Mexico’s 100,000 ‘disappeared’ is a tragedy, says UN rights chief Bachelet
Mexico has now officially registered more than 100,000 reported missing person cases since 1964...
Human rights must be at heart of solution to Sri Lanka crisis : A UN Resident Coordinator blog
Demonstrators voice their grievances against the Sri Lankan government at a protest in London,...
Israel: UN rights chief calls for end to ‘culture of impunity’
The funeral of Shirin Abu Akleh in Jerusalem
Burkina Faso: Armed Islamists Kill, Rape Civilians
Armed Islamist groups and government security forces and militia in Burkina Faso are committing increased abuses against civilians as the conflict there intensifies and widens, Human Rights Watch said on May 16, 2022. The Burkina Faso government,...
The Tai Ji Men Case and European Values: A Test for Democratic Taiwan
Tai Ji Men Protest in near the White House
The Tai Ji Men Case Comes from Taiwan to Belgium, by Massimo Introvigne
The Tai Ji Men Case Comes from Taiwan to Belgium, by Massimo Introvigne
International Review Committee on the ICCPR and the ICESCR Concerned about the Current Human Rights Situation in Taiwan
On May 11, in the fourth cluster of Review Meeting of the ROC’s Third Report under the ICCPR and ICESCR, the review...
Singapore: UN experts urge immediate end to death penalty
Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
Hong Kong: Prominent Democracy Advocates Arrested
The Hong Kong police should drop their baseless criminal investigations against five prominent pro-democracy advocates, Human Rights Watch said on May 13, 2022. The cases highlight the Hong Kong government's broadening crackdown on human rights.
Brazil: Attacks on Gender and Sexuality Education
Lawmakers and other public officials at the federal, state, and municipal levels in Brazil have used pernicious legal and political tactics to undermine and even prohibit gender and sexuality education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on...
