Category: Human Rights

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to democratic rule, recommended a minimum five-year transition period that can be extended if needed. The presidential guard ousted Niger’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, in […]

Three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were detained and forcibly expelled by Moroccan authorities on Thursday after arriving in El Aaiún, the largest city in Western Sahara. The MEPs—Isabel Serra (Spain), Catarina Martins (Portugal), and Jussi Saramo (Finland)—had planned to carry out a mission to monitor human rights conditions in the disputed territory, following […]

The US government has frozen several immigration and visa programs, severely affecting migrants from Ukraine, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. These programs, including Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) and parole initiatives for Latin American migrants, previously provided critical pathways for individuals fleeing war, political instability, and economic hardship to seek temporary refuge or legal […]

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 […]