“Totally wrong…violation of human rights..”: Karnataka Minister on absence of women journalists at Afghan FM Muttaqi’s presser

Karnataka Minister HK Patil condemned the absence of women journalists at Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s press conference, calling it a “violation of human rights.” Patil emphasised that any attempt to restrict women journalists from...

Local Pastors Protest Against Human Rights March

Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Members of Pride Bahamas organization and members of Churches United in Christ assembled for a human...

The Global War on Drugs as Authoritarian Statecraft and Its Human Rights Costs

The global war on drugs is sold as a common-sense protection of public order (Pansters 2018; Pozen 2024; Regilme 2020). In practice, however, it has functioned as a transnational mode of governance that concentrates coercive power, militarizes...

Human rights groups tell Microsoft to suspend business with Israel government

Multiple human rights groups published a letter to Microsoft on Friday in which they demanded a suspension of business with the Israeli military and government, alleging that Microsoft technology abets human rights abuses. The letter was sent to...

The Arab Moot Court Competition for Human Rights concludes its first edition

The first edition of the Arab Moot Court Competition for Human Rights has concluded at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI). The competition was organised by the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for Southwest...

NHRC, Tajik counterpart sign pact to bolster human rights cooperation

QNA Doha The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Human Rights Commissioner of Tajikistan to strengthen cooperation in human rights, exchange expertise on promoting state compliance with...

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor calls for international journalists to enter Gaza to document genocide

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor calls for international journalists to enter Gaza to document genocide Geneva – Saba: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor called on Saturday for international journalists and media outlets, along...

Human Rights Groups Say U.S. Is 'Systematically Torturing' Immigrants Through Prolonged Solitary Confinement

A new joint report from Harvard University and Physicians for Human Rights says U.S. immigration detention facilities are "systematically torturing" detainees through the prolonged use of solitary confinement — often for weeks at a time — in what...

Human Rights Resolution Passed: the UN, Ideals and Practicality

Photo courtesy of International Crisis Group The need to tackle current and past abuses against Sri Lankans was highlighted in a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution adopted on October 6, 2025. In promoting reconciliation, accountability and...

Attorney general urges reforms to strengthen National Human Rights Commission

Attorney General Mohammad Asaduzzaman today (11 October) has called for strengthening the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Bangladesh, noting that several clauses and sub-clauses in the proposed law remain ambiguous — which could create...

Palace cites UN, UK role in advancing PH human rights plan

MANILA – Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has recognized the role of the United Nations (UN) and the United Kingdom (UK) in helping advance the country’s human rights roadmap, a Malacañang statement said Friday. Bersamin made the acknowledgement...

Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On The Announced First Phase Of Ceasefire In Gaza – UN Human Rights Office

Following today’s extremely significant announcement, I call on all States to work collectively to ensure that the ceasefire plan is implemented in good faith. All action going forward must be guided by the immediate goals of ending the killing,...

Human rights commissioner Šimáčková Laurenčíková ready to resign after new government takes office

Government human rights commissioner Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková says she is ready to step down once the new cabinet takes office, noting that the incoming coalition parties hold different views on human rights and the protection of vulnerable...

European MPs, human rights' body call for urgent action over Polepole ‘abduction’

Dar es Salaam. The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have strongly condemned the alleged abduction of former Tanzanian Ambassador to Cuba, Humphrey Polepole. Polepole, who...

Media Insider: Journalist ejected from Human Rights Review Tribunal hearing under ‘contempt of court’ claim

Ruth is an unapologetic advocate for women’s rights and believes she has been barred from covering the hearing because of comments she had made in the past that “make it clear I’m not sympathetic to trans ideology”. The tribunal says it is happy...

Human Rights Group Declines Aziz Ansari’s Saudi Comedy Donation

Human Rights Watch has said comedian Azis Ansari’s performance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia was no laughing matter—and that they won’t be accepting his proposed donation. The top international rights organization has said they...

UN makes a mockery of human rights as China, Iran score gig on wayward committee

The United Nations welcomed two new officials to the advisory committee for its Human Rights Council this week in a vote that did not inspire confidence in the humanitarian body.Iranian diplomat Afsaneh Nadipour and Chinese Communist Party...

Somali Parliament Greenlights Independent Human Rights Commission to Boost Accountability

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s Federal Parliament approved the creation of an Independent National Human Rights Commission on Saturday, a move hailed by officials as a significant milestone in strengthening accountability and justice amid ongoing...

NCP: Try officers linked to human rights abuses

National Citizen Party Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain has demanded that members of law-enforcing agencies accused of committing crimes against humanity during the Awami League regime be brought to justice. He made the call while speaking at...

Ensure legal protection for environmental human rights defenders: Rizwana Hasan

Environmental Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has called for legal protection and structural safeguards for environmental human rights defenders in Bangladesh. Speaking as the chief discussant at a national consultation on the draft National Human...