Category: Human Rights

According to reports, one boat carrying 267 people from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Rakhine State in Myanmar, sank on 9 May, with only 66 survivors, UNHCR said.  The following day, a second boat fleeing with 247 people capsized, leaving just 21 survivors. In a separate incident, reports indicate that on 14 May, a third […]

VIENNA, 26 May 2025 — Ambassador Jan Braathu, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, will undertake his inaugural official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 26 to 28 May 2025. During his visit, Ambassador Braathu is scheduled to meet with senior government officials, political leaders, civil society representatives, and media stakeholders to discuss […]

May 25, 2025 The war in Gaza has entered what the United Nations calls its “cruellest phase,” with 2.1 million people at risk of famine and thousands of aid trucks stuck at the border. As pressure mounts to resolve the growing humanitarian catastrophe, deep divisions remain between international agencies urging immediate aid delivery and Israeli […]

(Beirut) – Qatari authorities have discriminated against members of the Baha’i faith, including with unlawful detentions, based solely on their religious identity, Human Rights Watch said today. Qatari authorities arrested and detained Remy Rowhani on April 28, 2025. Rowhani is the chair of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Qatar, an elected body that […]

In response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Gaza and the West Bank, the European Commission has allocated an additional €50 million in humanitarian funding, bringing total assistance in 2025 to €170 million. This will allow our humanitarian partners on the ground to boost aid supplies for civilians in need. At the same time, taking […]

“Fifteen World Food Programme trucks were looted late last night in southern Gaza, while en route to WFP-supported bakeries,” the UN agency said. “These trucks were transporting critical food supplies for hungry populations waiting anxiously for assistance.” The development is a blow to continuing efforts to help Gaza’s most vulnerable people after Israel allowed a […]

GENEVA / MOSCOW — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, has issued a strong call for the release of Grigory Melkonyants, a prominent election law expert and co-chair of the Golos movement. This follows his sentencing last week to five years in prison by […]

Bucharest, Romania — The Constitutional Court of Romania on Thursday unanimously rejected opposition leader George Simion’s petition to annul the results of the May 18 municipal election, formally confirming Nicușor Dan as the winner and incoming mayor of Bucharest. Dan is expected to be sworn in on Monday, marking the conclusion of a contentious and […]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) to immediately release journalist Landry Ulrich Nguéma Ngokpélé, condemning his detention and prosecution as an attack on press freedom. Ngokpélé, editor of the newspaper Le Quotidien de Bangui, was arrested on May 8 following a report alleging the return […]

Conflict has plagued the DRC for decades, particularly in the east. Armed clashes escalated sharply this year as M23 rebels wrested control of Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in January, followed by Bukavu in South Kivu a month later. The security and humanitarian situation further deteriorated with recent outbreaks of anthrax and mpox in April and […]