On 2 September, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan called for the suspension of lawyers accused of links to terrorism, following protests over the death of a hunger-striking lawyer last week. Ebru Timtik, a human rights lawyer serving … Read more →
An increasing number of rape and sexual assault victims are speaking out in Iran using the global hashtag #MeToo after allegations last week that a string of indecent activities and sexual abuse involving more than a dozen students had been carried out by an adult at an all-boys high school in Tehran.
Over the past week, thousands of women … Read more →
On 31 August, the United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at prosecuting, rehabilitating and reintegrating those involved in terrorism-related activities. The resolution was vetoed because it failed to address repatriation of foreign fighters, an issue that has long-divided Washington from its European allies. … Read more →
More than 3,500 Yemenis have been forcibly disappeared in Houthi Prisons, according to Yemen’s Deputy Justice Minister of Yemen, Faisal Al-Majid. Al-Majidi has reportedly sent documentation to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) detailing 3,544 cases of enforced disappearance at the hands of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia. The Deputy Justice Minister … Read more →
A respected Iranian journalist has begun a three-year sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. On August 21 2020, Kayvan Samimi, former editor-in-chief of the center-left Iran-e-Farda magazine, posted a screenshot of his electronic summons, ordering him to report to Evin Prison after a prior conviction on charges of colluding against national security” … Read more →
The widespread abuse of residents in the semi-autonomous Xinjiang region of China has continued, according to a series of posts online. Residents have been forcibly medicated with traditional Chinese medicine, handcuffed to buildings and ordered to stay inside for weeks at a time as … Read more →
Pressure is mounting on the Thai government after weeks of almost daily student-led protests calling for elections and a new constitution. Bangkok saw one of the biggest anti-government protests the capital has seen since the military coup in 2014, despite a coronavirus ban on large gatherings. Arrests and harassment of activists … Read more →
The EU has rejected a British request for a migration pact that would allow the government to return asylum seekers to other European countries. European officials dismissed the proposal put forward by Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator as “one-sided” and said the UK would instead have to reach separate agreements with member states. … Read more →
The UN women’s rights committee has found that tens of thousands of women were victims of sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) between 1992 and 1995. These women have been long neglected prompting calls by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination … Read more →
According to new estimates from Unicef, 100,000 children have been directly affected by the Beirut port explosion on 4 August which left 140 people dead, 5,000 injured and hundreds missing. Around 80,000 children have been displaced with families affected in desperate need of support. … Read more →