Hungarian MPs scrap Orbán's anti-LGBTQ measures
LGBTQ and human rights activists warmly welcomed the move, but call for changes to other Orbán-era laws.
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LGBTQ and human rights activists warmly welcomed the move, but call for changes to other Orbán-era laws.
Six journalists from independent platform Matsadaash allege torture in detention, which Egypt denies.
Detainees report being transported in ‘prison vans’, verbally and physically abused, denied water; one group taken to isolated police camp, seated in rows, and systematically beaten by police after their phones were confiscated
Inaugurating the Thrissur Literary Fest, the writer says youths are being beaten for defending the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution
People in Ceuta allege they were mistreated by Spanish soldiers after authorities cleared migrant camps.
OHCHR issues statement over police handling of protests, says restrictions must meet “necessity and proportionality” test; urges government to respect right to peaceful protest
Former UN human rights chief Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a judge at the International Court of Justice, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in Oslo, Norway.
Foro Penal counts 322 political prisoners in Venezuela as of 5 October, down from 324 on 28 September, and 31 of them hold a foreign nationality. The post Venezuela Political Prisoners Dip to 322, 31 Foreigners appeared first on The Rio Times.
Humanitarian and human rights groups call out Israel's continued killings and restrictions across the enclave.
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on Friday, October 9, 2026. The 85-year-old South Africa-born served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
South African judge and human rights lawyer on called on people to stand together in the defence of the rule of law.
Pillay is recognised for her "efforts to promote peace and international law", the Norwegian Nobel Committee says.
More than 500 migrants have been expelled from the US to African countries, HRW says, citing US data.
Human Rights Watch says defendants face proceedings where lawyers have struggled to access case files.
Jean-Emile Jammine is pleased to welcome Reed Brody, international human rights lawyer and former New York assistant attorney general. According to Brody, the botched execution of Christa Pike reflects a much larger problem: the relationship between capital punishment, institutional failure, due process, and human dignity. The technical failure of lethal injection exposes weaknesses throughout the legal architecture surrounding the death penalty, from the quality and adequacy of defense representation to the profound disparities between jurisdictions and the difficulties states face in administering executions.
Beijing has hit back at a US lawmaker’s criticism of coffee chain Starbucks for opening its first stores in Xinjiang, rejecting the allegation that China has committed human rights abuses against the far-western region’s mostly Muslim Uygur population. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Saturday said claims of “genocide” in Xinjiang were a “blatant lie” and accused the “US group” who raised the suggestions of attacking Beijing for political purposes. “Today’s Xinjiang enjoys social...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and UN experts on Nicaragua urged OAS foreign ministers to put rights and democracy at the centre of their 2 October meeting. Only seven ministers confirmed attendance. The post Rights Experts Urge Firm OAS Action on Nicaragua appeared first on The Rio Times.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress on 21 September 2026 that human-rights conditions on US$320 million of Egypt's military aid are waived. The post US Waives Rights Rules on US$320m Egypt Military Aid appeared first on The Rio Times.
Human rights organisations accused Algiers of using the law to target political opposition groups.
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday softened a cybercrime decree that was widely criticised by rights groups, by scrapping a five-year prison sentence for the dissemination of "fake news"
“Legislative privileges and fundamental rights do not operate in separate, watertight compartments, but must be read together, harmoniously, to give full effect to the constitutional scheme of democratic governance,” the application submitted
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new measures to combat femicide and gender-based violence.
Human rights groups say some 5,000 returnees could face violence, persecution and forced conscription.
A new anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is raising questions about faith, choice and freedom.
A slew of dissidents being released from long-term detention comes days after the nation's interim leader met the US president.
The action by Chairperson Justice Alexander Thomas follows a complaint filed by social activist P.K. Raju, based on media reports
The Nicaraguan government is responsible for at least eight deaths in custody since it began its crackdown on dissent and assault of democratic institutions in 2018, UN experts said Tuesday. The report from the UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua was the latest condemnation of the government of married co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, which has crushed dissent since 2018 mass protests and recently cancelled elections. “A State that resorts to enforced disappearance and...
The activist, Harshada, is a volunteer associated with the citizens’ group Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine.
August 2026 has been a particularly tragic month for women in Cameroon, as eight cases of femicides were recorded in eight days. These figures add to the sixty or so cases already recorded since the start of the year by the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family. On the ground, associations are mobilising to provide legal and psychological support to families in a country where a complaint of domestic violence rarely leads to a conviction. Indira Ayuk, Richard and Giresse Ngaana report from Yaoundé.