Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Organisations

The UN report on Afghanistan

UNSG’s special representative Ramiz Alakbarov told local media in early July that he wants to see girls allowed back to school.

Published on: 21 July, 2022

Human Rights Watch on Afghanistan

A new HRW report accuses Taliban security forces of executing and abducting people in eastern Afghanistan.

Published on: 7 July, 2022

Humanitarian Assistance into Syria

This only aid corridor is up for extension by UN Security Council vote on or before July 10th.

Published on: 7 July, 2022

Human Rights/Press conference/Media and the safety of journalists

The director of the Geneva Press Club, Mr. Pierre Ruetschi in copy, opened the press conference and gave a short introduction.

Published on: 30 June, 2022

The UN Human Rights Office Report on Syria

8 sources of information, covering ten years, were used to compile the report.

Published on: 29 June, 2022

Geneva/IFRC assembly and elections

During the assembly, which takes place every two years, representatives from 192 national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies vote on IFRC-wide strategies, policies, plans ..

Published on: 20 June, 2022

UNHCR’s Global Trends

By the end of 2021, those displaced by war, violence, persecution, and human rights abuses stood at 89.3 million, up 8 percent compared to a ..

Published on: 16 June, 2022

Human Rights Watch on Gaza

“Since 2007, Israeli authorities have, with narrow exceptions, banned Palestinians from leaving through Erez, the passenger crossing from Gaza into Israel, through which they can ..

Published on: 15 June, 2022

The IPI on Aljazeera journalist Ahmed Taha

The IPI global network of journalists, editors, and publishers strongly condemns the sentencing in absentia of Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Taha to 15 years in ..

Published on: 2 June, 2022

Migrants Stranded in Yemen at Greater Risk as Funding for the Response Dwindles

IOM estimates there are approximately 190,000 migrants in need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen today. More than 27,500 migrants made the perilous journey to Yemen ..

Published on: 2 June, 2022

Domestic violence in Turkey

The HRW report examines the failure of the Turkish authorities to adequately protect women from violence, prevent its recurrence, and hold perpetrators to account.

Published on: 31 May, 2022