Human Rights
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United Kingdom
UK failed to resettle Afghans facing torture, death despite promise, The Guardian said
Afghan nationals who were promised resettlement to the UK nearly a year ago are facing torture and death while they…
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World
All-hands-on-deck effort needed to combat modern slavery
Modern slavery continues to increase significantly across the globe, and the United Nations wants everyone to focus on this disturbing…
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Afghanistan
UN official calls on Taliban to restore all rights and freedoms to women
The United Nations called on Taliban movement to restore all rights and freedoms to women. The Taliban banned women last…
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Afghanistan
UN experts call for investigation into suppression of women’s rights in Afghanistan
UN experts have demanded an investigation into the suppression of women’s rights in Afghanistan as a form of gender persecution…
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Saudi
Saudi authorities detain wife, daughter of jailed dissident
Saudi authorities have reportedly arrested the wife and daughter of a jailed dissident, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince…
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Afghanistan
The United Nations: Taliban’s treatment of women amounts to crimes against humanity
A team of experts from the United Nations announced that Taliban’s treatment of women may amount to crimes against humanity…
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Asia
China: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls for probe into Xinjiang rights violations
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) called on Thursday on the Peoples’ Republic of China to…
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America
Free Muslim calls on the international community to update their laws on women’s rights
The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, called on the international community, human rights organizations and democratic governments to update their…
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Saudi
Resumption of executions in Saudi Arabia
Over the last two weeks executions have been taking place almost daily in Saudi Arabia after the authorities ended a…
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Europe
EU set to renew sanctions on Chinese officials accused of human rights violations in Xinjiang
The European Union is set to renew sanctions on Chinese officials it has accused of “serious human rights violations” in…
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