Category: Human Rights

In an immediate response after the deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake that has struck Myanmar and the broader region today, the EU is releasing €2.5 million in initial emergency assistance.  This new humanitarian aid will help save lives and address the immediate needs of the most vulnerable in Myanmar, with a focus on displaced and conflict-affected […]

Addressing the General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that systemic racism, economic exclusion and racial violence continue to deny people of African descent the opportunity to thrive. He called on governments to acknowledge the truth and finally honour the trade’s legacy by taking action.   “For too long, the crimes of the transatlantic slave trade […]

(Berlin, March 28, 2025) – Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan should place local people’s human rights at the center of the historic deal over their contested border, and provide justice to victims of  war crimes during a 2022 border conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. The agreement was signed on March 13, 2025 by Tajik president Emomali Rahmon […]

As the Nutrition for Growth Summit draws to a close in Paris today, Team Europe is reinforcing its leadership and commitment to fighting the global malnutrition crisis. Taken together, the Team Europe commitments amount to at least €6.5 billion between 2024 and 2029.  As hunger and malnutrition in all its forms continue to escalate due to […]

The arrest of First Vice President and main opposition leader Riek Machar, alongside mounting military clashes and reported attacks on civilian populations, signals a severe unravelling of the peace process and a direct threat to millions, rights investigators said. Speaking later on Thursday in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists that Secretary-General António […]

The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) has called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intervene in Pakistan’s ongoing crackdown on peaceful protests in Balochistan. The council is particularly urging for the immediate release of Dr. Mahrang Baloch and other activists from the Baloch Yekjehti Committee. The arrests took place on March 22, during a protest […]

The Trump administration is pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to block a preliminary injunction that reinstated thousands of federal workers previously terminated as part of efforts to downsize the federal workforce. The injunction was issued by a California district judge, ordering the return of 16,000 probationary employees who had been illegally dismissed. The American Federation […]

The United States is pleased to announce the candidacy of Rosa María Payá to serve as a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for elections to be held during the 2025 General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Antigua and Barbuda on June 27. Rosa María Payá is an internationally […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Algeria to release 80-year-old writer Boualem Sansal, who was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for allegedly undermining Algeria’s territorial integrity. Sansal, a French-Algerian author, was arrested after remarks to a French far-right media outlet, where he suggested that during the colonial era, France allocated too much […]

India’s northeastern state of Manipur is facing risks of renewed ethnic violence despite the resignation of its divisive chief minister and the imposition of president’s rule on February 13, 2025. India’s Supreme Court expressed concerns over what it termed the “absolute breakdown of law and order” in Manipur after the May 2023 breakout of ethnic […]