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 year agoState 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
Journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov were beaten in Chechnya. According to the Committee against Torture, the victims flew to Grozny to attend final verdict of Zarema Musayeva. On the way from the airport, their car was blocked by armed men.
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 year agoThis 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 year agoThe 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 year agoOn International Women's Day, Treasury sanctions officials in Iran linked to serious human rights abuses against women and girls
Blinken: We imposed sanctions on Syrian military intelligence officer Amjad Youssef for his involvement in gross human rights violations
1 year agoSecretary Antony Blinken:The U.S. is committed to Uzbekistan's sovereignty and values our partnership on regional connectivity. To that end, I spoke with Acting Foreign Minister Saidov today about our multilateral cooperation via C5plusUS, human rights, and U.S. investment in Uzbekistan
Guterres: The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused the largest human rights violations we know to date
The UN urged Israel to pause its judicial reform plans, saying they risked weakening human rights protections and needed opening up for wider debate and reflection
1 year agoCommission Pres von der Leyen says she's in favor of female quotas. Finnish PM Marin agrees 50% of leaders should be women
Human rights NGO, CHRDA 'strongly condemns' attack on CDC workers in Tiko "The killing of civilians is unacceptable, and all parties to the ongoing conflict in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon must ensure the protection of civilians
Khamenei: Try to be one of the country's outstanding women. How Study your lessons well, do your homework well, work, think, and read books so that, God willing, you may be one of the great women in the country in the future
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday Washington has imposed additional additional visa restrictions on some Taliban members in response to bans on women's rights
Palestinian Prisoners Club: Authorities suppress female prisoners in Damon Prison, and the prisoners decide to escalate their protest steps
A man with a criminal record kills his partner and her 8-year-old daughter in Valladolid. The perpetrator would have called his brother-in-law to notify him of the double murder perpetrated with a knife
Russian Commissioner for Human Rights: I made important proposals on a ceasefire during my meetings with my Ukrainian and Turkish colleagues
Khamenei: In the Quran 2 women are mentioned as role models for all human beings, Pharaoh's wife & SaintMary. It is the exact opposite of Western culture, which sets men as role models. Here in the Quran, women are mentioned as role models, not just for women, but for all of humankind
Khamenei: Islam sees individuals as "human beings" when it evaluates them, and there is no difference between a man and a woman in this. The equality of men and women in the field of human values is one of the principles of Islam
Khamenei: Some said unrestricted relations between men & women in the West would make men sexually indifferent & prevent sexual crimes. But it's become worse & men's appetites have grown 100 times, leading to various types of sexual corruption & them breaking all moral & human boundaries
