The English Football Association on Thursday stated that transgender women will no longer be allowed to play women’s football in England, announcing a change in its policy following a ruling by the UK Supreme Court last month. The Football Association’s new policy will take effect on June 1. The association stated: “This is a complex [...]
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday released its first quarterly human rights report of 2025, stating that the Taliban continues to implement decrees aimed at erasing women from public life and restricting their fundamental freedoms, including access to education, work, health care, and freedom of movement. Following the withdrawal of US and [...]
Amnesty International (AI) stated on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office were marked by authoritarian behavior and discriminatory policies that weakened the rule of law and damaged human rights protections. Mass deportations, attacks of freedom of expression, and the erosion of rights for women and LGBTQIA+ communities, have created in the [...]
UN experts on Wednesday condemned the enforced disappearance and apparent summary execution of some 100 individuals in Mali. The experts stated that the unlawful killings may amount to war crimes and that the enforced disappearance may constitute crimes against humanity. The experts found that the Malian authorities have violated the right to life by failing to [...]
UN human rights experts published a statement Wednesday expressing concern over unlawful US deportations to El Salvador. According to the statement, the US has deported over 250 Venezuelan and Salvadoran men, who were allegedly involved with gangs. The experts stated that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, invoked by the Trump administration to authorize the [...]
Roland Friedrich, director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for the West Bank, said on Wednesday that Israel’s ban on the agency’s activities in East Jerusalem is a serious threat to the right of 800 Palestinian children to education. Friedrich expressed serious concern about consequences that the termination of the agency’s activities in [...]
The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) issued a report Wednesday on the phenomenon of enforced disappearances in Colombia, and provided recommendations to support the state’s efforts in combating this crime. The committee’s report concluded a 15-day visit to Colombia, during which it held meetings with government authorities, victims, and civil society organizations. The CED [...]
A Vermont judge ordered a detained Palestinian Columbia University student to be released from federal custody on Wednesday, more than two weeks after he was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his US citizenship. Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old Vermont resident and green card holder of nearly a decade who was raised in [...]
A report released by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) on Tuesday noted a significant deterioration in Haiti’s human rights situation since January, emphasizing the alarming impact of escalating gang violence on the civilian population. The report detailed widespread killings, abductions and sexual violence in the country. The BINUH emphasized the particular vulnerability [...]
Egypt’s First Circuit of the Criminal Court in Damanhour sentenced a 78-year-old school administrator to life imprisonment, equivalent to 25 years under Egyptian law, for the sexual abuse of six-year-old Yassin, a student enrolled at a private school in the Beheira Governorate. In today’s initial hearing, the court approved a request by the child’s legal [...]
