Category: Human Rights

HONG KONG — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Hong Kong authorities to uphold press freedoms following the denial of a work visa to Bloomberg reporter Rebecca Choong Wilkins, who had spent six years reporting from the city. The CPJ urged officials to renew her visa and ensure that journalists can operate […]

Since Friday, 11 civilians have been killed and more than 90 wounded, according to the authorities. Schools and energy infrastructure also were damaged. The Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine was the most affected, with the town of Kostiantynivka particularly hard hit.  Six other regions – Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia – were also […]

BANDA ACEH — Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have condemned the public flogging of two men in Indonesia’s Aceh province after they were convicted of engaging in consensual same-sex relations under Islamic criminal law. The men, aged 20 and 21, were each flogged 76 times in Banda Aceh on Tuesday, following a ruling […]

GENEVA — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called on Egyptian authorities to immediately end the use of the “rotation” system, a controversial practice that allows indefinite detention of individuals by filing new charges as they near release. The system, often applied to perceived political opponents—including activists, lawyers, journalists, and peaceful protesters—relies […]

Unveiled on Wednesday, it creates new opportunities for work, education and family reunification, while strengthening migration governance and placing migration at the heart of stability and economic development. It is being led by Iraq’s ministry for migration and the displaced, with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of the […]

Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against migrants and asylum seekers. The European Union and Spain, bilaterally, have continued to outsource migration management to Mauritania, despite its rights violations. Recent steps by the Mauritanian government may improve protection for migrants and their rights. These should continue, and the […]

GENEVA — United Nations human rights experts have issued a strong condemnation of what they describe as intensifying repression against the Khmer Krom people in Vietnam, urging authorities to cease targeting Indigenous and religious minorities under vague security laws. In a statement released Monday, the experts highlighted systemic harassment and criminalization of Khmer Krom rights […]

OHCHR Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said condemnation of the two strikes by Israeli forces on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis now needs to be channelled into a demand for accountability and justice for all those killed. At least 20 died, including four health workers and five journalists, later named as Ahed Abu Aziz, Hussam al-Masri, […]

More than 700,000 of them fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after armed attacks by a militant group against Myanmar security forces sparked a brutal military crackdown that began on 25 August 2017. They joined thousands of others who had escaped earlier waves of violence and discrimination now living in refugee camps just across the border in […]

(New York) – Ecuador’s government should expedite the closure of the approximately 240 oil wells operating in the heart of Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest, Human Rights Watch said today.  On August 20, 2023, the Ecuadorian people voted to halt all current and future oil drilling in the Ishpingo, Tambococha, and Tiputini (ITT) […]