Category: Human Rights

The Sport & Rights Alliance has called on FIFA to take immediate action to uphold human rights commitments ahead of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The organization warns that rising threats to civil liberties, particularly in the U.S., could undermine FIFA’s stated commitments […]

The UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement has urged Belgium to take concrete action against systemic racism affecting Africans and people of African descent. The findings, released after a 10-day investigation, highlight racial profiling, police brutality, and disproportionate incarceration rates as key concerns. Colonial Legacy and Institutional […]

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) has urged governments worldwide to fulfill their obligations in safeguarding human rights defenders and ensuring a supportive environment for civil society, as global funding for human rights organizations continues to decline. Legal Frameworks and State Responsibilities ISHR emphasized that protecting human rights activists is a fundamental duty of […]

The UK government has announced plans to abolish the Vagrancy Act of 1824, a Georgian-era law that criminalized rough sleeping and begging. The repeal, set to take effect by spring 2026, marks a historic shift in homelessness policy. Ending Two Centuries of Criminalization Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner emphasized the significance of […]

Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras — Journalist Javier Antonio Hércules Salinas, a reporter for the local television channel A Todo Noticias (ATN), was fatally shot in Santa Rosa de Copán despite being under official state protection, raising serious concerns about the effectiveness of mechanisms intended to safeguard media workers in Honduras and the broader Latin […]

Conakry, Guinea — Six months after the violent abduction of Guinean journalist Marouane Habib Camara, no trace of him has been found, and neither his family, colleagues, nor press freedom advocates have received any official information about his fate or whereabouts. The continued silence from authorities has sparked growing domestic and international concern over the […]

This represents a 24 per cent increase from December 2024 according to the UN agency – the largest number of people displaced by violence on record there. “Behind these numbers are so many individual people whose suffering is immeasurable; children, mothers, the elderly, many of them forced to flee their homes multiple times, often with […]

Washington, D.C. – The Trump administration is preparing to transfer thousands of undocumented migrants to the U.S. Naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, according to internal government documents obtained by POLITICO and The Washington Post. The documents indicate that approximately 9,000 individuals are currently being vetted for relocation, with transfers potentially beginning as early as […]

Kenyan President William Ruto has acknowledged that Albert Ojwang, a blogger arrested last week, died at the hands of the police, contradicting earlier official accounts. The case has reignited concerns over extrajudicial killings and police brutality, issues that have plagued Kenya for years. Background of the Case Ojwang, a 31-year-old blogger, was arrested in Homa […]

This year marks some big numbers for the European Union-China relationship: it is the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations and the 40th iteration of the annual human rights dialogue, scheduled in Brussels on June 13. However, the number is closer to zero when assessing the progress that these dialogues have delivered for human […]