Category: Human Rights

Ahead of this year’s World Humanitarian Day, Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, issued the following statement:  “The EU is one of the world’s largest humanitarian aid donors, working to save millions of lives in crisis situations globally. Yet at a time when humanitarian needs are reaching new heights, respect for International […]

OUAGADOUGOU, August 18, 2025 — The government of Burkina Faso has declared United Nations regional coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak persona non grata, following the publication of a UN report alleging grave violations against children in the country. The decision, announced Monday by a government spokesperson, marks a sharp escalation in tensions between the West African nation […]

The development came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders arrived in Washington to meet President Donald Trump, who held talks on a possible peace deal to end the war with President Vladimir Putin of Russia last Friday. “More young lives lost and devastated in brutal attacks in Ukraine,” UNICEF said […]

CALAIS, France — August 18, 2025 — Two migrant deaths over the weekend have reignited calls for safer migration routes and more compassionate treatment of asylum seekers along Europe’s borders. On Friday, the body of a man was discovered near a canal in Calais, while on Sunday, another man reportedly died by suicide in one […]

Hong Kong — August, 2025 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has renewed its call for the Hong Kong government to immediately and unconditionally release Jimmy Lai, the 77-year-old founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, as closing arguments in his national security trial are set to begin. Lai, who has spent nearly five […]

For nine years, in Khar Yalla, authorities have effectively abandoned Senegalese families internally displaced from the Langue de Barbarie peninsula by coastal floods, violating their rights to an adequate standard of living, education, health, and to take part in cultural life. Senegalese authorities failed to include these families in a World Bank-funded planned relocation of […]

Doha, Qatar — August 16, 2025 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly denounced the five-year prison sentence handed down to Remi Rowhani, a prominent Baha’i religious dignitary and chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is in Qatar. The New York-based rights organization described the charges as “abusive” and rooted solely in Rowhani’s religious […]

The monthly total also marked a three-year high, topping June’s figure, with HRMMU verifying civilian deaths and injuries in 18 of Ukraine’s 24 regions.   “For the second month in a row, the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine hits a new three-year high,” said Danielle Bell, Head of HRMMU. “Only the first three months […]

Bamako, Mali — August 17, 2025 A French national recently detained in Mali has been confirmed as a member of the French embassy in Bamako, according to a statement issued by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The arrest, which took place earlier this week, has sparked diplomatic concern between Paris and Bamako. […]

During the past week, Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to help deal with forest fires – many of which are occurring simultaneously across Europe. Yesterday Spain activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for the first time ever for forest fires. The European Commission has quickly mobilised 2 rescEU […]