Category: Human Rights

As European Union leaders and foreign ministers prepare for meetings to discuss the situation in Israel and Palestine, some of their representatives in Brussels, and Israel’s new ambassador to the EU, have been pushing for the European Commission to amend or withdraw its proposals to sanction “extremist” Israeli ministers and suspend the EU-Israel trade deal. […]

In presenting his annual report to the Third Committee of the General Assembly, Volker Türk highlighted that surveys consistently show that people worldwide overwhelmingly support the values that underpin human rights, namely dignity, equality and justice. He urged the international community to “build on this energy, at a time when disquiet, disenfranchisement, disillusionment, and disarray […]

On 15 October 2025, HRW issued a statement denouncing the violent dispersal of protests that have swept Morocco since late September. The demonstrations, led by the youth movement GenZ212, have called for sweeping reforms in healthcare, education, employment, and anti‑corruption measures. According to HRW, security forces, including the Royal Gendarmerie, used water cannons, physical force, […]

Istanbul, 16 October 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to thoroughly investigate the death of Hakan Tosun, a freelance reporter and documentary filmmaker, who died on 13 October after being assaulted in Istanbul. Tosun, 50, was attacked on 11 October in the city’s Esenyurt district by two men […]

Vienna, 16 October 2025 — The OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference (WHDC), held from 6 to 17 October, convened representatives from 57 participating States, civil society, and media experts to assess the state of human rights and democratic commitments across the region. A central theme was the protection of journalists and the integrity of information […]

(Seoul) – Chinese authorities since 2024 have forcibly returned at least 406 people to North Korea, where they are at grave risk of persecution and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. The Chinese government’s forced return of North Koreans puts them at high risk of torture, wrongful imprisonment, sexual violence, forced labor, and possible execution, in […]

In a statement on Wednesday, Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said that two days after world leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh to endorse the US-led peace initiative, “this is a moment of great but precarious hope.” “It is also clear from the public response to the progress, that Palestinians, Israelis and people across the region […]

Al Hamriyah, UAE, 15 October 2025 — The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has condemned the ongoing abandonment of 19 seafarers from India, Bangladesh, and Ukraine aboard the oil tanker Global Peace, anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The vessel is owned by Glory International FZ-LLC, a UAE-based company placed under U.S. […]

On October 15, the Supreme Court will rehear Louisiana v. Callais, which could determine whether Black voters have a meaningful chance at equal representation in Congress. The question before the court is a crucial one: does creating majority-Black districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act amount to unconstitutional racial discrimination? In 2022, Louisiana lawmakers drew a […]

Phetchaburi, Thailand — Electronics manufacturer Cal-Comp Electronics, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Kinpo Group, is facing scrutiny after 1,450 Myanmar migrant workers were reportedly forced to sign termination agreements under duress. Labour rights groups allege that workers were confined within the factory, threatened with arrest, and pressured to accept a lump-sum payment of 10,000 Thai baht […]