Articles Tagged with Volker Turk

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday reported on threats to basic rights posed by China’s new cybercrime bill, and urged the concerned governments to press China to scrap the draft law. China’s Ministry of Public Security published the proposed Draft Law on Cybercrime Prevention and Control in January, and while it addresses legitimate concerns—criminal online activities, [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday criticized the move by Georgian authorities to summon human rights activist Ucha Nanuashvili for questioning, following his contribution to a report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). In a press release, the rights group described the summoning as “a witch-hunt” designed to deter and suppress those who [...]

A report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights warned on Tuesday that in one year, from November 1, 2024, to October 31, 2025, Israel’s government has accelerated unlawful settlement expansion and “annexation” of large parts of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.  This has led to settler violence and the forced [...]

Amnesty International said Tuesday that Algerian authorities should immediately reverse the closure of the Algiers office of SOS Disappeared, a human rights group that has long advocated for truth, justice and reparations for families of people forcibly disappeared during Algeria’s 1990s internal armed conflict. The closure was ordered by the Algiers governorate on March 12, [...]

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the escalating hostilities in the Middle East could lead to record levels of food insecurity and the largest disruption in humanitarian intervention since the COVID-19 pandemic. WFP deputy executive director and chief operating officer Carl Skau said, “If this conflict continues, it will send shockwaves across [...]

The agency UN Women vowed on Tuesday to continue its provision of aid for women and girls in Afghanistan even in the face of stringent restrictions and the ongoing conflict in the region. UN Women Afghanistan special representative Susan Ferguson confirmed: “Despite the restrictions on women and girls and the current conflicts…no matter what, UN [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to effectively shut down Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Writing for the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Senior Judge Royce Lamberth [...]

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) sued the Trump administration Monday for pausing payments for the long-stalled Second Avenue Subway Project. The complaint alleges that the US Department of Transportation (DOT) failed to reimburse the MTA over $50 million, as required by contract. The MTA and DOT entered into a Full Funding Grant Agreement [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for those responsible for a US strike on an Iranian school to be held accountable. The February 28 strike on the girls’ school in Minab, in southern Iran, killed over 100 children. Amnesty’s Evidence Lab conducted an investigation into the strike, analyzing over 30 satellite images and reviewing official statements, [...]

The chairman of the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Government Oversight and Reform subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday over her management of the investigation into the late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On February 11, the House Judiciary Committee questioned Bondi over her compliance with the Epstein investigation, which [...]