Category: Human Rights

(Kyiv) – A new law adopted by Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on July 22, 2025, effectively strips Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies of independence and is detrimental to the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today. Parliament should repeal these amendments, engage in meaningful consultation with Ukrainian civil society, and ensure that Ukraine’s crucial […]

It has come to the attention of the European Commission’s Department for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) that a fraudulent website, under the domain ‘glife.help,’ is misusing the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid name and logo. This website falsely claims to receive our funding and support and offers supposed ‘safe passage’ to […]

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has reported a sharp rise in seafarer abandonment cases, with 2,286 crew members left stranded aboard 222 vessels so far in 2025—a 30% increase over last year’s record figures. The affected workers are collectively owed $13.1 million in unpaid wages, and many have been denied access to food, medical […]

Adopted with 116 votes in favour, 12 abstentions and 2 against (Israel and United States), the resolution highlighted the multifaceted crises confronting Afghanistan nearly four years after the Taliban’s return to power, calling for greater international support for the Afghan people and a renewed push for human rights, peace and stability. It emphasised the need […]

More than 93,000 Syrians have been displaced across Sweida, neighbouring Dar’a governorate and Rural Damascus due to escalating violence in the city,  UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said at Monday’s daily press briefing in New York. Most displaced people in Sweida are staying with local communities or in one of 15 reception centres, while around 30 […]

(New York) – United Nations member countries should use the ministerial-level conference on Palestine on July 28-29, 2025, to publicly commit to concrete actions aimed at ending decades of impunity for Israeli authorities’ violations of international humanitarian and human rights law against Palestinians, Human Rights Watch said.  The High-Level Conference on the Two-State Solution and Peace in […]

In Gaza City, families living in tents reveal a shared, grim reality. Many have been forced to flee the fighting dozens of times. Most find themselves homeless and hungry while facing an uncertain future. Khadija Manoun and her daughter in the space she uses as a kitchen inside a destroyed building. Khadija Manoun: Kitchen of […]

Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar, a professor of infectious diseases at University College London,  issued this warning at a recent meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York. It is not a question of if but when, and Dr. Abubakar believes the answer is sooner than anyone wants in part because the global […]

On 21 July 2025, a coalition of 25 countries, including France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, issued a joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urging Israel to comply with international humanitarian law. 🛑 Humanitarian Concerns The statement condemned: […]

On 12 July 2025, Angolan police allegedly used excessive force and arbitrary arrests to disperse a peaceful protest in Luanda, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The demonstration, organized by youth and civil society groups, opposed recent government decisions to raise fuel prices and eliminate public transport subsidies without public consultation. 🔴 Allegations of Abuse […]