Category: Human Rights

In 2024, more than 10,000 migrants tragically lost their lives while trying to reach Spain, a harrowing increase of over 50% compared to the previous year. This alarming figure, reported by the Spanish non-governmental organization Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders), highlights the continuing dangers faced by migrants attempting perilous sea routes to Europe. The group’s “Monitoring […]

This week, Egypt’s parliament rushed to approve, “in principle,” a government proposed draft bill to replace the country’s 1950 Criminal Procedure Code. The Lawyers’ Syndicate, the Journalists’ Syndicate, human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch, political parties, and United Nations independent experts have all expressed strong opposition to the draft. Rather than rushing the draft—discussed mostly secretively by a parliamentary subcommittee for months—through the overwhelmingly […]

The United States is designating Bidzina Grigoris Dze Ivanishvili, founder and honorary chairman of Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, for undermining the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future of Georgia for the benefit of the Russian Federation. Ivanishvili and Georgian Dream’s actions have eroded democratic institutions, enabled human rights abuses, and curbed the exercise of fundamental freedoms […]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the immediate release of Liu Hanbin, a Chinese blogger detained for over a month after publishing a video highlighting a protest by farmers in Inner Mongolia against forced land seizures. Liu, who writes under the pseudonym Wen Yi Fan, has been charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” […]

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has expressed grave concern about the escalating trend of abductions targeting individuals critical of the government. The commission reported that at least 82 people have been abducted since anti-government protests erupted in June 2024, with 29 of them still unaccounted for. These disappearances have raised alarm among […]

The United Nations has reported that an alarming 148 million children under the age of five are currently suffering from hunger worldwide. This staggering figure underscores the growing global food insecurity crisis, where millions of young children are denied access to essential nutrients critical for their development. Despite significant advancements in food production and distribution, […]

Mexico’s congress has approved an amendment to the country’s federal labor law to uphold the labor rights of workers for digital labor platforms. The amendment reclassifies workers to “employees” from “independent contractors” when their monthly income from digital labor platforms – such as Uber and Didi – exceeds the minimum wage (approximately USD$415 per month). This […]

Sana’a, Yemen – December 26, 2024 — A United Nations (UN) team, led by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), was caught in a deadly airstrike earlier today while preparing to depart from Sana’a International Airport in Yemen. The attack, which took place around two hours ago, resulted in […]

(Berlin, December 24, 2024) – Police and other security forces have used brutal violence against largely peaceful protesters in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, Human Rights Watch said today. In widespread and apparently punitive acts, security forces have chased down, violently detained, and beat protesters. Police also tortured and otherwise ill-treated them in police vans and police stations.  […]