Category: Human Rights

Two human rights groups instrumental in getting the European Court of Human Rights to order Malta to halt the forcible deportation of two Muslim Chinese asylum-seekers of Uyghur ethnicity are now strategizing with lawyers about their next move. “We together with the lawyers will evaluate the rest of the procedures to be followed, which may […]

(Beirut) – Yemeni authorities are failing to meet their international legal obligations to protect socio-economic rights for millions of Yemenis, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing a submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. After more than seven years of protracted conflict, the Yemeni government has not made progress […]

Harvard University reinstated a fellowship offer to a prominent human rights activist on Thursday in a reversal, after reports he was denied the position due to his harsh criticism of Israel touched off a major controversy. Kenneth Roth, the former director of Human Rights Watch, was offered and accepted a one-year fellowship at the Harvard […]

LIV Golf has secured the United States television rights deal it was seeking, announcing on Thursday that the CW Network will broadcast all 14 events of the Saudi-backed series. Greg Norman the LIV CEO and golf commissioner. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Beginning this year the CW Network will bring the rebel circuit’s tournaments to 120 million households […]

Friday, 20 January 2023, 6:02 amPress Release: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights GENEVA (19 January 2023) – Proposed amendments to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill should adequately ensure respect for the rights of victims, survivors and their families, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said today. “I recognise that […]

Hudson Institute Chinese Strategy director Michael Pillsbury explores the reports about Apple moving production out of China on “Fox Business Tonight.” Apple will be doing an audit in connection to its human rights policy and worker rights this year, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing from the company. “We plan to […]

A Mexican human rights group launched an online guide Wednesday for people searching for missing relatives, a real need in a country where authorities are slow to act. Mexico has almost 110,000 people listed as missing, but many of the most effective searches are carried out by relatives or activists. Mexico’s antiquated, underfunded police system […]

Rights activists and relatives of victims of alleged human rights violations by members of Bangladesh’s notorious Rapid Action Battalion, an elite security force, are urging the United States to continue sanctions against the nation’s law enforcement agencies. The calls come after a visit by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs […]

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has said the UK Government’s Northern Ireland legacy bill must adequately ensure respect for the rights of victims, survivors and their […]

(Berlin) A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 by a paramilitary “death squad” in Gambia will testify before a court on January 19, 2023, in the German city of Celle, ANEKED, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, the Solo Sandeng Foundation, and TRIAL International […]