US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are making a state visit to the UK from 3 to 5 June. While Mr Trump will only be the third US president to make a state visit to the UK, he is arguably the most controversial figure and many have opposed the visit. His policies … Read more →
Iraqi authorities handed over 188 Turkish children of suspected Islamic State members to Turkey on 29 May at Baghdad airport, where they boarded a plane and prepared to fly home, officials from Iraq’s judiciary and UNICEF said. “The central investigations court which is responsible for the terrorism file and foreign suspects has handed the Turkish … Read more →
In a landmark move for LGBT+ and gender rights worldwide, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has passed a new legislation that no longer categorises being transgender as a mental health condition. However, on 25 May 2019 this policy was finally changed at the 72nd session of the WHO Assembly in Geneva. The declassification of the … Read more →
The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has called for those fleeing Venezuela to receive international refugee protection. An immense 3.7 million people have now left Venezuela, mostly on foot, to escape from the worsening political crisis, leaving over 3,000 children stateless. The crisis has now developed into a humanitarian emergency, leaving millions of people in … Read more →
UN officials have called on the Security Council to unite in support for an immediate de-escalation of fighting in Syria’s north-western Idlib governorate, where at least 180,000 people have been displaced in three weeks and up to 160 people killed. On 20 May, Save the Children reported that at least 38 children had been killed … Read more →
British nationals are to be banned from entering or remaining in parts of conflict-stricken Syria in the first use of a controversial new rule. Home Secretary Sajid Javid is to give British citizens in northern Syria 28 days to leave or face up to ten years in prison when they return to the UK. Britons … Read more →
A Human Rights Watch report released on 9 May has concluded that a blast which killed 15 Yemeni school children in April this year was caused by a Houthi-controlled warehouse that stored volatile material which caught fire and detonated in Yemen’s capital Sanaa. The massive blast injured more than 100 children and adults in the … Read more →
Qatar has been arbitrarily stripping the citizenship of family members of the Ghufran tribe for over 30 years, depriving them of basic human rights. At least 28 members of the Ghufran tribe have currently been left stateless and are calling for their rights to be restored. A Human Rights Watch report published on 12 May … Read more →
The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights in Canada held a press conference in Ottawa on 9 May to highlight the ongoing and extensive human rights violations in Iran. The Centre organises ‘Iran Accountability Week’ every year in partnership with Parliamentarians from all political parties. Representatives from Canada’s House of Commons and the Senate discussed … Read more →
As 1.5 billion Muslims in the world start observing Ramadan, authorities in China have launched a further crackdown on religious practices of the Uyghur people. According to an Amnesty International report of 3 May, open displays of religion or any religious symbols such as wearing a headscarf, prayer, fasting or avoiding alcohol or pork are … Read more →
