Category: Human Rights

Earlier this month, Sharifa Madrakhimova’s passport was tampered with and destroyed, preventing her from traveling abroad to accept an award honoring her work defending human rights in Uzbekistan. Shortly afterward, Abdurakhmon Tashanov, another prominent rights defender, was ordered to pay several thousand dollars in a civil defamation case for an innocuous Facebook post. While the […]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on separatist insurgents operating in southern Thailand to immediately halt attacks on civilians and adhere to international humanitarian law, amid a surge in violence in the region. The rights group’s statement on Thursday follows renewed reports of deadly assaults by armed separatist groups across the provinces of Pattani, Yala, […]

“Africa is a continent of boundless energy and possibility. But for too long, the colossal injustices inflicted by enslavement, the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism have been left unacknowledged and unaddressed,” he said. The United Nations has repeatedly said that slavery and the transatlantic slave trade constituted crimes against humanity, and the Secretary-General has repeatedly […]

(Beirut) – The de facto Houthi authorities in Yemen should immediately and unconditionally release dozens of staff from the United Nations and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who were arbitrarily detained over the course of the past year, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The Houthis’ arbitrary arrests of humanitarian workers have a […]

Four pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, including prominent political and LGBTQ advocate Jimmy Sham, were released from prison on Friday after serving over four years for their involvement in the 2021 national security trial of the “47 democrats.” This marks the second group of detainees to be freed in a month, following the April release […]

The Commission has announced €80 million in EU humanitarian funding for 2025 to support people in need in Yemen. Yemen continues to rank among the worst humanitarian crises in the world. One decade of conflict, economic deterioration and recurrent climate-induced events have left 19.5 million people in need.  This humanitarian will target food and health services – […]

Unverified footage from Rafah where the privately-run but Israeli military-supported Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is based showed scenes of panic with crowds of people rushing in different directions, while others carried away boxes of supplies. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, said that it had received information that at least 47 people had been hurt on […]

Over the past five years, the refugee population in Kenya has surged by more than 70 per cent – from approximately 500,000 to 843,000 – driven largely by conflict and drought in neighbouring Sudan and Somalia. Of these, around 720,000 people are sheltering in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps, as well as the Kalobeyei settlement. […]

SARAJEVO, 28 May 2025 — Jan Braathu, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, concluded his first official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) today following three days of high-level meetings with state and entity officials, media stakeholders, and civil society. During his visit, Braathu met with key government figures, including Denis Zvizdić, Speaker of […]

In June 2024, the EU adopted a groundbreaking law requiring large companies to respect human rights and the environment throughout their global value chains. It also introduced new plans to limit CO2 emissions. The law, known as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), signaled a major shift for companies from voluntary standards to being held […]