United Nations Secretary-General Ban ...
On June 18th, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on countries to respond with a humane and human rights-based...
United Nations News Centre – UN...
A United Nations human rights expert states that today in Mexico, very little has changed regarding the protection of...
ICC sentences former Congolese vice-p...
On June 21, 2016, the International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced former Congolese Vice-President, Jean-Pierre...
Protecting those who defend the envir...
The assassinations of Berta Cáceres, a leader of the Lenca indigenous people in Honduras, and Sikhosiphi “Bazooka”...
Prosecution of human rights lawyer co...
Last December, two National Security officers were sentenced to five years in prison for torturing lawyer Kareem...
In ‘defence of the oppressed’: obstac...
Lawyers say they risk being jailed for their work defending government critics, with hundreds already believed to be...
Death in police custody: The case of ...
– Forensics report confirms lawyer was subjected to “violent” beatings to genitals and chest, says prosecution....
China’s Foreign Minister Lectur...
China has cracked down on activists since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012. Last July, the government arrested...
Palestine: ICC Should Open Formal Pro...
As the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza entered its 50th year, Human Rights Watch called today on the...
Iranian Students Lashed 99 Times Over...
30 college students were arrested, interrogated and within 24 hours were each given 99 lashes for attending a...
