Category: Human Rights

(Beirut) – The United Kingdom government should publicly pledge to incorporate strong human rights conditions before a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is signed, a coalition of 14 human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, and trade unions said in a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer today.  […]

At least 841 people have been put to death by the Government of Iran since the beginning of the year, with ethnic minorities and migrants “disproportionately targeted”, said OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani. Some executions have been carried out publicly, she added, with seven reported this year based on available information: “The real situation might be […]

The Washington Post reports that the US government is requiring organizations receiving federal funding, including from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), not to “operate any program that benefits illegal immigrants” in the aftermath of disasters. But the foundational principle of human rights is that everyone, regardless of race, religion, nationality, or legal status, is entitled, […]

Four years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the scale and severity of the women’s rights crisis continues to intensify. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are prohibited to attend secondary school. Yet, in a nationwide door-to-door survey of over 2,000 Afghans, more than nine in 10 supported girls’ right […]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the Indian government’s expulsion of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh and Myanmar, citing a lack of legal protections and due process. In a statement released Thursday, HRW alleged that hundreds of Rohingya refugees have also been arbitrarily detained and mistreated since a nationwide removal campaign began in May. The campaign, […]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Lebanese authorities to immediately release Hannibal Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has been held in pre-trial detention since December 2015. Gaddafi was arrested by Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces over allegations that he withheld information about the 1978 disappearance of Lebanese cleric Moussa al-Sadr. HRW […]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Taliban authorities to immediately release Afghan journalist Shikib Ahmad Nazari, who has been held since July following a raid on his office in Kabul. Nazari, a reporter for Japan’s Nippon TV News, was detained by Taliban intelligence agents on July 24 without a warrant or formal […]

Amnesty International has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating health of Vietnamese land rights activist Can Thị Theu, currently serving an eight-year prison sentence. In a letter to Vietnam’s president, the organization called for her immediate and unconditional release, warning that her life may be at risk without urgent medical care. Theu, a prominent human […]

Last week, Belarusian authorities declared the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers (BAHRL) an “extremist formation.” The action against the group, which works to protect the rights to a defense and a fair trial, is the latest attack on the country’s legal profession. Since its formation by exiled Belarusian lawyers arbitrarily deprived of their right […]

A grenade attack inside Zalingei Hospital in Darfur State, led Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend all of its activities there yesterday.   MSF had previously led a cholera emergency response at the medical facility, providing life-saving treatment for 160 patients in the past two weeks alone.   “The rules of war are clear that […]