Category: Human Rights

Yemeni government forces in coalition with Saudi Arabia attacked Sanaa airport on July 13 with at least five airstrikes, three of which targeted the airport’s runway, according to Human Rights Watch’s analysis of satellite imagery. The attack was meant to prevent a flight operated by Mahan Air, a privately-owned Iranian airline, from landing at Houthi-controlled Sanaa […]

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities executed five Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, 2026, without due process, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi authorities have executed at least 17 Ethiopian nationals since the beginning of 2026 on drug-related charges.  At least 79 more remain at imminent risk of execution on similar charges. Saudi […]

The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) issued an alert *on Tuesday over the rapidly expanding, multibillion-dollar criminal industry that turns job seekers into forced cybercriminals. International enterprise  “We’re seeing victims from over 80 different countries being trafficked into the scam centres, which are specifically playing out across Asia,” said Amy Pope, IOM Director General, […]

Lebanon faces crises including delayed elections, economic collapse and conflict. More than 4,300 people have been killed and 12,200 more have been injured in Lebanon since Iran-backed Hezbollah militants joined the regional war triggered by US-Israeli attacks on 2 March, according to national authorities. “I am concerned that the overall conduct resulting in large scale […]

The initiative, called The Promise, comes at a time when more than 41 million refugees remain displaced worldwide, as conflicts continue to uproot families and place growing pressure on asylum systems and the countries hosting those seeking safety. Led by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih, the initiative aims to build a broad coalition in support […]

Today, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the European Union reaffirms its full commitment to the Convention, to its values and principles, and to ensuring that refugee protection remains firmly anchored in EU and partner countries’ legislation, international law and effective multilateral cooperation. The Convention […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a policy change in June that would significantly limit employment authorization available for many immigrants.  But for many, including survivors of domestic violence, the ability to work in the United States is crucial to being able to leave an abusive situation. Survivors of domestic violence may qualify for […]

The EU has deployed assistance to both France and Spain under the EU civil protection mechanism as ongoing wildfires have triggered one of the biggest evacuation operations in Europe, displacing more than 300,000 people in France and Spain. In France, the EU has deployed 7 planes and 4 helicopters from Czechia, Croatia, Germany, Portugal, Slovakia, […]

Can Thi Theu, 64, is serving an eight-year prison sentence at Prison No. 5 in Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa province because she joined protests against land confiscation and environmental degradation in 2016 and publicly supported other human rights activists and political prisoners languishing behind bars.  During a recent visit, Can Thi Theu’s family learned that she […]

Pollution linked to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s only oil producer poses serious health risks to communities near its operations.  Perenco, the oil company, has engaged in gas flaring and waste burning that have contributed to poor air quality and not prevented oil spills from wells and pipelines from leaking into the soil and riverbeds, […]