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
Race for UN’s top job enters final, murkiest stretch – Geneva Solutions
… human rights chief. Espinosa, a former Ecuadorian foreign minister … Human Rights Human Rights Council Long read. 20 years on, the Human … Read MoreContinue Reading
Putting a ceiling on prisoners’ human rights | Pearls and Irritations
Putting a ceiling on prisoners’ human rights. July 27, 2026. The Victorian Corrections Amendment Bill 2026 reveals what happens when a government … Read MoreContinue Reading
SA marks 30 years of constitutional democracy – YouTube
… Human Rights (UDHR). Today’s conversation focuses on Article 9, which states that no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or … Read MoreContinue Reading
Ukraine’s L.G.B.T.Q. Soldiers Are Still Fighting and Still Waiting – The New York Times
The European Court of Human Rights found in 2023 that Ukraine’s lack of … rights. Early this year, a new draft of the civil code was … Read MoreContinue Reading
Turk’s term as UN human rights chief extended despite US warnings – ENG.MIZZIMA.COM
AFP. The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to renew Volker Turk’s mandate as high commissioner for human rights for four years despite … Read MoreContinue Reading
Volker Turk’s term as UN human rights chief extended despite U.S. warnings – The Hindu
UN General Assembly renews Volker Turk’s human rights mandate for four years, despite U.S. and other nations’ objections. Read MoreContinue Reading
UN backs Turk for second term despite US opposition – The Arab Weekly
The UN General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to extend the term of UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk for four more years, despite opposition … Read MoreContinue Reading
EU Sanctions Iranian Judges and Cyber Operator in Expanded Human-Rights Action
The European Union has sanctioned five Iranian judges and cyber operator Nima Salehi for serious human–rights violations, connecting prosecutions … Read MoreContinue Reading
Karim Khan ousted as prosecutor of international criminal court – The Guardian
Danya Chaikel, the International Federation for Human Rights‘ representative to the ICC, said the vote was a testament to the complainant’s … Read MoreContinue Reading
Angry dad sues council for £16k after son’s teachers told him to ditch Doritos – The Sun
AN angry dad sued a council for £16000 claiming his son’s human rights were breached when teachers told him to ditch his Doritos. The cash… Read MoreContinue Reading