Category: Human Rights

Becoming a journalist in Rwanda is a brave undertaking. During his career, John Williams Ntwali, the founder of the YouTube channel Pax TV- IREME News and editor of the private The Chronicles newspaper, reported on issues few dared to go near, often giving a voice to the oppressed. His death six months ago left a gaping hole. […]

Concerns over legislation The Illegal Immigration Bill eliminates access to asylum for anyone who arrives “irregularly” in the UK, meaning they passed through a country – however briefly – where they did not face persecution.   The bill bars migrants from presenting refugee protection or other human rights claims, regardless of their circumstances. It has […]

Caster Semenya, a South African Olympic runner, won her discrimination case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) last week. Yet paradoxically, Semenya and many other women athletes may still be banned from competing in sports under World Athletics regulations. Under these regulations, promulgated by the sports governing body regulating track and field, women like […]

In an alert, the agency emphasized that heatwaves are amongst the deadliest natural hazards and WMO Senior Heat Advisor, John Nairn, told reporters that extreme temperatures are poised to grow in frequency, duration and intensity. “Repeated high night-time temperatures are particularly dangerous for human health because the body is unable to recover from sustained heat”, […]

In a victory for transgender people in Japan, the country’s Supreme Court ruled last week that the trade ministry violated a public service law by banning a transgender woman from using the women’s bathroom at work. In 2015, the woman challenged a decision by officials at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, where she […]

(New York) – The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on July 18, 2023, confirmed the prosecutor’s resumption of the investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in the Philippines, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling is the next step toward justice for the thousands of victims of extrajudicial killings and their families […]

In Iraq, a country scarred by conflict and civil unrest, the EU and UNICEF are working together to identify out-of-school children and adolescents, finding ways to make them learn again. As pathways to formal education are often far from easy for children and adolescents displaced by conflict, options include enrolling them in non-formal education that […]

(Nairobi) – Senior Kenya government officials have responded to the resumption of protests by an opposition coalition with threats and hostile rhetoric, heightening political tension, Human Rights Watch said today. Kenya’s political leaders should stop the labelling of protesters as terrorists and respect the human rights to assembly and peaceful protest. Kenya’s leading opposition coalition, […]

Many Middle East and North Africa countries still prevent women from moving freely in their own country or traveling abroad without the permission of a male guardian. Women in the region are fighting rules that authorities often claim are for their protection, but that deprive women of their rights and enable men to control and […]

He was speaking in Geneva at the annual meeting on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, referencing in-depth conversations he had had in recent months with Indigenous representatives during missions to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Kenya.  He described the “unprincipled and devastating impact of extractive industries on the environment and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Their […]