Category: Human Rights

UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Global Action Against Rising Intolerance on Holocaust Remembrance Day On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where over 7,000 prisoners were freed from the horrors of starvation and abuse, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, delivered a powerful message on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Reflecting […]

Mexico’s government has announced it will pursue legal action against the United States, citing two instances of human rights violations against deported immigrants. President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed Thursday that Mexican and Guatemalan nationals, recently returned to Mexico, had reported mistreatment by US authorities during their deportation process. According to Sheinbaum, both individuals, a Guatemalan woman […]

In a significant boost to recognizing transgender people’s rights, the Thai government announced this week that it will invest 145 million baht (US$4.3 million) in providing hormone therapy to transgender people. Thailand has a growing international reputation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, especially since it passed marriage equality last year. The country is […]

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has raised serious concerns over widespread human rights violations in the Amhara and Oromia regions, following an escalation in militarized conflict. In its latest quarterly report, covering mid-September to December 2024, the EHRC documented numerous extrajudicial killings, including those of pregnant women and children, as well as forced disappearances […]

Following Ireland’s request for assistance relating to power outages caused by the record-breaking storm Éowyn, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated. The EU has immediately mobilised 13 power generators from the Commission’s own strategic reserve, rescEU, hosted in Poland. 4 power generators offered by Denmark via the Mechanism will also soon reach Ireland […]

Mohamed Bazoum, the former president of Niger, has now been held in detention for over 550 days by the military junta that took control of the country following a coup in 2023. His legal team, including prominent American human rights lawyer Reed Brody, has launched an international campaign demanding his release, describing his prolonged detention […]

In January 2025, legal charges were filed against 5,000 workers in Bangladesh who had staged protests over the closure of 16 Beximco factories, which resulted in over 40,000 workers being laid off and left without months of owed wages. The protests erupted in response to the company’s decision to shut down the factories in December […]

Migrant workers continue to face widespread exploitation and wage theft, often in the form of unpaid wages, poor working conditions, and retaliation for asserting their rights. This vulnerable workforce, essential to global industries, is often denied basic labor rights, contributing to a cycle of poverty and insecurity. In New York, a recent investigation uncovered labor […]

Ahead of Egypt’s scheduled review by the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on January 30, 2025, human rights organizations have raised alarm over the arbitrary detention and harassment of activists. Amnesty International reported on January 29 that Egyptian authorities have been investigating and detaining several high-profile critics, including politicians and activists, in a clear […]

By Yurii Sheliazenkho Jehovah’s Witness Volodymyr Baranov was placed to pre-trial detention by Darnitsky District Court of Kyiv, judge Olha Prosalova. The court decided he could be released on the bail 180 000 UAH. It was not a public hearing, I was denied in entering the hearings despite I provided my credentials as a journalist […]