Tag: human rights

The development came amid ongoing nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Jina Mahsa Amini.  The 22-year-old from Iran’s Kurdistan region was arrested by Iran’s so-called “morality police” on 13 September for not wearing her hijab properly.  According to OHCHR, thousands have been detained throughout the country for joining peaceful protests.   Unholy charges  “At least six people connected… Read More

“Children in the region continue to suffer the devastating impact of protracted conflicts, communal violence, explosive ordnance and remnants of war, and political and social unrest that permeate several countries”, the UN agency said, including in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Before marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, on Sunday’s World… Read More

Climate activists and civil society have been subjected to intimidation, harassment and surveillance during the two-week gathering, held in the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, they reported.  End harassment, ensure safety  “We are deeply concerned by reported acts of harassment and intimidation by Egyptian officials, infringing the rights of Egyptian and non-Egyptian human rights and environmental defenders at COP27, including… Read More

Millions of boys and girls worldwide continue to be fall prey to these crimes, they noted, stressing the importance of healing and justice for victims and survivors.  Their appeal comes in a statement to mark the first commemoration of the World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence.  Strive towards elimination  “Today is… Read More

The report looks at the impact of discrimination on children and shows the extent to which racism and discrimination affect their education, health, access to a registered birth, and to a fair and equal justice system. It highlights widespread disparities among minority and ethnic groups. A lifetime of pain “Systemic racism and discrimination put children at risk of deprivation and… Read More

OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence, briefed reporters in Geneva, reporting that on 8 November, Iran’s prosecutor had said more than 1,000 indictments had been issued to protesters in Tehran province alone, with hundreds of others outside the capital. Immediate release “We urge the authorities to immediately release all those detained in connection to peaceful protests, and to drop the charges against… Read More

“We urge Iranian authorities to stop using the death penalty as a tool to squash protests and reiterate our call to immediately release all protesters who have been arbitrarily deprived of their liberty for the sole reason of exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of opinion and expression, association and peaceful assembly and for their actions to promote and protect human rights… Read More

The session – mandated by the Human Rights Council – forms part of the Commission’s ongoing investigative work.  First-hand accounts  Its objective was twofold, explained Commissioner Chris Sidoti: First, to understand the designation of seven Palestinian non-Government organizations, human rights organizations, as unlawful organisations and six of them as terrorist organisations.  Recording first-hand information on the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh formed the second… Read More

“The present climate of irresponsible business practices provides profit for companies but does little for people”, members of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights said in a statement marking the conclusion of their first visit to the country.  “A sustainable and stable peace calls for accountability, transparency, equality, social cohesion, the rule of law, and respect of… Read More

Ms. Lawlor has issued a statement expressing her increasing concern for the health and life of Mohammad Al-Qahtani, a founding member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, which was dissolved in 2013.   He was sentenced to a decade in prison that same year for allegedly providing false information to outside sources, including UN human rights mechanisms.  Appeal… Read More