Baha’i Mahvash Sabet recovering from heart surgery will be imprisoned again in Iran
Mahvash Sabet is recovering from heart surgery: Iran’s government must let her do so in peace by never returning her to prison.…
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Parliament honours Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado with Sharakov Prize 2024
President Metsola presented the Sakharov Prize 2024 to Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado at a ceremony on Tuesday in…
Syria: Rights investigators call for protection of evidence, including mass grave sites
A team from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria visited former prisons and detention centres, including the notorious Sednaya…
Georgia Police violence in Tbilisi while President Zurabishvili calls for quick EU actions
Police violence // According to the Public Defender of Georgia (Ombudsperson’s Office) that I visited while in Tbilisi, 225 out of 327…
EU’s longest-running discrimination case passes to the in-tray of Commissioner Mînzatu
A letter from Gianna Fracassi, Secretary-General of Italy’s largest trade union, FLC CGIL, has brought the high-profile case of the long-running discrimination…
Iran: UN experts call for strict new hijab law to be repealed
Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said in a statement that it represents a fundamental attack on women’s rights. The legislation, which…
OSCE says Worsening War Crimes and Humanitarian Law Violations in Ukraine
Human rights situation in Ukraine deteriorates as attacks intensify amid ongoing persecution in Russian-occupied territories: OSCE human rights office OSCE // WARSAW,…
Shaping human rights for all
Few documents have had as profound and enduring an impact on global governance as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UN Photo/Albert González…
European Parliament Re-establishes Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief
Brussels – In a decisive move to enhance the protection of religious freedom across Europe and beyond, the European Parliament has re-established the…
“Human Rights Are about Building the Future — Right Now” Says Secretary-General, Marking International Day
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December: On Human Rights Day, we face a harsh…