Category: Human Rights

Amnesty International has raised alarm over the escalating human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following the capture of Goma by the M23 rebel group, backed by Rwanda, in January. The organization calls for urgent international intervention to ensure adherence to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in the conflict zone. Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty’s […]

On March 18, 2025, a Thai government delegation traveled to China’s Xinjiang region to assess the welfare of 40 Uyghur men who were repatriated from Thailand in February. This move comes amid mounting international criticism, including sanctions from the United States, regarding Thailand’s decision to send the Uyghurs back to China, despite widespread reports of […]

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, sparking fears he has been forcibly disappeared. Barry, 48, is the national secretary of the opposition political group Servir et Non se Servir (“To Serve and Not Serve Oneself,” or SENS). According […]

Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, was rocked by violence Tuesday when police opened fire on a crowd during a protest called by opposition leader Venancio Mondlane. According to AFP journalists and witnesses, two individuals were killed in the clash. The protest, the first significant demonstration organized by Mondlane in weeks, was sparked by grievances over the October […]

The EU hosted the third humanitarian Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Sudan on 13 March 2025. The meeting, held in Brussels, gathered humanitarian donors, United Nations (UN) agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross, international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Sudanese local responders. Close to 2 years since the beginning of the conflict, the humanitarian […]

In a charged speech delivered at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 14, 2025, former President Donald Trump launched a vehement attack on major media outlets, particularly CNN and MSNBC, accusing them of being “corrupt” and suggesting that their actions should be deemed illegal. Trump criticized the two networks for their coverage of him, […]

Council-appointed experts pointed to grave violations of fundamental rights in Iran, linked to popular protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022. Sara Hossein, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, said that during peaceful protests, “children were killed and severely injured after being fired at with ammunition containing metal pellets”. The youngsters then faced […]

The funding cuts have severe repercussions for vulnerable migrant communities, exacerbating humanitarian crises and undermining essential support systems for displaced populations, the UN agency said in a statement on Tuesday. The adjustments involve “scaling back or ending projects affecting over 6,000 staff members worldwide” and implementing a structural realignment at headquarters, reducing staffing by approximately […]

In February 2025, a horrific massacre unfolded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where more than 70 Christian civilians were beheaded inside a church in North Kivu. This brutal attack, carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist terrorist group affiliated with ISIS, has shocked the world. The victims, mostly women, […]

A coalition of 20 human rights organizations has called on Bulgaria to suspend the planned deportation of Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi, warning that sending him back to Saudi Arabia would violate international laws protecting individuals from persecution. Al-Khalidi, a longtime advocate for prisoners’ rights, fled Saudi Arabia in 2013 fearing government retaliation for […]