Tag: gender-based violence

(Beirut) – The planned closure of displaced people’s camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by a July 30 deadline will imperil the rights of...

Fifteen thousand policymakers and CEOs from all over the world are coming to Rotterdam for three days this week for the World Hydrogen 2024...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has created a “super body” to promote human rights protection in the Philippines. On paper, the Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination looks impressive, and...

The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has detained Eugene Barikana, a member of the lower chamber of Parliament, for illegal possession of arms. According to a...

(Nairobi) – The political transition in Chad ended with violence as at least 9, and possibly more, civilians were reported killed by celebratory gunfire from soldiers and...

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte's brother, Nicanor Boluarte, has been arrested for allegedly participating in a corruption network. Prosecutors claim that Nicanor Boluarte leveraged powers given...

This week, United States President Joe Biden announced that his administration has “held up” at least one shipment of 3,500 bombs and artillery shells to Israel,...

In January 2023, California removed “loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution” from the state’s penal code. It was a victory...

Journalists and human rights activists in Nigeria are protesting the arrest and detention of Daniel Ojukwu, a reporter at the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, who...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ASHTON CAUSEY, age 22, a resident of Orleans Parish, was sentenced on May 7, 2024, to serve 210 months in...

(London, May 10, 2024) – Germany’s government needs to explain publicly if it has imposed a Schengen-wide entry ban on a prominent British-Palestinian surgeon and...

The Australian Sanctions Office (ASO) in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade advises Digital Currency Exchanges (DCEs) on their obligations under Australian sanctions...

Former Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to one year in prison for obstructing a police investigation into corruption. Bainimarama, 70, led...

Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya is on travel to Amman, Jordan, and Baghdad, Erbil, and Ninewa,...