Human Rights

United Nations General Assembly Electifferentiation of 14 New Members to Human Rights Council in Annual Rotation

WASHINGTON, October 15, 2025 – In a routine yet significant procedural vote at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the UN General Assembly…

Human Rights Watch Urges Immediate Action to Protect Palestinian Rights in Gaza Amid Ongoing Conflict

On Monday, October 6, 2025, Human Rights Watch (HRW), a prominent New York-based international human rights organization, issued an urgent call to …

Two of Israel’s most prominent human rights organizations accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza

Two of Israel’s most prominent human rights organizations have accused the Israeli government of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza—m…

Forum of Human Rights Activists Condemn Suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Call For Review

LOKOJA – Forum of human rights activists in Kogi Central have condemned the suspension of the Senator representing the district at the National As…

Israel’s brutality in Gaza ‘surpasses all recent forms of terrorism’: Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor

Israeli regime forces look on as they sit on a tank aimed at the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025, a day before Tel Aviv ended the ceasefire s…

United Kingdom lawmakers join Corbyn’s call for ‘Chilcot-Style’ inquiry into UK’s Gaza war role

Palestinians walk in a war-devastated neighborhood in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, March 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP) A cross-p…

#EndSARS: UK Parliament scheduled November 23 to debate sanctions against Nigerian Government

Members of the UK Parliament have scheduled November 23 to debate sanctions against the Buhari administration over its handling of the historic #End…

Human rights lawyer, Kenechukwu Okeke who sued Burna Boy, Aisha Yesufu others over #EndSARS threatens to sue CNN over Lekki investigative report

A human rights lawyer, Kenechukwu Okeke, has threatened to file a criminal complaint against all members of staff of Cable News Network, CNN for rel…

The International Rescue Committee forecasts one billion coronavirus cases, warns rapid outbreak in refugee camps

Refugees walk towards the Greek border in Pazarkule, in Turkey's Edirne district, on March 1, 2020. (Photo by AFP) A prominent charity organi…

YouTube policies biased, systematically discriminating against Palestinians: Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media

The findings of a recent study have disclosed that YouTube is repeatedly and systematically discriminating against Palestinians. (Illustrative pho…

Rise in Bahrain’s coronavirus infection cases causes serious alarm

An expatriate worker wears a mask while working at a factory in Salmabad village south of the Bahraini capital Manama on April 16, 2020. (Photo by …

13 US states sue Trump administration over new rule to limit legal immigration

Police arrest pro-immigration protesters blocking an intersection in New York City, on August 10, 2019. (Getty Images) A coalition of 13 US states…

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda challenges court's rejection of probe into US war crimes in Afghanistan

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has filed an appeal challenging the court's rejection of a probe i…

New US rule to demand social media details from visa applicants

New US rule will require visa applicants to submit their social media history. (File photo) The US will require nearly all visa applicants to the…

Court in Britain bans parents protestingin Birmingham over sexual lessons taught in UK school

File photo shows activists protesting against sexual lessons taught in schools in the British city of Birmingham. A top court in Britain has banned…

Human Rights Watch urges Bahrain to 'immediately' halt death sentences against 2 dissidents

This file picture shows the entrance to the building of Bahrain’s Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs in the capital Manama. Human Rights Watc…

Washington-based whistleblower advocacy group files complaint against Facebook artificial intelligence systems for generating terror content

This file photo shows Facebook's logo on a broken screen of a mobile phone. The company is unwittingly auto-generating content for terror-linke…

United Nations panel calls WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s UK sentence ‘disproportionate’

A protester wearing a mask featuring a likeness of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange displays a placard reading: "Free (US whistleblower) Chels…

Refugee woman recounts how she suffered institutional abuse in UK

File photo shows a view to the entrance of Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Center in Bedfordshire in eastern England where refugees are being h…

US Judge gives administration of President Donald Trump six months to identify separated migrant children

Undocumented migrant women and their children arrive at a bus station following release from Customs and Border Protection in McAllen, Texas. (AFP …

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