UN Security Council to meet on rights abuses in North Korea | Reuters
The United Nations Security Council will meet publicly to discuss human rights abuses in North Korea next week, a move requested by the United … Read more: UN Security Council to meet on rights abuses in North Korea | ReutersContinue Reading
Ecuador: Presidential Candidate Killed – Human Rights Watch
Villavicencio, a journalist and former legislator, had a long record of exposing corruption, human rights violations, and abuses by organized … Read more: Ecuador: Presidential Candidate Killed – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
UK government considering leaving European Convention on Human Rights
UK government considering leaving European Convention on Human Rights. A member's signature is erased from the rights document. Read more: UK government considering leaving European Convention on Human RightsContinue Reading
UN Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017
'We know the government's human rights abuses and violations facilitate the advancement of its unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic … Read more: UN Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017Continue Reading
UN experts urge Ethiopia to adhere to human rights principles during state of emergency
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
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
Since the Rabaa Massacre – Human Rights First
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
Fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus: three years on – Federal Foreign Office
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
Roma death case in Teplice heads to European Court of Human Rights
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
Mass Trials in El Salvador Are an Alarming Assault on Human Rights – WOLA
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
Bangladesh: Human rights defenders targeted for political reasons
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
Bangladesh: End Political Prosecution of Rights Leaders – FIDH
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
LEGAL & HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE AND TANZANIA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS …
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
Joint Statement Announcing Plans for a UNSC Open Briefing on the Human Rights Situation …
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 – ICNL
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