The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Exclusive: Billions deployed since early 2021 in a move critics say is an attempt to distract from human rights record

NHRC directs Manipur govt to ensure no further violence, provide compensation without discrimination. Seeks reports on steps taken to address issues faced by victims, promote harmony & prevent violence.

The Kuala Lumpur regime will be delighted that the focus is on the 1975, rather than the human rights abuses the band condemned, says activist Peter Tatchell

The refugees were living in six districts of Uttar Pradesh state ‘after crossing the border illegally’, police said.

Each summer, Pride is celebrated across the world in support of LGBTQ+ inclusion, diversity and human rights. Given the recent backlash against LGBTQ+ communities in Canada and elsewhere, Pride is more important than ever to promote visibility and challenge discrimination.

US State Department accuses three Malian officials of facilitating the Russian mercenary group’s rise in the country.

Human Rights Watch says it has found evidence of new summary executions, lootings, forced disappearances and other abuses committed in Mali by the army suspected Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries

HRW accuses Malian armed forces and fighters believed to be from Wagner Group of ‘executing’ dozens of civilians.

A former government minister is investigated for corruption in Ghana. The inquiry comes after Cecilia Abena Dapaah reported her housekeeper for stealing a large sum of money, but prosecutors want to know where the money came from. Also in this edition: at least 30 people have been killed by a…

Jacob Mchangama (of Justitia, and now a Research Professor at Vanderbilt) has a detailed item about it; an excerpt: In 1950, Eleanor Roosevelt, serving as the first Chairperson of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, was involved in a bitter dispute about the limits of free speech. Stalin's Soviet…

Hillel Neuer battles anti-Israel bias at UN: A voice for human rights faces suppression