Category: Human Rights

In a new report, Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid, who’s the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on violence against children, said that traffickers are quick to exploit technological advancements – and people in emergencies. She said that children – mainly girls – are increasingly vulnerable, as poverty, food insecurity, humanitarian crises and conflict lead to displacement […]

Three journalists in Chad have been remanded in custody after being accused of colluding with the Russian paramilitary group, Wagner. The detainees include Olivier Mbaindinguim Monodji, director of Le Pays and Chadian correspondent for Radio France Internationale (RFI), Ndilyam Guekidata, an editor at Le Pays, and Mahamat Saleh Alhissein, a journalist from Tele Tchad. The […]

Beninese cyberactivist Steve Amoussou, currently imprisoned since August 2024, has denied allegations that he ran an anonymous online account critical of the government. Amoussou, accused of spreading false news and inciting rebellion, was detained after allegedly being “kidnapped” from neighbouring Togo, according to his legal team. His trial before the Court for the Repression of […]

President Trump’s pick to lead the United States Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, will soon oversee the federal government’s response to labor rights issues across the US. One of her key priorities should be taking action to end hazardous child labor. In recent years, investigative reports from around the US showed children working harrowing overnight […]

Recalling the mantra “nothing about us, without us”, which was coined by the disability rights movement, UN rights chief Volker Türk insisted that the international community was failing to uphold a fundamental tenet of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with regard to people with disabilities, namely that all people are born equal. “In all regions, […]

On Sunday, SOS Mediterranee, a French migrant rescue NGO, successfully brought 25 people aboard its Ocean Viking vessel after spotting a distressed boat off the Libyan coast. Among the rescued individuals were three women and seven minors, including five unaccompanied children, with two of them under four years old. The survivors are currently receiving care […]

Dozens of Indonesians remain stranded in Thailand, waiting to be repatriated after escaping forced labor in Myanmar, where they were coerced into working for online scamming operations. These individuals were lured to Myanmar under false pretenses, promising legitimate work opportunities, only to find themselves trapped in exploitative conditions. The online scams, which generate billions of […]

According to UN refugee agency, UNHCR, 600,000 people could be on the move in the next six months, according to its latest survey. UNHCR spokesperson Celine Schmitt said on Friday that people will need “housing, jobs, schools, hospitals, electricity and clean water” – all of which are lacking after 14 years of civil conflict. She […]

The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), a global media safety and rights organization, has expressed relief following the release of two journalists—Kashmiri reporter Majid Hyderi and Malaysian journalist B Nantha Kumar—who were both detained under controversial circumstances. Hyderi, an independent journalist and political analyst, was freed after over 525 days of detention under the Public Safety […]

(Beirut) – After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq’s Personal Status Law that entered into force on February 17, 2025, violates women’s and girls’ rights to equality before the law and puts them at risk of other abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. Persistent pressure and advocacy by women’s rights groups partly reduced the […]