Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern on Wednesday over deteriorating legal protections for Uyghur migrants living in Türkiye. The report revealed that Türkiye has subjected Uyghurs to inhumane conditions and the risk of deportation to China. The report stated that Turkish authorities’ immigration crackdown involves assigning “restriction codes” to Uyghurs, denoting them as threats to [...]
A new UN report on Thursday revealed how recent junta violence in Myanmar has violated the rights and devastated the lives of disabled persons living in the country. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said that discriminatory barriers for disabled persons have grown since the nation’s military coup in [...]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders on Wednesday to prioritize Africa and promote peace, security and sustainable development on the continent. The statement follows the Ninth African Union-UN Annual Conference, where the UN and the African Union (AU) discussed the need to implement further cooperation frameworks, as well as to boost joint action to [...]
Human Rights Watch raised concern on Tuesday over the authorities in Cameroon responding to widespread opposition-led protests following the October 12 elections with lethal force and mass arrests of protesters and other citizens. Tuesday’s report detailed a violent crackdown that followed the Constitutional Council’s announcement on October 27, declaring 92-year-old incumbent Paul Biya the winner [...]
France’s National Assembly on Wednesday voted to suspend a contentious pension reform law until after the 2027 presidential election. Wednesday’s vote, included as part of the vote on an amendment to France’s 2026 social security budget, passed by a margin of 255 to 146 with 104 abstentions. The push to suspend the pension reform law, [...]
Amnesty International called on Angolan authorities Tuesday to deliver justice on the fifth anniversary of the fatal shooting of Inocêncio de Matos, who was killed while participating in a protest in Luanda. Vongai Chikwanda, deputy regional director for Southern Africa at Amnesty International, stated that Matos posed no threat to authorities or third parties when [...]
The Parliament of Kazakhstan on Wednesday approved a proposal to ban propaganda for “non-traditional sexual orientation,” despite serious concerns raised by several human rights organizations over its implications for LGBTQ+ rights. The draft law “On Amendments and Supplements to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Archival Matters” proposes mandatory labeling of materials [...]
The Iranian Ministry for Foreign Affairs released its annual report on human rights violations committed by the United States and United Kingdom on Sunday, alleging both domestic and international violations. Iran has released these critical assessments since 2012, when the Iranian Parliament passed a resolution requiring its Ministry for Foreign Affairs to monitor and report [...]
Amnesty International expressed concern on Monday over the worsening plight of Rohingya Muslims both in Myanmar and foreign countries where they have sought refuge. This comes after a boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees and migrants reportedly sank near the border between Thailand and Malaysia, with at least 25 lives lost. Amnesty International’s Myanmar researcher Joe [...]
The deputy disarmament chief at the UN, Adedeji Ebo, issued a warning on Monday to the Security Council on the escalating violence across the world that has been attributed to the cross-border exchange of small arms and light weapons, in conflicts ranging from Haiti to Africa’s Sahel region. At the joint UN Meeting, Ebo also [...]
