Category: Human Rights

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Saudi Arabia to release activists and prisoners detained for peacefully exercising their rights, amid continued concerns over the country’s treatment of detainees. Between December 2024 and February 2025, Saudi authorities released 44 prisoners, but HRW has stated that these releases do not signal a significant shift in policy. The […]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the Argentine government for its violent response to protests led by pensioners demanding improved access to pensions, medical care, and social safety nets. The protests, which erupted over the government’s refusal to extend pension moratoriums, were met with excessive force from security forces, sparking widespread concern. HRW’s Americas director, […]

Following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake on 28 March 2025, the European Commission is allocating an additional €10 million in humanitarian aid. This funding will provide emergency shelter, medical care, clean water, and sanitation to affected communities, as well as family tracing and reunification amongst others. This brings the EU’s total earthquake response for Myanmar […]

Iranian authorities are poised to carry out amputation sentences on three prisoners, Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharifian, and Mehdi Shahivand, for robbery convictions. Amnesty International warned on Friday that these executions, scheduled to begin as early as April 11, amount to torture and violate international law, especially given the prisoners’ lack of fair trials and legal […]

Volker Türk issued a statement expressing shock at the attack, which occurred on Friday evening in a residential area. A team from the UN Human Rights Office in Ukraine visited the impact site the following day, documented the damage, and established the names and identity of the children who were killed. ‘An unimaginable horror’ The […]

A Thai student protester was detained in Bangkok after denouncing Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing as a “murderer” and condemning the Thai government’s support for him at the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit. The protester’s actions took place as Hlaing attended the summit in Bangkok following a […]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for a thorough investigation into the recent police attacks on a journalist during protests in Dominica last month. EmoNews journalist Soana Benjamin was reportedly verbally abused and had her equipment seized by a police officer while covering the police response to public demonstrations. RSF executives emphasized the importance of […]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is calling for the immediate release of three journalists detained in Burkina Faso last month after a disturbing video surfaced showing them in military uniforms. Guézouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem were captured in a two-minute video shared across Burkinabé social media, where they are seen dressed in […]

Joseph Tater, a 46-year-old American citizen, has been forcibly sent to a psychiatric hospital in Russia while awaiting trial on charges of assaulting a police officer. Tater’s detention stems from an incident at a Moscow hotel in August 2024, where he reportedly became confrontational with hotel staff and later clashed with the police. Russian state […]

On Tuesday, the Trump administration froze federal funding for several organizations across the United States that provide lifesaving cervical cancer screenings, contraception, family planning, and other health care services to low-income people. Since 1970, the Title X Family Planning program, or Title X, has provided organizations with federal funding for comprehensive family planning and related […]