Azerbaijan Jails Prominent TV Journalists, Media Workers
Click to expand Image Police removing journalists from Toplum TV on March 6, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. © 2024 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images An Azerbaijani court on July 27 sentenced nine journalists, media workers, and civil society activists to between 12 and 15 years in prison. It is the harshest verdictContinue Reading
Queensland Human Rights Commission quiet over reporting of harm to children in boot camps
Advocates have urged the Crisafulli government to reconsider controversial legislation that would send youth offenders to boot camps, warning that … Read MoreContinue Reading
A New – and Old – China Human Rights Agenda at the United Nations – The Diplomat
Why did China support the re-election of Volker Turk as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights? Read MoreContinue Reading
OPINION: China’s New Human Rights Action Plan Signals an Evolving Governance Agenda
… rights, civil and political rights, environmental protection, the rights of vulnerable groups, human rights education and international cooperation. Read MoreContinue Reading
South Sudan: Abuse of Civilians in Western Equatoria
Click to expand Image Makeshift shelters for communities displaced from Nagero County to Bazia, Wau County, South Sudan, November 18, 2025. © 2025 Joe Falzetta South Sudan’s army, opposition forces, and their respective allied militias abused residents and caused much of the population to flee during fighting in 2025 inContinue Reading
UK to resume military training in Kenya after delays over human rights concerns – ABC News
Neither government commented on allegations of human rights violations involving British soldiers during previous training exercises. Kenya’s … Read MoreContinue Reading
US walks out of UN meeting amid criticism of America’s human rights record | The National
The surprise move during a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine followed US opposition to giving UN human rights chief Volker Turk another four-year … Read MoreContinue Reading
Sustainability 101: materials at the center of sustainability, human rights, and business resilience
Sourcing materials responsibly requires both environmental and human rights considerations, including working conditions; energy use; community, water … Read MoreContinue Reading
Ministry of Intelligence forces kill three members of Kurdish family – KHRN
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the family were travelling in a Samand car on the evening of 26 July when Ministry of … Read MoreContinue Reading
Prisoners at Iran’s largest jail sew lips shut in hunger strike as executions soar
… human rights crisis in the country. At the weekend, Donald Trump … “Death sentences issued by the revolutionary courts are a violation of human rights … Read MoreContinue Reading
Vietnam Should Release Ailing Political Prisoners
Click to expand Image Can Thi Theu in the dock during her appeal at the Hanoi People’s Court, Vietnam, on November 30, 2016. © 2016 Vietnam News Agency/AFP via Getty Images Can Thi Theu, 64, is serving an eight-year prison sentence at Prison No. 5 in Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa provinceContinue Reading
FIDH publishes its 2025 annual report – Fédération internationale pour les droits humains
In its 2025 activity report, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) looks back on a year marked by the intensification of attacks on … Read MoreContinue Reading
Päivi Räsänen takes her case to the European Court of Human Rights – Anglican Ink
Alliance Defending Freedom is representing Räsänen in her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights; the last opportunity to overturn the … Read MoreContinue Reading
The Enduring Legacy of John Esposito – Arab American Institute
The US Civil Rights Commission invited me to testify on this backlash. For my testimony, I documented hundreds of frightening examples (including … Read MoreContinue Reading
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk Says Lebanon Needs Accountability – YouTube
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk addressed the media in Beirut following his visit to Lebanon, where he discussed civilian … Read MoreContinue Reading