Category: Human Rights

Amnesty International has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating health of Vietnamese land rights activist Can Thị Theu, currently serving an eight-year prison sentence. In a letter to Vietnam’s president, the organization called for her immediate and unconditional release, warning that her life may be at risk without urgent medical care. Theu, a prominent human […]

Last week, Belarusian authorities declared the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers (BAHRL) an “extremist formation.” The action against the group, which works to protect the rights to a defense and a fair trial, is the latest attack on the country’s legal profession. Since its formation by exiled Belarusian lawyers arbitrarily deprived of their right […]

A grenade attack inside Zalingei Hospital in Darfur State, led Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend all of its activities there yesterday.   MSF had previously led a cholera emergency response at the medical facility, providing life-saving treatment for 160 patients in the past two weeks alone.   “The rules of war are clear that […]

Some 81,000 forcibly displaced people – largely Karen and Karenni, as well as other ethnic groups – are hosted in temporary shelters along the Thai-Myanmar border where they have been living in the camps for decades. Nearly half the refugee population were born under canvas, where displaced families have largely depended on humanitarian assistance. ‘Turning […]

Children from across the globe have expressed support for expanding an international human rights treaty to require countries to provide free pre-primary and secondary education. More than 8,000 children from 40 countries responded to a United Nations survey requesting their views. Their message was loud and clear: education should be free, inclusive, and available for […]

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 […]