Category: Human Rights

📍 Geneva / Kinshasa — August 2025 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has strongly condemned the recent escalation of violence by the M23 rebel group and other armed factions in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), citing grave violations of ceasefire agreements and international humanitarian law. 🛑 Surge in Civilian Casualties […]

📍 Baghdad, Iraq — August 2025 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Iraqi authorities to immediately release Ali Al-Dhabhawi, director and presenter of Al-Baghdadia TV, and to reinstate the station’s satellite broadcast license. The appeal follows a series of enforcement actions that press freedom groups have condemned as part of a broader […]

(New York) – Macao authorities should unconditionally release the former lawmaker and veteran pro-democracy activist Au Kam San (區錦新), who was arrested on national security charges, Human Rights Watch said today. This is the first time the draconian Law on Safeguarding National Security has been invoked in China’s Macao Special Administrative Region. On July 30, 2025, […]

US President Donald Trump is set to host Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the White House on August 8 to sign a memorandum of understanding that could lead to a peace deal between the two countries. President Trump is expected to hold bilateral meetings with both leaders as well. While […]

August 6, 2025 A coalition of 15 human rights organizations—including Amnesty International, Article 19, and Politics for Women Myanmar—issued a joint statement on Tuesday condemning the Myanmar military regime’s treatment of political prisoners. The groups cited widespread torture, systematic denial of healthcare, and a rising death toll in detention facilities as evidence of an escalating […]

August 6, 2025 – 18:37 Amnesty International has urged Georgian authorities to conduct a transparent and impartial investigation into the conviction and sentencing of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, citing serious concerns over due process violations and alleged mistreatment. Amaglobeli, founder of the independent news platforms Gazeti Batumelebi and Netzgazeti, was sentenced to two years in prison […]

Israeli forces’ deadly attacks on schools sheltering Palestinian civilians highlight the absence of safe places for displaced people, the vast majority of Gaza’s population. Hundreds of Israeli attacks since October 2023 have struck over 500 school buildings, many used as shelters, killing hundreds of civilians and causing significant damage to nearly all of Gaza’s schools. […]

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it had received first-hand accounts indicating that at least 319 civilians were killed by M23 fighters, aided by members of the Rwanda Defence Force, between 9 and 21 July in North Kivu province. Most of the victims, including at least 48 women and 19 children, were local farmers […]

Moscow, 6 August 2025 — The Russian government has significantly escalated its control over internet access and digital communications, raising serious concerns about human rights violations and the erosion of civil liberties. According to a recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Kremlin has expanded its censorship infrastructure, imposed arbitrary internet shutdowns, and blocked […]

(Beirut) – Lebanese authorities have yet to deliver truth and justice for the victims and their families five years after the devastating Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. It is imperative to conduct a comprehensive and unobstructed investigation that establishes the full chain of responsibility. The blast, […]