation, poverty, and administrative dysfunction. The findings, published in a report spanning research from April 2024 to September 2025, reveal how the current framework traps thousands of racialized […]

“We are deeply alarmed by mounting reports of grave violations against civilians,” M. Haq said, citing accounts of “executions, sexual violence, humiliation, extortion and attacks” following the capture of El Fasher, the state capital, by the Rapid Support Forces militia last week. According to the UN migration agency, IOM, nearly 82,000 people have fled El […]

(Istanbul, November 6, 2025) – A cross-party parliamentary commission in Türkiye should use its mandate to recommend concrete legal and institutional reforms that protect human rights, justice, and the rule of law for Kurds and all other communities in the country, Human Rights Watch, the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project, and the International Commission of […]

The Global Coalition for Social Justice Forum brought together ministers, workers’ and employers’ organizations, UN agencies and civil society to accelerate action on poverty eradication, decent work and social inclusion. The gathering came at a moment described as both hopeful and urgent. Since the coalition’s launch in 2023, governments and partners have expanded efforts to […]

As the 2025 rainy season peaks in Panama, the Guna Indigenous community of Ukupa, which was displaced by floods late last year, is still waiting for much-needed governmental support. After severe flooding in December 2024 left their homes on the Caribbean coast uninhabitable, community members chose a measure of last resort: to relocate to a new, safer […]

Summary: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Indian authorities to provide immediate safety measures for investigative journalist and Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub, after she and her father received violent threats from an unidentified caller. The case has reignited concerns over the safety of journalists in India, where press freedom has come […]