International rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday criticized the “baseless charges” brought against two human rights defenders arrested by El Salvador police in May, and called for their immediate release. José Ángel Pérez, 55, and 29-year-old Alejandro Antonio Henríquez were arrested while peacefully protesting the mass eviction of dozens of families from El [...]
The East Timor Parliament on Wednesday said it would rescind legislation granting former members of parliament lifetime pensions, according to local media. The announcement followed several days of student‑led demonstrations in the capital city of Dili. Under a law that went into effect in 2007, former members of parliament are entitled to lifetime pensions equivalent [...]
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called for stronger and more effective commitments from world leaders convening at the United Nations General Assembly from September 22 to 30 in safeguarding the sanctity of the UN from the interference of external political power in its role of protecting human rights and promoting international justice. The interim executive [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that Iranian authorities have failed to investigate or prosecute security officials responsible for the 2022 crackdown on nationwide protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. HRW’s report, released on the third anniversary of Amini’s death, stated that the Iranian judiciary has not pursued cases against [...]
United Nations human rights experts said Tuesday that a US strike on a vessel alleged to be operated by “narco-terrorists” violated the right to life. The statement follows the deadly incident in which two civilian boats were attacked on the high seas. The experts said the vessel strikes were conducted without sufficient evidence that loss [...]
UN experts warned that Israel’s offensive on Gaza will be “apocalyptic” for civilians, particularly persons with disabilities, who face aggravated consequences in the besieged enclave. The experts stressed, “eople with disabilities in Gaza are totally exhausted and traumatised. They face extreme difficulties fleeing – some people with mobility impairments are forced to crawl through rubble [...]
A UN committee found Nigeria responsible for “grave and systematic violations” of the rights of women and girls a decade after the Boko Haram abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) released a report on Wednesday detailing extensive trauma suffered by the schoolgirls and a failure [...]
In a report to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances raised concerns on Wednesday about the escalating global trend of enforced disappearances targeting land and environmental defenders, particularly in regions with weak rule of law and prevailing impunity. In their report, UN experts found that land defenders [...]
The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released approximately 100 warning letters it had sent to drug companies on September 9, alleging that the companies made false or misleading claims on their websites or in electronic advertisements. Major companies, including Hims & Hers Health and Eli Lilly, were among those targeted, with many letters [...]
At a press conference on Monday, Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois called for transparency from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a man was fatally shot by an ICE officer last Friday. The incident took place in Franklin Park, a suburb west of Chicago. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Silverio Villegas Gonzalez [...]
