A coalition of rights groups on Monday urged the UK to incorporate human rights protections before signing a trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), amid documentation of abuses faced by migrant workers across these countries. In a joint statement, the groups urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to include human rights conditions in the [...]
The European Union (EU) urged the US government on Saturday to reverse its decision to block members of the Palestinian Authority (PA) from obtaining visas. Kaja Kallas, the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, remarked during a ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen: “In light of the existing agreements between the UN and its host [...]
The United Nations observed the International Day for People of African Descent on Sunday, with leaders urging the global community to advance justice, dignity, and equality. Secretary-General António Guterres praised the “extraordinary” contributions of African peoples, while stressing that the legacies of slavery and colonialism continue to cast “long shadows” in the form of systemic [...]
Amnesty International called on the Syrian government Friday to undertake concrete measures, including a nationwide search for thousands who disappeared under the Assad regime, to deliver truth, justice, and reparations for the victims and their families. A new report published by the human rights organization alleges that thousands of individuals are still struggling to uncover [...]
Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Kenyan authorities to end the apparent harassment of Otsieno Namwaya, the organization’s associate Africa director, over his work documenting rights abuses in the country. According to HRW, from August 23 to 25, witnesses observed groups of plainclothes officers suspected to be from the Operation Support Unit of the [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday strongly urged the US to immediately stop transferring immigrant detainees to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, warning that they face “abusive and inhumane detention conditions” that may amount to ill-treatment. According to interviews conducted by HRW of immigrants formerly held at the facility, US officials did not [...]
UN human rights experts have called on Pakistan to suspend its planned deportation of millions of Afghan refugees, set to commence on September 1. They warn that the policy violates international law and endangers returnees. The deportations, under Pakistan’s “Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan,” now also target Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration (PoR) cards, many [...]
A group of 45 UN human rights experts reaffirmed on Thursday that gender must remain central to the fight for equality and human rights worldwide. The statement was signed by UN special procedure mandate holders from various countries, jointly emphasizing that “binary conceptions of sex” result in an incomplete picture of the “social and cultural factors [...]
UN human rights experts condemned the enforced disappearances of Palestinians at aid distribution sites on Thursday, urging Israeli authorities to halt the targeting of the starving Palestinian population. The UN received reports citing several individuals, including one child, who have been forcibly disappeared while visiting food aid distribution centers run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation [...]
The UK Court of Appeal found on Friday that the High Court’s temporary ban on asylum seekers being housed in a hotel in Epping runs the risk of encouraging further violent protests, as the lower court judge weighed them as a factor in favor of granting the injunction. The injunction is now overturned. The Court [...]
