Headlines
  • Maxime Prevot, the foreign minister of Belgium, said on Saturday that Palestinians, Catholic delegates, and Western diplomats and officials had been attacked by masked settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
  • Three men were sentenced to more than 158 years in prison by a Mexican court on Friday for the 2024 murders of two Australian surfers and their American companion.
  • The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
  • said it is targeting Houthi positions in Taiz and Marib.
  • A missile attack on Aden International Airport put 151 passengers on a Yemenia flight headed for Cairo in danger, the transport minister of Yemen's internationally recognized government said.
  • The Amazon rainforest in Brazil has seen the least amount of deforestation in almost 40 years.
  • Heidi Levine, a journalist for the Washington Post, was injured on Friday after being assaulted by some Israeli settlers while working in the occupied West Bank.
  • Ahead of the country's April 2027 presidential election, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed on Wednesday that political forces are "exploiting" the country's student protesters..
  • Authorities said at a press conference that the mass shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday that claimed the lives of three students and one teacher occurred inside a special needs classroom. They also identified the suspected shooter and some of the victims.

Tag: Human Rights Violation

March 12, 2019

Body Of Bosnian Student Whose Death...

The death of 21-year-old David Dragicevic nearly a year ago sparked local protests against authorities’ handling of the case

March 8, 2019

A Russian Lawyer Says She Filmed...

According to police, Muzyka was surrounded by open packets of medicine. Her phone had dialed the emergency number for an ambulance. The door was locked from the inside

March 7, 2019

After Vicious Hammer Attack, New York...

Absent an established level of trust with law enforcement, as is often the case among undocumented immigrants, victims and witnesses may be less inclined to report the crime or seek help

March 6, 2019

Iraq: ISIS Child Suspects Arbitrarily Arrested,...

Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Government authorities have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged Islamic State (also known as ISIS) affiliation, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today

February 23, 2019

Hijabs & Harassment: How Iran Soured...

For more than a year now, the “Girls of Revolution Street” (and a few men) have conducted sporadic one-person protests against the hijab by removing their head scarves and waving them in crowded public spaces in the capital

February 21, 2019

DR Congo: Police Killed, ‘Disappeared’ 34...

Human Rights Watch found that police officers, often wearing civilian clothes, apprehended without warrant suspected gang members, known as kulunas, at night from their homes or other locations. In many cases, the police blindfolded and bound the victims, took them to unidentified locations, and killed them

February 15, 2019

OHCHR Worries About South Sudan Sexual...

According to a joint report by OHCHR and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), attacks against women have decreased significantly since the peace accord was signed on 12 September

February 12, 2019

Rights NGOs Call For Release Of...

Benevolentaire International, BI, based in the US, added it’s voice by calling on the government to release her without delay. They went further to say the human rights situation in Anglophone regions is deteriorating and needed urgent international intervention

February 10, 2019

Amnesty: Ukrainian Authorities ‘Slow To React’...

The attacks against a range of individuals and groups have come in the form of threats and physical violence from extremist groups to the canceling of broadcasting licenses of specific media outlets by the authorities.

Poland: Women’s Rights Supporters Targeted

The report, “The Breath of the Government on My Back”: Attacks on Women’s Rights in Poland, documents how, since coming to power in 2015, the Law and Justice government has targeted women’s rights groups through raids and defunding

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