Tension high in Isiolo as human rights activist killed, scores injured

Cut rage that were found were some of the 6 people that were killed in Tigania East Mweroomwari last night. [George Kaimenyi, Standard] A civil rights campaigner was killed on Monday and another injured as tension remained high in Isiolo, a day...

Statement By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk At The End Of His Mission To Sri Lanka

Colombo, 26 June 2025 Good afternoon and thank you for coming. I have just wrapped up my visit of a little over three days in Sri Lanka, and I feel a real momentum of change. During my visit I discussed an array of human rights issues with a wide...

NDC Greater Accra Chairman Sued for Alleged Fraud and Human Rights Violations in $800,000 ECG Contract Case

A Singaporean National has issued a Human Rights suit, TOH YOU KANG against the Greater Accra Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore for alleged human rights violations of the Singaporean. The suit...

Son of Human Rights Activist Arrested Under Bukele’s Regime

El Salvador’s regime arrested the son of a human rights activist who has criticized the government’s labor rights violations before the International Labour Organization. June 28, 2025 Hour: 12:59 am Salvadoran human rights activist César...

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UN Rapporteur urges Morocco to end repression of human rights defenders in Western Sahara

Geneva, 27 Jun 2025 (SPS) – Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, expressed concerns on Friday over Moroccan police violence against Sahrawi human rights activists Sidi Mohammed Daddach and...

Sahrawi Association calls on international community to protect Sahrawi human rights defenders

Paris, 27 June 2025 (SPS) – The Association of Sahrawi Youth in France is calling on the international community, particularly the United Nations, to intensify efforts to protect Sahrawi human rights defenders. The association praised the...

Deportations Without Borders: How U.S. Immigration Policies Are Redefining Human Rights

A Turning Point in U.S. Immigration Policy March 16, 2025, marked a turning point in U.S. immigration policy. More than 200 Venezuelan migrants were transferred to the Terrorism Detention Center (CECOT) in El Salvador, a country where they had no...

Myanmar’s human rights crisis is deepened as aid collapses, attacks will intensify

In a briefing striking at Human Rights Council In Geneva, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, described a country seized by war, repression and deepening of suffering. Since the military coup In February 2021,...

Díaz-Balart congratulates Rosa María Payá on human rights commission election

Mario Díaz-Balart U.S. House of Representatives from Florida | Official U.S. House HeadshotMario Díaz-Balart U.S. House of Representatives from Florida | Official U.S. House Headshot Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart, representing Florida's 26th...

World News | Baloch Human Rights Body Decries Economic Exploitation by Pakistan

Balochistan [Pakistan], June 28 (ANI): Leading Baloch Human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), decried the closure of Abdohi border as a form of economic exploitation by Pakistan. In response to this, several people from various walks...

'Great niblings' at centre of B.C. human rights dispute

A woman who sought to adopt claimed she was discriminated against by the province's Ministry of Children and Family Development. B.C.’s Human Rights Tribunal has released an adoption dispute in which a woman’s great nieces and nephews are referred...

Chinese human rights delegation visits Greece, promotes exchanges

ATHENS, June 27 (Xinhua) -- A delegation led by Baima Chilin, president of the China Society for Human Rights Studies, concluded a three-day visit to Greece on Friday, aimed at strengthening exchanges and mutual learning. The visit, held from June...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concludes official visit to Sri Lanka

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concluded a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka from 23 to 26 June 2025. During the visit, High Commissioner Türk called on President Anura Kumara Disanayake and Prime Minister Dr. Harini...

Bondi throws press conference to celebrate her human rights abuses

Attorney General Pam Bondi is celebrating a new milestone in her efforts to deport men accused of having too many tattoos. Bondi said during a press briefing Friday that the Trump administration has officially arrested 2,711 accused Tren de Aragua...

Baloch Human Rights Body decries economic exploitation by Pakistan

Leading Baloch Human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), decried the closure of Abdohi border as a form of economic exploitation by Pakistan. In response to this, several people from various walks of life held a peaceful sit-in protest....

Myanmar human rights crisis deepens as aid collapses, attacks intensify

In a stark briefing to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk described a country gripped by war, repression and deepening suffering. Since the military coup in February 2021, nearly 6,800 civilians...

African Court Clears Path for DRC’s Human Rights Case Against Rwanda

June 27, 2025 Hour: 2:34 pm The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, based in Tanzania, has ruled that it is competent to hear a case brought by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against Rwanda, opening the door to a landmark...

Armenia`s Human Rights Defender calls for public solidarity

ArmInfo.Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan monitors the information disseminated in the media and social networks and considers the situation in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin alarming in terms of public solidarity. State power is crucial...

Destruction Of Obi's Family Property: Human Rights Lawyer Calls For Inv

A concerned human Rights Lawyer, Sir Ifeanyichukwu Ejiofor Esq. (KSM) in a media statement titled 'DESTRUCTION OF MR. PETER OBI’S BROTHER’S PROPERTY: THE JUDICIARY IN THE EYE OF THE STORM — CALL FOR THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THE JUDICIAL PROCESS...