Human rights award for Bajan scholar in Canada

By Tony Best For Dr Andy Knight, the road from Bridgetown’s Harrison College to the grand halls of Canadian academia and international diplomacy has been long – and deeply purposeful. Now, that journey has earned the Barbadian-born scholar one of...

Human Rights Group Visits Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Calls for His Release

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has lost about 55 pounds...

UN Human Rights Office calls for immediate halt to attacks on Gaza hospitals

Wounded Palestinians receive treatment at Al-Shifa Hospital after being injured in an Israeli strike, amid an Israeli military operation, according to medics, in Gaza City, on Monday. REUTERS A boy lies on a hospital bed as wounded Palestinians...

Mattias Guyomar positively assessed the reforms underway in Armenia and expressed confidence that they will contribute to raising the level of human rights protection

Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Mattias Guyomar, in Strasbourg. Prime Minister Pashinyan highly appreciated the key role of the European Court of Human Rights...

North Korea Human Rights Crisis: A Lost Decade of Repression and Fear

Since the 1990s, the North Korean human rights movement has sought to expose and alleviate one of the globe’s most severe regimes of repression. However, as of 2025, the movement faces an unprecedented crisis, exacerbated by a “lost decade” of...

Silence on Iran’s Human Rights Violations Empowers Khamenei’s Nuclear Ambitions

Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), stands as a leading voice in the opposition against Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s regime. She frames the struggle for Iran’s future as one that cannot...

NCHR member discusses human rights initiatives with MoHR secretary

- Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Sep 29 (APP):Member Minorities of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), Manzoor Masih, along with Ms Mamoona Malik, Assistant Director NCHR, convened a meeting with the Secretary of the Ministry of Human...

The U.S. Department of State's Bahrain Human Rights Report is Woefully Inadequate

The report does not address the continued existence of 434 stateless persons in Bahrain. The GoB arbitrarily stripped these people of their citizenship, in contravention of international standards. We acknowledge, however, that the government...

‘Hitman’ claims Spanish prison would violate his human rights

An alleged hitman accused of shooting dead two Scottish gangsters in the Costa del Sol has claimed his human rights would be infringed upon if he were locked up in a Spanish prison. Michael Riley, 44, is charged with the murders of Ross Monaghan,...

‘The North Korean Human Rights Movement Is Facing Its Greatest Crisis since It Began in the 1990s’

Active Citizens, Aid, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Economy & Trade, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Press Freedom, Religion, TerraViva United Nations Sep 29 2025 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses North...

Libyan coast guard chase in the Mediterranean leaves 1 migrant dead, says NGO

ROME (AP) — The German nongovernmental organization Sea-Watch said on Monday that one migrant drowned and three others were rescued in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast after their dinghy capsized during a chase by the Libyan coast guard. On...

UN expert on foreign debt and human rights to visit Kuwait

OHCHR GENEVA – The Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Attiya Waris, will...

UN Human Rights Chief shocked by violent response to electricity and water protests: Madagascar

OHCHR GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday expressed shock at the violent response by security forces to the ongoing protests in Madagascar. At least 22 people have been killed and more than a hundred injured. The...

Protests in Madagascar since Thursday have left at least 22 people dead, the U.N. human rights office says

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Protests in Madagascar since Thursday have left at least 22 people dead, the U.N. human rights office says. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,...

Climate Shocks, Governance Gaps and the ...

Climate refugees in the Far North of Cameroon. Photo: Dorcas Ekupe. Yusuf Abdullahi stood beside the only well left in his town, its rim ringed with rust and water tinted a cloudy brown. For decades, the people of Bultu Briya, a village in...

Africa’s Quest for a Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council: Weighing the Contenders

Eighty years after the founding of the United Nations, the debate over the composition of the Security Council remains unresolved. The five permanent members, the United States, Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom were chosen in 1945 to...

Russia's horror 'call to Putin' torture method explained – and it will make you wince

Russian soldiers are torturing Ukrainians with electric shocks to their genitals in a sick method known as making a “call to Putin,” according to a United Nations report. Captured Ukrainian service personnel and civilians are having their ears,...

UN experts warn of surging executions in Iran

The UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council on Monday said that over 1,000 people have been executed in Iran in 2025, warning this represented a dramatic escalation that violates international human rights law. In its release, UN experts...

‘Russia is not close to seeking a ceasefire, quite the contrary’

Correspondent and journalist María Senovilla, a contributor to Atalayar, analysed Volodymyr Zelensky's denunciation at the United Nations of Russia's refusal to accept and/or seek a ceasefire on the Onda Madrid programme ‘De cara al mundo’, just...

UN Must Investigate and End Reprisals, Travel Restrictions and Transnational Repression

Geneva 24 September 2025 Statement at the UN Human Rights Council's 60th Session Interactive Dialogue on UN Secretary General's report on cooperation with the United Nations Delivered by Sigrid Lipott Thank you, Mr President. CIVICUS welcomes the...