Category: Human Rights

Trading suits, ties and debates for DJ turntables, bright traditional Indigenous garb and ancient instruments, three performers – an anthropologist, an R&B singer and a genre-defying artist – showcased their music and messages at the Stand Up for Social Justice event to celebrate the World Day of Social Justice, marked annually on 20 February. It took place […]

In a powerful call for global intervention, Betlehem Isaak, the daughter of journalist Dawit Isaak, has demanded that the international community take urgent action regarding the human rights abuses taking place in Eritrea. Speaking at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, Isaak emphasized the need for the world to “wake up” to the […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Hamas will “pay” for the serious error made in a recent body handover, where one of the returned bodies was wrongly claimed to be that of Shiri Bibas, a hostage taken with her two children. While the bodies of her two children were confirmed, the body in […]

A prominent civil society leader in Guinea, Abdoul Sacko, went missing in the early hours of February 19, 2025, after gunmen took him from his home in the capital Conakry, raising concerns about an enforced disappearance. He resurfaced that night bearing marks of torture. Sacko, a critic of the military junta which took power in a September […]

Pakhshan Azizi, a dedicated humanitarian worker from Iran’s Kurdish minority, is at imminent risk of execution after being sentenced to death for her peaceful advocacy on behalf of displaced women and children in northeast Syria. Azizi’s conviction of “armed rebellion” stems from her human rights work, despite no evidence of violence or illegal activity. Following […]

The United Nations supports the principle in multiple ways, from addressing economic inequality to access to education, healthcare, and the protection of human rights, with the aim of creating a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Social justice is for everyone, which is why the UN pays attention to the needs of particularly […]

In a coordinated multinational effort, 200 Chinese nationals have been successfully repatriated from scam centres in Myanmar and flown back to China via Thailand. This operation is part of a broader initiative to rescue hundreds of people trafficked into Southeast Asia’s notorious online fraud networks. On Thursday, a group of 50 individuals crossed the Thai-Myanmar […]

On Monday, the United Nations launched a comprehensive $6 billion humanitarian aid package aimed at alleviating the devastating impact of Sudan’s ongoing civil war. The initiative includes both a Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan and a Regional Refugee Response Plan, designed to provide crucial support to millions affected by the conflict. The plans aim to […]

Two men died in custody in Uzbekistan in recent days, and a third man is in the hospital unresponsive after police detained him, according to rights groups and local bloggers. Abdurakhmon Tashanov, head of the human rights organization Ezgulik, reported that Muhammadkadir Pulatov, 21, died on February 14, 2025, in central Uzbekistan’s Almalyk prison. According to […]

Lebanese authorities have arrested over 25 individuals following an attack on a United Nations convoy on Friday, which left two peacekeepers wounded, including the outgoing deputy commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The assault came as tensions escalated in the country, with Hizbollah supporters blocking the road to Beirut’s international airport for […]