UN Relief Coordinator: Orders to evacuate 1.1 million people from Gaza contradict the laws of war
UN Relief Coordinator: Calling on civilians to move between densely populated areas in Gaza without stopping the fighting is dangerous and abhorrent
UN experts condemn the "horrific" Hamas attacks and Israeli "collective punishment" on Gaza
Hamas: We call on the Arab and Islamic nation and the international community to oblige the opening of the crossings to supply the Gaza Strip with its needs
An ICC prosecutor says its mandate applies to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Hamas in talks to free Israeli women, children hostages in exchange for release of 36 Palestinian women and children from Israeli jails - source to @Reuters
The Iranian representative left the room in protest as UN Human Rights Committee opened with a minute's silence in memory of the victims in Israel
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: "I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly."
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 for her "fight against the oppression of women" in her country
The White House: The new sanctions on Iran are linked to human rights violations
1 Jahr zuvorBosnian Serb leader Dodik has attacked Schmidt, delegitimizing him by not being approved by the UN Security Council and declaring that his actions as a "foreigner imposing the laws in BiH" act "against Human Rights"
Reuters: Washington imposes sanctions on the Deputy Commander of the Rapid Support Forces against the backdrop of his forces' human rights violations in Sudan
Sources told KabulNow that the clash began on Friday night when forces of the Taliban’s Defense Ministry in coordination with its local Pashtun members tried to seize a military base run by the group’s Uzbek fighters in Masjid-e-Safed village in Baharak district.n
1 Jahr zuvorMali: JNIM militants increase their pressure around Timbuktu. 26/08 Projection of 2 mortar shells causing 1 death and 3 injuries including 1 serious. 27/08 Burning of a truck transporting fuel. The militants block the road coming from Mauritania. Only small vehicles can pass as well as women and children. The impact is felt on the prices of fuel and basic foodstuffs (increase of 50 to 100%)
US Department of State: The United States condemns the Lukashenka government’s decision to label @Viasna96 Human Rights Center an “extremist formation.” We stand in solidarity with the people of Belarus and their legitimate demands for accountability and respect for human rights
1 Jahr zuvorState Department says it’s imposing visa restrictions on officials of #China “for their involvement in the forcible assimilation of more than one million Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools.”
UN Commissioner for Human Rights: We call on the generals in Niger to restore constitutional order immediately
Washington imposes new sanctions on Russian individuals accused of violating human rights
Josep Borrell: We have adopted new sanctions in reaction to Lukashenka regime's human rights violations & repression against the Belarusian people & against its complicity in Russia's war against Ukraine. We stand by the Belarusian people in their quest for peace & democracy. EU imposes new sanctions against 38 people & 3 entities sectoral restrictions on firearms, aviation and space industry
Die Journalistin Yelena Milashina und der Anwalt Alexander Nemov wurden in Tschetschenien geschlagen. Nach Angaben des Komitees gegen Folter flogen die Opfer nach Grosny, um der endgültigen Urteilsverkündung von Zarema Musayeva beizuwohnen. Auf dem Weg vom Flughafen wurde ihr Auto von bewaffneten Männern blockiert.
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union on Monday approved its 9th package of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over violation of human rights in Iran, sanctioning 7 Iranian officials including IRGC commanders and judiciary officials
1 Jahr zuvorThis morning, the team on GeoBarents rescued 13 people, including 2 women and 2 unaccompanied minors, who were in distress on a unseaworthy rubber boat. The survivors had spent more than 3 days at the Mediterranean sea
Security guards at Tehran University attacked students at the School of Fine Arts after a quarrel with a student over her head covering. The guards reportedly beat a number of students who had come to the defense of the female student
1 Jahr zuvorThe High Commissioner for Human Rights today published its report on the Moura massacre, where 500 civilians were killed in March 2022. nnThe main suspects are the Malian army and mercenaries from the Wagner group. The most interesting part being the images integrated into the report
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk: “On average so far this year, over 10 people are put to death each week in Iran, making it one the world’s highest executors
.@UNHumanRights chief @volker_turk "horrified" by brutal Myanmar military air attacks in Sagaing. Adds army's shown "blatant disregard for the related rules of international law" & believes military leadership will be held "accountable for such crimes"
Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief @Volker_Turk condemns airstrikes on a community hall in the Sagaing region, an opposition stronghold in the northwest of the country
Two women were killed in an attack by a man armed with a knife at a shrine of the Ismaili (Shia) community in Lisbon, Portugal. The perpetrator was shot, according to CM he is Afghan, the victims are Portuguese
Nantes: four students file a complaint against the police for "sexual violence"
1 Jahr zuvorOn International Women's Day, Treasury sanctions officials in Iran linked to serious human rights abuses against women and girls
