The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia said that it is deeply concerned about the reported deteriorating security … Read more: UN experts urge Ethiopia to adhere to human rights principles during state of emergencyContinue Reading
Ecuador: Authorities must safeguard human rights amidst pre-electoral violence. In response to the killing yesterday of presidential candidate … Read more: Ecuador: Authorities must safeguard human rights amidst pre-electoral violenceContinue Reading
One of the activists who spoke with Human Rights First for this report is Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American HRD. After the 2013 coup, police in Cairo … Read more: Since the Rabaa Massacre – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading
The award of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize and the 2023 UN Human Rights Prize to Belarusian civil society activists demonstrates that the international … Read more: Fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus: three years on – Federal Foreign OfficeContinue Reading
Lawyers for the European Roma Rights Centre and the Forum for Human Rights filed a lawsuit against Czechia over his death, the website Romea.cz … Read more: Roma death case in Teplice heads to European Court of Human RightsContinue Reading
Recent legal reforms in El Salvador, including one to the Law Against Organized Crime, represent yet another alarming threat to human rights. Read more: Mass Trials in El Salvador Are an Alarming Assault on Human Rights – WOLAContinue Reading
10 August 2023 The Bangladesh authorities should cease their continued criminalisation and harassment of Bangladesh human rights group, Odhikar, … Read more: Bangladesh: Human rights defenders targeted for political reasonsContinue Reading
The Bangladesh authorities should cease their continued criminalisation and harassment of Bangladesh human rights group, Odhikar, 21 human (…) Read more: Bangladesh: End Political Prosecution of Rights Leaders – FIDHContinue Reading
The duty to recognise the rights and freedoms and adopt legislative or other measures protected under Article 1 of the Charter; ii. The right to non- … Read more: LEGAL & HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE AND TANZANIA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS …Continue Reading
This is the first Security Council open briefing on the human rights situation in the DPRK since 2017. And it's long overdue. The Council will receive … Read more: Joint Statement Announcing Plans for a UNSC Open Briefing on the Human Rights Situation …Continue Reading
Three-Month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh. For optimal readability, we highly recommend downloading the document PDF, which you can … Read more: Three-Month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh – ICNLContinue Reading
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2023. (Hadi Mizban/ AP). Read more: Iraq water crisis could have regional consequences, UN human rights chief warns – Kurdistan24Continue Reading
Senior ministers are reportedly split over whether the UK should ditch its commitment to an international human rights agreement that underpins … Read more: Ministers split on commitment to human rights treaty over small boat crossingsContinue Reading
Human rights are the rightful inheritance of all human beings from birth. Australia has a strong sense of human rights and freedoms, but people's … Read more: Human Rights Act submission – Good ShepherdContinue Reading
This week, Ro Khanna announced that he would lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to India that had been invited to attend Prime Minister … Read more: Ro Khanna to raise human rights issues during India visit, say U.S. civil rights organisationsContinue Reading