Category: Human Rights

Millions of Syrians in the diaspora are closely watching the exhilarating and tumultuous developments in their homeland. With misinformation rampant and being deliberately spread, Syrians abroad, including asylum seekers and refugees, are struggling to make informed decisions about permanently returning to a country ravaged by over 12 years of war that has just started navigating […]

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, has shared the harrowing details of his 711-day captivity in Mali, held hostage by Islamic extremists affiliated with Al-Qaeda. Dubois, a correspondent for Libération and Jeune Afrique, had traveled to northern Mali in April 2021 to conduct an interview with a leader of the Group for Support of Islam and […]

The Executive Grant of Clemency, signed on Sunday just hours before Mr. Biden left office, commutes Mr. Peltier’s life sentences to home confinement, allowing him to receive proper medical care and reconnect with his community, the Special Rapporteur said in a statement. The Human Rights Council-appointed expert Albert Barume praised the decision, describing it as […]

An Italian appeals court has halted the expulsion of 43 asylum seekers detained in Albania, marking a setback for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government’s migration strategy. The court, rejecting the fast-track expulsion plan, referred the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, which is expected to rule on the matter by […]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, voiced grave concern on Friday following reports of summary executions in Khartoum North, Sudan. The incidents, allegedly carried out by fighters allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), have resulted in civilian deaths since the SAF regained control of the region. The UN Human Rights Office […]

Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of Sierra Leonean-Canadian reality TV star Hawa Hunt, who has been detained for over a month on charges of insulting President Julius Maada Bio and his wife. Hunt, 42, was arrested on December 22, 2024, while participating in the popular reality show House of Stars. She faces […]

(Nairobi) – Uganda’s Supreme Court ruling declaring military trials of civilians unconstitutional is a victory for human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 31, 2025, the Supreme Court held that military courts lack jurisdiction to try civilians and ordered officials to halt all ongoing military trials of civilians and transfer them to the […]

The Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) has voiced urgent concerns over the disappearance of freelance journalist Adil Faris, who was reportedly taken into custody by the National Security Service (NSS) on January 23, 2025. Faris, a former Managing Director of South Sudan Television (SSTV), now known as SSBC, has not been publicly charged, […]

Government forces and a rival military – the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – have been battling for control of the country since April 2023 in what Mr. Türk called a “senseless war”, which has recently taken an “even more dangerous turn for civilians” as reports of people brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks mount. In […]

On Saturday 01/02/2025, three hostages—American-Israeli Keith Siegel, and Israelis Yarden Bibas and Ofer Calderon—were released by Hamas militants in Gaza, marking a significant moment in the ongoing ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The trio had been held captive for over 15 months, since Hamas’ brutal October 7, 2023 attack that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis […]