Qatar: Arbitrary Travel Bans
Qatari state security authorities have imposed indefinite arbitrary travel bans against at least four citizens without a judicial process or a clear legal basis, Human Rights Watch and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) said on February 7, 2022....
Japan Calls for Monitoring China’s Human Rights Situations
Just days before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Japanese lawmakers passed a Diet resolution highlighting human rights issues in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia. Specifically, the February 1 resolution calls for the “...
End leprosy discrimination laws ‘without delay’, UN rights expert urges
A trader affected by leprosy waits for customers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
‘Urgent, renewed effort’ needed to restore civilian rule in Myanmar: Bachelet
Protesters attend a march against the military coup in Myanmar.
UN remembers ‘unprecedented horror and calculated cruelty’ of the Holocaust
The Holocaust “defined the United Nations”, Secretary-General António Guterres told a virtual ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, recalling that the UN Charter was drafted in San Francisco “as the Dachau concentration camp was...
Egypt: Forced Returns of Eritrean Asylum Seekers
Egyptian authorities are deporting Eritreans seeking asylum, including children, without assessing their asylum claims or other protection needs, Human Rights Watch said on January 27, 2022.
Fighting Impunity for Crimes in Syria: Victory in Germany, Setback in France
The conviction in Germany on January 13 of a former Syrian intelligence official for crimes against humanity marks a major breakthrough in the fight for justice for atrocities in Syria. In sharp contrast, a French court’s decision in November raises...
Bachelet: ‘We need to push back against hatred’
Children wearing “United Against Hate” t-shirts appear at an interfaith gathering at...
UN Reviews Venezuela’s Poor Human Rights Record
Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the...
Urgent action needed to protect Vietnamese workers trafficked to Serbia
A view on Belgrade, Serbia.
