Category: Human Rights

Life in the occupied northern West Bank town of Beita, near Nablus, has been turned upside down since Israeli settlers re-established an outpost settlement on Palestinians’ land in May 2021. Weekly protests against the land grab have resulted in clashes with Israeli forces, with 10 Palestinians, including 2 children, killed by live ammunition, and 6,800 […]

“We have expressed concerns” over the investigation into her death, said Viviana Krsticevic, a member of the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, speaking at a press conference in Geneva: “in particular over the fact that today her family’s right to truth and justice remains unfulfilled”.  She added that the investigations had “fallen short of international human […]

In June, Russia’s Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don began criminal proceedings against 13 men and 9 women from the Ukrainian “Azov” Brigade. The defendants are being prosecuted on several charges under Russia’s criminal code, including alleged actions directed at overthrowing Russia-backed authorities in Ukraine’s Donetska region in the spring of 2022 and involvement in […]

35-year-old Elena* was recovering from COVID-19, which adversely affected her for over a month, when she received a call she was eagerly expecting: she would receive cash assistance to meet her family’s basic needs for 3 months. Elena and her family left Nicaragua in 2021, amid a socio-political crisis, and sought asylum in Costa Rica. […]

The policy paper, Countering and Addressing Online Hate Speech: A Guide for Policy Makers and Practitioners, was developed jointly by the UN Office with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, at the UK’s University of Essex.  ‘Unprecedented speed’  “We have seen across the world, and time, how social media has become a […]

Last week, Hong Kong authorities denied entry to Japanese journalist Yoshiaki Ogawa. In recent months, they have also barred entry to Japanese photographer Michiko Kiseki and Japanese street musician “Mr. Wally.” Although Hong Kong’s Immigration Department gave no clear reasons for these refusals, the decisions appear politically motivated: Ogawa and Kiseki documented Hong Kong’s 2019 […]

Canada has faced the most destructive wildfires season ever on record. The profound consequences inflicted upon the Canadian land and its wildlife are nothing short of devastating. Such was the magnitude of this disaster that vast billows of smoke managed to reach North America and Europe. It is estimated that about 10 million hectares have […]

Repeated, horrific violations have been recorded by the UN human rights office, including mass killings, extra-judicial executions and beheadings, Mr. Türk said, while the military has continued to carry out atrocities in Rakhine state where the Rohingya minority are denied citizenship. In an address to the Council he called for an end to impunity by […]

Egypt has begun holding detention renewal sessions for pre-trial detainees remotely via videoconference, with detainees attending the sessions from prisons under police custody. The move further increases the isolation of Egyptian “political” prisoners, making it less likely that abuses of detainees will come to light. The Supreme State Security Prosecution is taking a cue from […]

Disasters know no borders. They can affect any country, anywhere in the world. Europe is no exception. As disasters potentially affect every person in the EU, we would like to gather views about the EU’s role in civil protection, from both the public at large and the organisations and people involved in the work of […]