Russia Supreme Court labels LGBTQ+ movement ‘extremist,’ drawing international condemnation – JURIST
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned on Thursday the Russian Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw the LGBTQ+ movement in the country and label proponents of the movement “extremists” under... Read more »
The Peru constitutional court moved Wednesday to affirm a 2017 pardon granting the release of ex-President Alberto Fujimori despite an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ruling that required the release be... Read more »
Amnesty International released a report on Friday urging authorities to protect abortion rights defenders, including healthcare workers, more effectively. The group interviewed 48 abortion rights defenders globally and found that these defenders... Read more »
Amnesty International on Monday called for an “expedited” investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. The human rights organization cited two cases in which they claimed the Israeli Defense... Read more »
Amnesty International urged the Pakistani government to stop detentions, deportations and harassment of Afghan refugees on Friday. Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, over 600,000 Afghans have fled the country and resided... Read more »
In a Sunday interview with The Guardian, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter stated that the poverty levels in the UK are “simply not acceptable” and... Read more »
Amnesty International on Monday accused Meta, the parent company of Facebook, of contributing to human rights abuses against the Tigrayan community in Ethiopia, stemming from an armed conflict between forces aligned with... Read more »
Amnesty International released a report on Tuesday saying that Israel used white phosphorus illegally in its military operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. White phosphorus is an incendiary material that militaries use... Read more »
Those convicted of crimes related to domestic terrorism face far shorter prison terms than those convicted of international terror crimes, even when the charges are similar, Jason Dearen and Michelle R. Smith... Read more »
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) released statements Monday alleging that the death toll among journalists since Israel and Hamas began hostilities... Read more »