Nearly 1,000 migrants have been intercepted by the Libyan coast guard in recent days, bringing the total number of people returned to Libya this year to around 5,000. Over the past decade, Libya has become a key embarkation point for migrants from Africa and the Middle East to begin the perilous voyage across the Mediterranean,… … Read more →
The Chinese government has imposed sanctions on 9 British citizens, including 5 MPs, 2 members of the House of Lords, a barrister and an academic; with 4 British entities also targeted. … Read more →
Following heightened concerns regarding the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka, a newly adopted UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution increases international scrutiny of the country and gives the UN human rights office (OHCHR) a mandate to collect evidence of crimes related to its 37-year civil … Read more →
In a 52 page report, Amnesty documented the torture and arbitrary detention of 26 Syrian refugees, including 4 children, in Lebanon. The report includes interviews with current and former detainees, detailing their abuse by Lebanese security forces … Read more →
The UK, along with its international partners, has announced the imposition of Magnitsky sanctions against senior Chinese officials over human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the Northwestern province of China. As part of a coordinated effort to hold China accountable for egregious violations … Read more →
President Erdoğan has dealt a blow to women’s rights by his withdrawal of Turkey from the landmark Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention. The treaty was formed 10 years ago in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, and ratified by 45 countries when it came into force in 2012. … Read more →
Three British-Bangladeshis said to have travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) have won an appeal against a decision to strip them of their citizenship, after a specialist tribunal found the revocation rendered them stateless. … Read more →
A Turkish prosecutor has filed a case with the country’s top court, demanding the dissolution of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) for alleged collusion with a banned militant movement. The indictment comes directly following the Turkish parliament’s expulsion of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent HDP legislator who was convicted of “spreading terrorist propaganda” on… … Read more →
Eight organisations have called on the Human Rights Council to address the breaches in human rights by the Russian Federation regarding the arbitrary prohibition and violent dispersal of a peaceful protest. The protest was planned as a response to the change from Aleksei Navalny’s non-custodial sentence to a prison sentence of three and a half years. 1400 protesters were arrested for their participation, 140 were beaten in detention and 90 face criminal charges. Overall, more than 11,000 people were arbitrarily detained in over 125 Russian cities. … Read more →
An extension to what critics call a ‘grotesque betrayal’ of vulnerable groups globally, the British government plans to continue slashing overseas aid, with spending on the newly formed Open Societies and Human Rights directorate set to fall by as much as 80%. … Read more →