The report identifies patterns of violent repression against peaceful protests led by Indigenous movements, including criminalization, stigmatization, … Read MoreContinue Reading
Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canel reaffirmed once again the government’s condemnation to US blockade, and thanked the support of the international … Read MoreContinue Reading
Following the death of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić, Serbian authorities and officials participated in a series of commemorative events. Read MoreContinue Reading
Click to expand Image Anar Mammadli, human rights defender and election monitor, Baku, Azerbaijan, February 6, 2024. © 2024 Hannah Wagner/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo A court in Azerbaijan on September 7 sentenced the prominent human rights defender and election monitor Anar Mammadli to 13 years in prison following a trial marred byContinue Reading
Photo: de Hoge Rielen From 30 August to 5 September 2026, de Hoge Rielen Youth Centre (Belgium), a member of the Council of Europe Quality Label … Read MoreContinue Reading
United Nations Human Rights Council 63rd Regular Session – General Debate Agenda Item 2 Oral statement of the International Commission of. Read MoreContinue Reading
“Every statistic is a real child who may have had a traumatic experience of being struck, or strip searched, or even tasered.” Her report reviewed … Read MoreContinue Reading
Click to expand Image Students in a pre-primary school classroom in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2021. © 2021 Bede Sheppard / Human Rights Watch The global push to make free education accessible for every child gained momentum, as 81 states met at the United Nations in Geneva on August 31 to SeptemberContinue Reading
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk on Monday warned that AI could become impossible for humans to control without proper measures … Read MoreContinue Reading
… Human Rights Council entitled “Providing protection and advocacy support to Women Human Rights Defenders in Times of Crisis: Lessons from WPHF”. Read MoreContinue Reading
The UN Human Rights Council condemned the role of external support in fueling hostilities in Sudan after a UN-backed inquiry named, for the first … Read MoreContinue Reading
Russia has accused the European Union of turning human rights into an instrument of political pressure, rejecting the bloc’s latest annual report on … Read MoreContinue Reading
“We are deeply alarmed by violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by Israel on Syrian territory, which may amount to war crimes, … Read MoreContinue Reading
Click to expand Image Prime Minister of Hungary, Péter Magyar, giving a speech in the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, August 27, 2026. © 2026 Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via AP Photo Hungary’s government has extended until December 31 the “state of crisis caused by mass migration,” prolonging an emergency regime introduced in 2016Continue Reading
Azerbaijani authorities must release Anar Mammadli and all others imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their human rights. Read MoreContinue Reading