Category: Human Rights

The Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghans in the United States will take effect on July 14, leaving over 11,000 Afghans in the US subject to immediate detention and deportation. A TPS designation allows people from certain countries the US government recognizes as temporarily unsafe to remain in the US and work […]

“I have survived a genocide,” said Munira Subašić, whose youngest son – her favourite – and 21 other family members were murdered in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre. “And the world and Europe was just watching in silence.” Now president of the Mothers of Srebrenica and Žepa, Ms. Subašić spoke at a special commemoration, urging […]

The agency is calling for calm and cooperation to provide a dignified path forward for millions of displaced Afghans. More than 1.6 million Afghans have returned from both neighbouring countries in 2024 alone, according to UNHCR – a figure that has already surpassed earlier forecasts for the entire year. ‘From Afghanistan – not of Afghanistan’ […]

Protesters detained for participating in the peaceful July 2021 protests in Cuba have been subject to serious abuses in prison, including beatings, solitary confinement, and lack of medical care. While some were released, they say they remain under constant surveillance. Hundreds are still in prison. The living conditions they were protesting have not improved. Governments […]

Left vulnerable, communities then formed self-defence groups and Haitian security forces reinforced their operations and made small gains only to be rebuffed again by gangs. And at all stages of this cycle, human rights violations are being committed against civilians, according to a report released on Friday by the UN office in Haiti (BINUH) and […]

📍 Geneva, July 11, 2025 — The number of journalists killed worldwide has risen sharply in the first six months of 2025, with 86 media workers reported dead across 26 countries, marking a 16% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC). 🕊️ Conflict Zones Drive Casualties The […]

As armed clashes intensify and conditions worsen inside Myanmar, thousands continue to cross the border seeking safety in the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, where nearly one million Rohingya refugees already live in densely populated camps. “This is the largest movement of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh since 2017,” said Babar Baloch, spokesperson for the UN […]

On July 12, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is traveling to Beijing for another “annual leaders’ meeting” with Chinese President Xi Jinping. They will discuss global and regional issues as well as bilateral matters of trade and tourism.  The Australian government’s statement announcing the visit doesn’t mention human rights at all. It only makes a vague […]

Since April 2025, internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in North Darfur, Sudan, have come under severe attack, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of civilians, displacing hundreds of thousands of the camp populations across various locations in North and Central Darfur states and leading to an increase in arrivals to Chad. This has placed an […]

They’re calling for the decision to be reversed, warning it could undermine the wider international human rights system. The sanctions were announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday under a Presidential Executive Order. Mr. Rubio alleged that Ms. Albanese had “directly engaged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in efforts to investigate, […]