Demonstrations are set to be held across seven Iraqi provinces on Thursday, protesting the highly-controversial bill to amend the Personal Status Law, which effectively would legalize child marriage among other things
The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that due to budget shortages, it will be unable to support 600,000 pregnant women in Afghanistan this summer. WFP says that last year it was able to provide services to 1.6 million pregnant and breastfeeding women to prevent malnutrition
Cameroon: the arrest of activist Raymond Cota worries civil society organizations
UN experts call for sanctions to be imposed on Israeli individuals and entities involved in "illegal and apartheid policies."
The Houthi militia officially informed the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of the closure of its office in Sanaa
Iran’s judiciary informed Sepideh Rashno, a civil rights activist opposing the mandatory hijab, that she must report to Evin Prison to serve a sentence of 3 years and 7 months. Rashno was arrested in July 2022 after a viral video showed her altercation with a woman who verbally assaulted her for not wearing a hijab on public transport. She was forced into a televised confession, appearing visibly bruised and showing signs of torture. After roughly 40 days in Evin prison, she was released on bail, reportedly set at $27,000
An arrestee for alleged rape in Malaga of a young foreigner in the doorway of her house
U.S. sends Under Secretary of State for Democracy, and Human Rights @UnderSecStateJ to Tbilisi and Yerevan today through July 17 for talks on democratic governance, anti-corruption, press freedom, inclusion of marginalized and vulnerable groups, per DoS
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: We are following reports of a mass grave that was recently discovered in a desert area on the border between Libya and Tunisia.
UN General Secretary will add Israel to a blacklist of countries and organizations that target children in war zones, according to Israeli media. Israel will be alongside countries like Sudan, Syria and Russia, and ISIS and Boko Haram
Medical sources for Al Jazeera: 50 dead, half of them children and women, in Israeli raids on the central and southern Gaza Strip since dawn today.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Law of War standards were violated in Gaza
Mexico gets its first female president, with former energy scientist Claudia Sheinbaum elected by landslide, official projections show
The US State Department imposes sanctions on 5 current and former Ugandan officials "for their involvement in massive corruption cases or gross human rights violations."
Democracy, human rights, freedom of speech and press, women's and children's rights also die as humanity dies in Gaza, President Erdogan says
EU ambassadors have just approved a new sanctions government targeting human rights abuse in Russia - informally named after Navalny. a first group of people, 19 individuals & 1 entity, mainly responsible for his death, have also been added to the list
Kent police arrest man suspected of raping two women
US State Department Human Rights Report: Tunisia witnessed a significant increase in the arrests and detention of opponents and journalists
The Jordanian Foreign Minister to his U.S. counterpart: We are able to send hundreds of trucks to Gaza daily as soon as the northern crossings are opened
United Nations: Attacking those involved in humanitarian aid may amount to a war crime
Berlin believes that Israel "no longer has an excuse" to prevent the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: If it is proven that Israel intends to use starvation as a weapon, then this is a war crime
German Foreign Minister: The humanitarian situation in Gaza is like hell
UN Human Rights Rapporteur: We found reasonable evidence to believe that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club: 28 female prisoners are deprived of their children by the Israelis
Head of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights told Al Jazeera: We are facing a real danger in the Gaza Strip
Agence France-Presse: A Spanish aid ship was spotted off Gaza City
UNICEF: There is only a glimmer of hope left to prevent a mass loss of the lives and future of children in Sudan
The Brazilian government said on Friday that the killing of over 100 people seeking humanitarian aid in Gaza shows that Israel's military action there has no "ethical or legal" boundaries and renewed its call for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict
9 month agoRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty investigation: Ukrainian children from occupied territories of Ukraine were brought to Belarus to "re-educational camps" and Belarusian office of UN agency UNICEF and Belarusian Red Cross helped
