Category: Human Rights

Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of Sierra Leonean-Canadian reality TV star Hawa Hunt, who has been detained for over a month on charges of insulting President Julius Maada Bio and his wife. Hunt, 42, was arrested on December 22, 2024, while participating in the popular reality show House of Stars. She faces […]

(Nairobi) – Uganda’s Supreme Court ruling declaring military trials of civilians unconstitutional is a victory for human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 31, 2025, the Supreme Court held that military courts lack jurisdiction to try civilians and ordered officials to halt all ongoing military trials of civilians and transfer them to the […]

The Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) has voiced urgent concerns over the disappearance of freelance journalist Adil Faris, who was reportedly taken into custody by the National Security Service (NSS) on January 23, 2025. Faris, a former Managing Director of South Sudan Television (SSTV), now known as SSBC, has not been publicly charged, […]

Government forces and a rival military – the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – have been battling for control of the country since April 2023 in what Mr. Türk called a “senseless war”, which has recently taken an “even more dangerous turn for civilians” as reports of people brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks mount. In […]

On Saturday 01/02/2025, three hostages—American-Israeli Keith Siegel, and Israelis Yarden Bibas and Ofer Calderon—were released by Hamas militants in Gaza, marking a significant moment in the ongoing ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The trio had been held captive for over 15 months, since Hamas’ brutal October 7, 2023 attack that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis […]

In a dramatic operation on Friday, Libya’s Criminal Investigation Agency rescued 263 illegal immigrants from a notorious trafficking gang operating in the Al-Wahat district. The victims, primarily from Eritrea, Somalia, and Ethiopia, had been subjected to horrific abuse, including torture, malnutrition, and sexual violence, at the hands of the traffickers. The rescued migrants, many of […]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has introduced an Ethics Council aimed at providing advisory support on matters of judicial ethics. The initiative, announced on January 29, 2025, reflects the court’s ongoing commitment to maintaining high ethical standards among its judges and ensuring transparency and accountability within its operations. The Ethics Council, formally established […]

In the midst of escalating violence in the region, humanitarian aid to Goma, a key city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has become a critical issue. Both Rwandan forces and the M23 armed group must urgently facilitate the safe delivery of aid to the civilians suffering in the area. The international community is calling […]

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has reached catastrophic levels, with thousands of people now “starving to death” amid ongoing political turmoil and conflict. According to Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, a senior expert at Human Rights, who has been closely monitoring Sudanese political and security issues since 2010, the situation is dire. Gallopin, who spoke exclusively to us, […]

(Nairobi) – Rwandan forces and the abusive M23 armed group should urgently ensure access to and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the population of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent fighting and the shelling of medical infrastructure in the city, which the M23 captured on January […]