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Egypt: UN body urged to take action over ongoing arbitrary detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah
17 Apr 2024 15:00 GMT
Brett Solomon, Executive Director, Access Now
Ahmed Samih Farag, General Director, Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies
Quinn McKew, Executive Director, ARTICLE 19
Bahey eldin Hassan, Director, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …
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Joint statement - Ten years after his arbitrary arrest, NGOs call for Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair to be released
15 Apr 2024 15:31 GMT
… United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) released formal opinions … their internationally protected fundamental human rights. Hundreds of people in … Now
Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)
Human Rights First
Human Rights Watch
Lawyers’ Rights …
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Ethnic Nepali political prisoners in Bhutan await justice after decades behind bars
19 Apr 2024 05:31 GMT
… deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in the … 1990 during the initial human rights demonstrations by thousands … UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention noted that several prisoners … Human Rights, told This Week in Asia, referring to the Human Rights …
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ISHR submits over 1,000 signatures for Cao Shunli memorial in Geneva
18 Apr 2024 17:09 GMT
… of medical attention throughout her arbitrary detention.
Ahead of the tenth anniversary … Geneva, the international capital of human rights.
Participating organisations unveiled the bust … of Cao Shunli & all human rights defenders victims of reprisals for …
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SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily's Remarks to the Security Council Meeting on Libya (16 April 2024) [EN/AR]
19 Apr 2024 02:19 GMT
… Assembly and Association to uphold human rights obligations.
I also remain deeply … refugees in Libya who endure human rights violations throughout the migration process … shocking treatment of migrants in arbitrary detention, underscoring the urgent need for …
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German gov’t report underscores Erdogan’s willingness to kidnap opponents from abroad
19 Apr 2024 01:56 GMT
… and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms … UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that the incarceration … Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International … the country’s international human rights commitments. They also …
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OSCE urges Russia to release three Ukraine’s mission employees illegally held in Donetsk and Luhansk by its soldiers
18 Apr 2024 23:07 GMT
… and a violation of their human rights”
“Our position is clear: our … mechanism to investigate Russia’s arbitrary detention of Ukrainian civilians
The mechanism … independent experts to investigate specific human rights issues. Over these years, it …
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EU Parliament Approves Migration Pact Despite Objections Over Compromises
18 Apr 2024 14:48 GMT
… asylum applicants with unverified claims.
Human rights groups and NGOs unsurprisingly rejected … facing human rights violations across Europe – including illegal and violent pushbacks, arbitrary detention, and …
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UN provided China with advance information on activists, alleges whistleblower
17 Apr 2024 18:54 GMT
… the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has come … of activists attending the Human Rights Council meetings.
Speaking to … you'd expect human rights would be the primary … torture... criminal complicity in arbitrary detention." The UK Parliament…
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Syria: Kurdish forces accused of torture and 'mass death' in prisons
17 Apr 2024 17:07 GMT
… published on Wednesday, the human rights organisation accused authorities and … deeply concerned about reports of human rights abuses including extrajudicial killings; … or degrading treatment or punishment; arbitrary detention; and enforced disappearance.
“We …