Category: Human Rights

Moscow/Geneva, On 1 October 2025 — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law the country’s withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, a move that effectively ends international monitoring of Russia’s prisons and detention facilities. The decision comes at a time when Moscow faces widespread allegations of torture and inhuman treatment of […]

San Salvador, 2 October 2025 — More than 50 Salvadoran journalists have fled the country in the past four months, citing intensifying legal persecution and mounting threats under the administration of President Nayib Bukele. The exodus marks a troubling escalation in El Salvador’s press freedom crisis, with media professionals facing harassment, surveillance, and the looming […]

A Congolese military court’s conviction and death sentence imposed on former President Joseph Kabila on September 30 highlights the fragile balance between accountability and political stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The trial, for charges ranging from treason to war crimes, had all the trappings of a political vendetta, posing a threat to both the rule […]

Briefing reporters in New York on Monday, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said the RSF militia’s grip is tightening on the last government-held redoubt, with satellite imagery showing “large groups of people attempting to flee on foot” from peripheral areas. “Local sources report that civilians trying to leave the city have faced violence, harassment and looting […]

The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua presented a report to the Human Rights Council warning that the Nicaraguan government has expanded a campaign of repression beyond its borders, pursuing critics in exile through legal, administrative and covert means. The experts documented systematic measures including the arbitrary deprivation of nationality, denial of passport […]

At the heart of the emergency are the Rohingya Muslims, denied Burmese citizenship, driven from their homes and forced into camps or exile. More than a million now live as refugees in Bangladesh, while countless more remain displaced or trapped – alongside other minorities – inside Myanmar under conditions UN leaders described as “dire” and […]

(New York) – United Nations member states meeting on September 30, 2025, on the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence, Human Rights Watch said today. Rohingya in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and across Asia continue to face grave threats to their safety, freedom, and lives. The UN General Assembly is […]

Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistan’s northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide. The Taliban claim the ban is to “prevent immorality.” In Afghanistan, authorities have long used “morality” as a tool of oppression applied predominantly to women and girls, who […]

The United Nations human rights chief, Volker Türk, condemned Kyrgyzstan’s decision to dissolve the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture and transfer its mandate to the Ombudsperson’s Institute, warning the move undermines Kyrgyzstan’s obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture; President Sadyr Japarov signed the law on 23 September and the […]

The European Commission has released an additional €50 million in humanitarian assistance to respond to the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and to address the rising humanitarian needs in the West Bank. This brings total EU emergency humanitarian aid in 2025 to €220 million to Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to […]