Category: Human Rights

(New York, May 21, 2025) – Global momentum to prohibit and regulate “killer robots” seems to be building, as evidenced by numerous countries’ participation in the first United Nations General Assembly meeting on autonomous weapons systems, Human Rights Watch said today.  Officials from 96 countries, along with representatives from UN agencies, the International Committee of […]

Geneva / Malé – May 2025 — The United Nations has issued a strong rebuke of the Maldivian government following the dismissal of two Supreme Court justices, warning that the move undermines judicial independence and violates international standards of due process. On Monday, the UN Human Rights Office expressed concern over the removal of Justices […]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued a stark warning regarding the escalating threats to press freedom in Peru, calling it a “major offensive” against journalists in the country. The rights organization has highlighted the role of all three branches of the Peruvian government in undermining press freedom, with actions ranging from judicial harassment to presidential […]

Islamabad / New York – May 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has strongly condemned the ongoing censorship and intimidation of exiled Pakistani investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani, whose YouTube channel and news website have been blocked in Pakistan following his reports critical of the military establishment. In a statement issued Friday, CPJ called […]

The European Commission announced an initial humanitarian pledge of over €2.3 billion for 2025 to address urgent global crises at the European Humanitarian Forum concluded today in Brussels. These include the humanitarian impact of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the humanitarian situation across the Middle East, particularly Gaza, and the escalating crisis in Sudan. The Forum […]

London – May 2025 — The mother of imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has resumed a full hunger strike, escalating her protest against her son’s continued detention in Egypt beyond the completion of his five-year sentence. Dr. Laila Soueif, a mathematics professor and prominent advocate for human rights, had been on a partial hunger […]

In recent years, criminal and terrorist groups have seized “every” opportunity afforded by growing instability to “entrench, expand, and escalate,” said Ghada Waly, in her opening remarks to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, in Vienna. Challenges such as human and drug trafficking, smuggling of cultural and commercial goods, and environmental crimes are […]

The Indian government’s recent actions have drawn widespread condemnation after at least 40 Rohingya refugees—comprising women, children, and elderly individuals—were forcibly deported from New Delhi to Myanmar. These individuals had been detained on May 6, 2025, despite holding United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards, which are typically recognized as proof of refugee status. […]

Hopes rose last week in Damascus when fuel prices dropped instantly following Donald Trump’s move to end punitive sanctions. But after more than 13 years of civil war that ended with the fall of the Assad regime last December, ordinary Syrians face an exhausting list of other problems. These include an absence of housing – […]

Baghdad, Iraq – May 2025 — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, amid ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in the region. Speaking at the opening of the 34th Arab League Summit in Baghdad, […]