High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks in November at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Salvatore … Read more: After unexplained Navalny death, UN human–rights chief calls on Russia to end repressionContinue Reading
GENEVA, March 4 (Xinhua) — United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk stressed the importance of peace on Monday while … Read more: UN human rights chief urges peace across world – XinhuaContinue Reading
Geneva, 4 March 2024 (SPS) – During the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, South Africa once again called for the empowerment of the … Read more: Human Rights Council: South Africa renews its call to end colonization in Western SaharaContinue Reading
(OSV News) – Prominent Russian Catholics have urged church members to continue condemning human rights violations after the funeral of opposition … Read more: Russian Catholic join in mourning Navalny, urge fight continue for human rightsContinue Reading
Ahead of Türkiye's municipal elections on 31 March 2024, ARTICLE 19, Human Rights Watch and 20 rights groups and journalists' organisations … Read more: Türkiye: Big tech should protect free speech and resist state censorship – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch specifically researched movement restrictions in areas under Houthi, Yemeni government, and STC control, as they control the … Read more: Yemen: Warring Parties Restrict Women's Movement – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk expresses that there are "no words to capture the horrors that are unfolding before our eyes in Gaza," … Read more: 'This is Carnage': UN Human Rights Chief Concerns Over Horrors In Gaza – YouTubeContinue Reading
Discover the compelling book co-authored by former Griffith woman Lucy Geddes detailing 50 pivotal Australian human rights cases.. Read more: Human rights lawyer Lucy Geddes co-authors book on landmark cases | The Area NewsContinue Reading
Belarus: Immediately release human rights defenders … March 3, 2024 – One year ago, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, FIDH Vice-President … Read more: Belarus: Immediately release human rights defenders – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep concern over Sri Lanka's proposed legislative measures, at the 55th Session of the … Read more: UN human rights chief concerned over Online Safety Act and IGP appointment | Daily MirrorContinue Reading
The vulnerability that inmates witness in prisons contravenes their human dignity and right to an adequate standard of living. Prison renovation and … Read more: Prisoners' precarious conditions and human rights in Nigeria — OpinionContinue Reading
… Human Rights. If the draft law is enacted, Trifi warned, "Tunisia will lose its civil society and all the work it has done". Amnesty International … Read more: Tunisian civil society fears plan to limit foreign funding – France 24Continue Reading
… human rights norms and standards. As previously documented, civil society groups have reported that homosexual, bisexual and transgender people … Read more: Tonga: Parliamentarian suspended from parliament while LGBTQI+ community still lacks protectionContinue Reading
Among them were journalists, opposition politicians, activists and human rights defenders. The ongoing decay of rule of law and democracy in Turkey … Read more: Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review – Stockholm Center for FreedomContinue Reading
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights once again raised grave concerns about the rights situation in the country. “While the Government has … Read more: Poor record on human rights – Daily FTContinue Reading