Category: Human Rights

July 9, 2025 – The Hague – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for their role in the systemic persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan. The warrants target Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, citing […]

July 9, 2025 – New York – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to immediately release Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist detained at the Folkston ICE Processing Center in Georgia, despite a federal court order for his release. On July 1, an immigration judge granted Guevara […]

[ad_1] Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani cited Kenyan police reports of at least 11 deaths, 52 injured police officers, and 567 arrests. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights reported slightly different figures: at least 10 fatalities, 29 injuries, 37 arrests, and two abductions. Protests erupted in 16 counties, with police reportedly using live ammunition, rubber […]

[ad_1] Laws passed by Peru’s Congress have undermined the independence and capacity of judges and prosecutors to fight organized crime. Homicides, extortion, and illegal mining have exponentially grown in the last years, affecting the rights to life and physical integrity of Peruvians. As Peru pursues its accession process, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development […]

[ad_1] On Friday, the UN Security Council heard sobering briefings from Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, and Shayna Lewis, Sudan Specialist and Senior Advisor with Preventing and Ending Mass Atrocities (PAEMA), a US-based organization. Ms. Pobee stressed that front lines continue to shift as the RSF and SAF press on with their military […]

Białowieża Forest, Poland – July 2025 – In the dense, marshy terrain of Europe’s last primeval forest, humanitarian volunteers are racing against time to aid refugees stranded along the Polish-Belarusian border, where a four-year crisis has escalated into a humanitarian emergency. 🚧 A Border Fortified, But Not Impenetrable Since 2021, Poland has responded to Belarus’s […]

[ad_1] (Nairobi) – Central African Republic authorities arrested activists holding a memorial event for students who died in a high school explosion, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 27, 2025, civil society activists organized a vigil in memory of the students who died in the explosion on June 25 at Barthelemy Boganda High School […]

[ad_1] It covers the period from 1 December 2024 to 31 May 2025, during which 986 civilians were killed and 4,807 injured – a 37 per cent increase compared to the same period the previous year. “The war in Ukraine – now in its fourth year – is becoming increasingly deadly for civilians,” said Danielle […]

[ad_1] Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council members decisively voted down the Eritrean government’s resolution to end the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea and instead renewed the mandate for another year. This vote […]