Category: Human Rights

The Commission has allocated today €76 million in EU humanitarian to address the needs of people affected by the main crises in South and Southeast Asia. Out of this amount, €32.3 million will support Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. A further €33 million will support the population affected by the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. The […]

Authorities in Tunisia have successfully rescued 64 migrants after their boat capsized off the country’s eastern Mediterranean coast. The incident occurred late Friday near the town of Mahdia when the boat, which had run out of fuel, overturned. Tunisia’s national customs agency confirmed no deaths were reported following the rescue operation. The migrants, who hailed […]

Amid stalled negotiations over the extension of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the Israeli government has halted the entry of vital humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. The disruption in aid delivery has raised alarm among international organizations, which have been pushing for continued access to provide much-needed relief to civilians suffering in […]

Amnesty International has condemned recent criminal law reforms in El Salvador, warning that they violate children’s rights. Approved on February 12, the amendments to the Juvenile Criminal Law, Prisons Law, and Laws against Organized Crime allow minors as young as 12 to be transferred to adult prisons if convicted of organized criminal offenses. The reforms […]

A UN expert has raised alarm over the worsening human rights situation in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, citing growing repression and fear as the regime increasingly controls society. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan, expressed deep concern over the Taliban’s ongoing crackdown on women and girls, particularly in education, and the broader humanitarian […]

Mr. Türk – making his closing remarks during the session reporting on the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the Human Rights Council – said he was deeply troubled by the “dangerous manipulation of language” and disinformation that surrounds discussions over the Palestine-Israel conflict. “We need to make sure that we resist all efforts to spread fear […]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the detention of Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash, who faces up to 10 years in prison for criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Barabash, a film critic for the independent outlet Republic, was arrested on February 25 and placed under house arrest the following day for allegedly spreading “fake […]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called for an international arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Myanmar, condemning the ongoing human rights violations that have turned the country into one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Speaking at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, Türk […]

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a public commitment on February 14 to Laila Soueif, the mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, stating “I will do all that I can to secure the release of her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah and reunite him with his family.” While that commitment was welcomed by the family, it […]

“In the last six months alone, more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from frontline areas in the east and north,” said Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the three-year anniversary of the war on Monday 24 February. Mr. Grandi added that, since the start of the war, around 10.6 million people […]