News on Human Rights Abuses Worldwide

Today (Wednesday 9 December 2020) Iran’s President, Hassan … Read more →

Tomorrow (10 December 2020) marks Human Rights Day. Ahead of commemorating the 77th anniversary … Read more →

9 – 10 December is the World Press Freedom Conference 2020, with the theme “Journalism Without Fear or Favour”. The conference is a day of remembrance for the journalists that have lost their lives whilst doing their job. It celebrates the work of journalists over the year and encourages international action to ensure the protection of journalists and of media freedom. … Read more →

India has seen the largest protest in history, with 250 million joining farmers last week, in one of the biggest nationwide … Read more →

Ayşegül Doğan, a prominent Turkish journalist, has been sentenced to 6 years and 3 months behind bars … Read more →

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a growing crackdown on journalists covering protests in Khabarovsk, in Russia’s far east, calling … Read more →

The UK Foreign Secretary has announced emergency funding for Yemen as millions are at risk of starvation. Dominic Raab has pledged £14 million of aid to help … Read more →

When the transition period comes to an end on 1 January 2021, there will be significant changes to travel to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein. Did you know that you may need to renew … Read more →

Ahmet Altan, an imprisoned Turkish writer and journalist, has topped the December 2020 ranking of the One … Read more →

A new report, published by Amnesty International, has accused tech giants Facebook and Google of “far-reaching complicity” for their role in enabling the repression of dissent in Vietnam. … Read more →