Category: Human Rights

Ireland has formally responded to the Fifth Opinion of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, focusing particularly on the challenges faced by the Traveller and Roma communities. Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, Norma Foley T.D., acknowledged the Advisory Committee’s findings, which highlight […]

The Taliban has pledged to release British nationals Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who have been detained in Afghanistan since February 1, 2025. The couple, both in their 70s, were arrested alongside an American national and an Afghan citizen in the Bamiyan province. The Taliban’s Ministry of Interior spokesperson, Abdul Mateen Qani, confirmed that the couple’s […]

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at a regular news briefing in New York that aid trucks from Türkiye to Idlib via Bab Al-Hawa are continuing to get through with vital assistance to communities in need. “Yesterday, 43 trucks carrying more than 1,000 metric tonnes of food from the World Food Programme (WFP), as well […]

In Kabul, the Taliban’s control over daily life is increasingly defined by surveillance. With 90,000 CCTV cameras now monitoring the city, the regime claims the system aids in crime prevention. The cameras, which track everything from facial expressions to license plates, are part of a broader effort to monitor the capital’s six million residents. Khalid […]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned El Salvador’s new law, which transfers incarcerated children into adult prisons, as a violation of international juvenile justice standards. The law comes amid the conviction of over a thousand children, many on charges of unlawful gang association. HRW claims that children are often coerced into pleading guilty for crimes they […]

Amnesty International has called for justice for the victims of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, urging accountability for war crimes and reparations for the affected. In a statement issued Monday, Secretary General Agnès Callamard emphasized that any peace negotiations must prioritize justice for crimes committed since Russia’s military intervention in 2014. Callamard also addressed U.S. President […]

Dong Yifu, the son of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, has called for his father’s release after the journalist was sentenced to seven years in prison on espionage charges. Speaking at a National Press Club event, Dong Yifu denounced the conviction, which he views as part of China’s broader crackdown on press freedom. He emphasized that […]

On February 27 and 28, 2025, European Union commissioners will conduct an “unprecedented visit” to India, seeking to “upgrade the strategic partnership” and strengthen bilateral trade, economic, technology, and security ties. In a letter sent ahead of the visit, 12 human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, urged EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the […]

“While a number of countries argue that it lies within their national sovereignty, from my perspective, it is incompatible with human dignity and the right to life,” the High Commissioner told Member States, during a discussion about the contribution of judiciaries to advancing human rights over the issue. The punishment had “no place” in the 21st […]

This week marks over 1000 days since three OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) officials were unjustly detained in Donetsk and Luhansk. In response, the OSCE Chair-in-Office and Secretary General have renewed their calls for their immediate release, emphasizing the ongoing human rights violation. The three officials—Vadym Golda, Maxim Petrov, and Dmytro Shabanov—were […]