The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over reports about dozens of abductions and enforced disappearances in Syria during a press briefing on Friday. In his statement, spokesperson Thameen Al-Keetan stated that OHCHR documented at least 97 people missing since the ousting of former president Bashar Assad. He also [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday raised concern over existing barriers to abortion access compounded by alarming attempts to roll back reproductive rights in Europe. The warning came in a comprehensive new report, “When rights aren’t real for all: The struggle for abortion access in Europe,” which analyzed abortion care and access in 40 countries. The document [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised alarm on Wednesday over a spike in cholera cases in Haiti’s West department. The rights group emphasized “the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore basic water and sanitation systems.” Haitian health authorities have already recorded “2,852 suspected cholera cases, 186 confirmed cases, and 48 deaths” from January 1 [...]

UN leaders on Sunday called for safety and justice for journalists globally, urging governments to conduct investigations and ensure the protection of all media professionals. UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered the message to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Guterres stated that nearly nine out of every ten journalist-killings remain [...]

The United Nations expressed serious concern on Friday after it was reported that at least 10 people were killed by security forces during protests in Tanzania following this week’s general election. The alarm was raised by Seif Magango, the spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, who detailed a series of alleged grave rights violations [...]

Human Rights Watch said Friday that the Chinese government is investigating the Taiwanese legislator Puma Shen Pao-Yang (沈伯洋) for the crime of “separatism,” infringing upon his basic human rights. The announcement marks the first known application of China’s recently issued judicial guidelines targeting “Taiwan independence separatists,” representing a significant escalation in Beijing’s legal pressure on [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed alarm on Wednesday over Turkish government proposals to criminalize people within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, describing the development as “one of the most alarming rollbacks of rights in decades.” According to the rights group, a leaked draft of the reform law reveals plans to amend the [...]

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Dr. Ana Brian Nougrères, said Wednesday that the development of a model law on neurotechnologies and neurodata is necessary to protect the right to privacy. In a report presented to the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the foundations and principles for [...]