Mohammadi has lost consciousness twice and suffered a severe cardiac crisis, her foundation has announced.
Rights group says believed suicide underscores need for more oversight amid Trump's mass deportation drive.
Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi was released from Israeli prison with severe weight loss, showing signs of torture
Revenue Divisional Commissioner, who is heading a State government probe, said there was delay in issuing death certificate to the deceased’s family
Reporters Without Borders warns that 'journalism is increasingly criminalised worldwide'.
Indonesia’s new legislation to protect domestic helpers has been hailed by rights groups as the beginning of a “new chapter” for millions – though they warn that the road to change remains long and winding. On April 21, Indonesia’s House of Representatives passed the domestic worker protection bill into law, 22 years since it was first proposed. The legislation “provides legal certainty, protects workers from various forms of unfair treatment, and encourages improvements in the skills and...
The event focused on Mr. Khalid’s writings, incarceration, and the broader political and social context reflected in the book
When people were told to stay home during the Covid-19 pandemic, watching K-dramas became a solace for fans of South Korea’s best-known export around the world. But for North Koreans, it spelled death. A report released by North Korea-focused human rights organisation Transition Justice Working Group (TJWG) on Tuesday showed that the number of people executed for consuming South Korean cultural content – such as K-dramas, films and K-pop – and religious practices surged by 250 per cent after...
Rights groups have described the move as a 'blatant abuse of power'.
More than 500 political prisoners are thought to still be in jail, despite the releases since the amnesty law was brought in.
Pope Leo has called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty on Saturday, a day after the US administration mulled expanding the penalty. “The dignity of the person is not lost even after very serious crimes are committed,” Leo said in a video message marking the 15th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in his home state of Illinois. “The Catholic Church has consistently taught that each human life, from the moment of conception until natural death, is sacred and deserves...
“This is not just about one individual, but the story of hundreds of Kashmiris in jails, and it is about the conscience of a system that must answer for its fairness and humanity”
Ruling against Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham will spawn a 'broader chilling effect', groups such as Amnesty and HRW warn.
The Chinese national after completing his prison sentence is presently living inside a temporary detention centre established in the district jail with the permission of the District Magistrate
Pope Leo has previously criticised Donald Trump's US immigration policies, calling for better treatment of refugees.
An April 22 notification to implement Section 43A of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act allows a wider pool of officers to arrest, search, and seize across the State with immediate effect
Chinese teenagers dressed in camouflage uniforms express gratitude in front of cameras at a youth correction centre, but the off-camera reality tells a completely different story. According to a Chinese state media report they are beaten or sexually assaulted, leading to calls for better supervision and monitoring of such institutions. Such schools accept teenagers who are rebellious, weary of studying, addicted to playing electronic games, or suffer from depression. The institutions generally...
Equatorial Guinea's prison conditions face scrutiny as Pope Leo pushes for humane treatment and reforms during his visit.
Systematic sexual violence and harassment by Israeli soldiers, settlers displacing Palestinians in occupied West Bank.
The PDP leader seeks justice for family of 18-year-old youth from Ramban, who was allegedly targeted on Jammu-Ramban highway when he was ferrying cattle
Indonesia’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday to protect the rights of domestic workers after more than two decades of deliberations and multiple delays. The bill was first introduced in 2004 to protect the country’s 4.2 million domestic workers, almost 90 per cent of them women, according to data from the Ministry of Manpower. They were previously not legally classified as workers, meaning they were forced to operate in an informal and unregulated economy, exposed to exploitation and...
Amnesty’s Secretary General says the US, Israel and Russia have waged war on civilians with impunity.
Indonesia’s National Human Rights Commission strongly criticised the military on Monday as it investigated the killing of 12 civilians last week during an operation against rebels in Papua province. The military said it had no information about the deaths, but the state-run rights commission said over the weekend that 12 people including women and children had been shot dead during an operation against separatists in central Papua on Tuesday. Dozens of others sustained serious injuries, it...
A DNA and legal project has identified the fathers of 20 children born near a military base in Kenya.
Gao Zhen is being retroactively punished for 15 year-old-works, in a case that has alarmed rights groups.
As Palestinians mark Prisoners' Day, Inaam al-Dahdouh waits for news of her three sons, taken by Israel two years ago.
The duo had sought aslyum after their football team did not sing the national anthem during a match.
The health of jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is critical after she suffered a heart attack last month, supporters warned on Wednesday. Her Iran-based family and legal team were on Saturday allowed a second in-person visit with Mohammadi in her prison in northern Iran where “clear signs of a deterioration in her general condition were observed, and her physical state was described as critical”, her foundation said in a statement. The latest meeting came after an earlier...
Marwan Barghouti's son is challenging human rights groups to do more to stop Israel’s abuse of Palestinian prisoners.
Health workers and rights advocates say co-payments, set to take effect on May 1, amount to 'de facto denial of care'.
Mercenaries recruited since at least 2020 for illegal migrant ‘pushbacks’ in Greece, BBC told
Organisations warn many more people could be executed in the wake of the anti-government protests which swept Iran earlier this year.
“We are stuck in Russia, fighting for a foreign state unwillingly… We could be either dead or injured. We are in an extreme situation”
Palestinian journalist Muath Amarne said his prosthetic eye fell out after an infection while in Israeli detention.
A genocide complaint filed with Indonesian prosecutors against Myanmar’s newly elected President Min Aung Hlaing marks a further step by rights activists to hold the country’s military rulers accountable for their alleged international crimes, regardless of where they were committed. The complaint, lodged on Monday with Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (AGO), accuses the former military chief of genocide against the Rohingya, including mass rape, forced eviction, killings and arson attacks...
Nine-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant continues hearing on Sabarimala entry issue
Memorial was co-winner of 2022 Peace Prize for its work in documenting human rights abuses in Russia.
The International Organization for Migration laments one of the deadliest starts to a year since record keeping began.
Telagathoti Joseph Rajarao expresses concern over the alleged erosion of Christian rights while participating in the ‘Run for Jesus' rally organised by Federation of Churches and Christian Joint Forum
The horrific crime took place in June 2020 in Sattankulam, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, during the countrywide COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. It shocked civil society and sparked widespread protests
Malaysia has given the family of missing pastor Raymond Koh access to a long-classified government report after dropping a legal challenge, but questions remain unanswered over his case, according to rights groups and lawyers. The situation surrounding Koh has revived memories of other Malaysians who are believed to be victims of enforced disappearances in the country. Koh has not been seen after the then 62-year-old was abducted in broad daylight in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, on February 13,...