Category: Human Rights

(Bangkok) – Escalating border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia involving explosive weapons have killed and injured civilians since fighting began on July 24, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The two countries have longstanding border disputes, but there has been no serious military engagement since 2011. Cambodia and Thailand have each accused the other of […]

Following a major fire in the Limassol district of Cyprus, the authorities have requested firefighting assistance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. In response, the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre has mobilised 2 Canadair airplanes from the EU’s joint firefighting fleet, rescEU, stationed in Spain. This wildfire season, in addition to supporting Cyprus, the EU […]

A new report by Human Rights Watch, in collaboration with Americans for Immigrant Justice and Sanctuary of the South, has exposed widespread abuse and neglect in three immigration detention facilities in Florida: the Krome North Service Processing Center, Broward Transitional Center, and the Federal Detention Center in Miami. The 92-page investigation, titled “You Feel Like […]

On 25 July 2025, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) unveiled a joint publication titled Opening Doors for Children: Prevention of Childhood Statelessness. Good Practices in the OSCE Area. The launch event in Vienna brought together OSCE […]

On July 24, 2025, the United Nations released a damning report detailing widespread human rights abuses committed by Taliban authorities against Afghan nationals who were involuntarily returned to Afghanistan from neighboring countries. The findings, compiled by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the UN Human Rights Office, are based on interviews with 49 […]

The state of press freedom in the Philippines has come under renewed scrutiny following two alarming developments: the continued detention of investigative journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and the murder of radio broadcaster Erwin Labitad Segovia. Cumpio, who has been held in Tacloban Prison for over five years, faces charges widely criticized as politically motivated. A […]

A coalition of more than 100 prominent public figures—including celebrated football coaches Vahid Halilhodzic and Hervé Renard, Goncourt Prize-winning author Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, and acclaimed filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius—has called for the immediate release of Christophe Gleizes, a French sports journalist sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria. Gleizes, a contributor to So Foot and […]

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro highlighted the establishment of the National Transitional Authority and the National Authority for Missing Persons which are expected to help reveal the fate of the more than 100,000 Syrians estimated to have been forcibly disappeared or gone missing. They are also expected to expose the truth about systematic violations like arbitrary detention, […]

These abuses include threats, cases of torture, mistreatment and arbitrary arrest and detention, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The report said these violations were committed against Afghans “based on their profile” and targeted women, media workers and civil society […]

In a historic advisory opinion issued on July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirmed that access to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a fundamental human right under international law. The ruling clarifies the legal obligations of states to mitigate climate change and prevent environmental harm, marking a pivotal moment in […]