The United Nations on Thursday said that little progress was made in prevention of torture in Lebanon, and expressed concern over prolonged pre-trail detonation, and deplorable living conditions in places of deprivation of liberty. Head of Subcommittee on Prevention of …
The Uyghur Muslims based in Turkey on Tuesday called on the United Nations to thoroughly investigate alleged crimes committed by Chinese authorities against the community in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. There are around 50,000 Uyghur Muslims living …
Residents of Kalay Township in the Sagaing Region said the Junta troops burned a village to the ground on Sunday after fighting with anti-military defense forces. “They torched every house in sight. Only a few houses on the edge of …
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said Thursday that at least 194 people, including six children and three women have been detained illegally by Syria regime forces only in April. “Monthly number of arbitrary arrests conducted by the Syrian …
The Indian government demands virtual private companies to collect and store user data for at least five years under a new national directive in India. VPNs in India will have to save customer names, validated physical and IP addresses, usage …
Hacktivist group Anonymous leaked on Monday 82 gigabytes of confidential emails belonging to the Nauru Police Force. The hackers’ group made public 285,635 confidential emails to protest against the alleged abuse of the Nauru Police toward asylum seekers in Nauru, …
The Talai clan of Kenya has written to Prince William to seek his support for reparations for human rights abuses they suffered during the British colonial settlement and for an apology. According to the BBC, the letter from more than …
The United States will impose sanctions on the Chinese video surveillance company Hikvision due to accusations of enabling human rights abuses. According to four unnamed people familiar with the internal discussions, the Biden administration is laying the groundwork to place …
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will pay a 6-day working visit to Lebanon to scrutinize the human rights situation and also to assess the country’s implementation of the recommendations it made during its previous visit. Head of …
Russian mercenaries “summarily executed, tortured, and beaten [sic] civilians” in Central African Republic (CAR) since 2019, according to a report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on May 3. “There is compelling evidence that Russian-identified forces supporting the Central African …
