OHCHR and WHO launched guidelines to end mistreatment in mental health services
In anticipation of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights…
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Mental health care ‘barriers’ must end, urges Guterres
Three in four people suffering from a mental health condition receive inadequate treatment – or none at all – UN Secretary-General said…
Why do we treat people as property of their tyrants?
By Hasanboy Burhanov – Founder of the political opposition movement Erkin O’zbekiston (Free Uzbekistan) On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi…
Nobel Peace Prize choice of Narges Mohammadi highlights ‘courage and determination’ of Iranian women
The Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi underscores the “courage and…
Human rights breaches in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Egypt
The European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the human rights breaches in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Egypt.
Experiment: A project in Denver gave away $1,000 to vulnerable people, what were the results?
Six months later, most of the beneficiaries of the project were higher off It would not essentially purchase happiness, however each private…
Protect children at all times and at all places, UN envoys tell nations
In 2022, the UN verified 27,180 instances of grave violations targeting children – use in conflict, killing and maiming, rape and sexual…
Ukraine: Report documents mounting deaths, rights violations
It reveals the lethal toll of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukrainian civilians, with nearly six individuals killed and 20 wounded on common…
Women and girls continue to be killed, based on gender alone
“Women and girls continue to be killed on the basis of their sex and gender, rendered more vulnerable to femicide when being…
Atrocity crimes still being committed in Ethiopia, UN experts warn
The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia said it was vital independent investigators continue to review the country’s dire human…