#Human Rights

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Israel in row with South Korean leader over Palestinian abuse concerns — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  South Korea's president says it’s disappointing Israel does not 'even once reflect on criticisms from around the world'.

  Related: #Diplomatic Relations, #International Conflict
• 🇺🇸 Trump is surrendering America’s moral leadership — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The president’s chilling threats have further eroded rules against war crimes

  Related: #International Relations, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Bodies of at least 11 people found in hidden graves in western Mexico — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The discovery of the grave site adds to dozens of similar cases in Jalisco, the state hardest hit by Mexico's missing persons crisis.

  Related: #Organized Crime, #Security Crisis
• 🇺🇸 Eswatini court rules first Trump deportees in jail have right to lawyer — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Immigration Law, #Judicial Precedent
• 🇺🇸 Palestinian journalist describes losing prosthetic eye in Israeli prison — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Palestinian journalist Muath Amarne said his prosthetic eye fell out after an infection while in Israeli detention.

  Related: #Detention Conditions, #Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• 🇺🇸 A Newspaper Is Raided and a Rights Group Outlawed Amid Kremlin Crackdown — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  As Moscow throttles Russia’s few remaining independent voices, the authorities targeted two of the most prominent, one a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the other headed by a Nobel laureate.

  Related: #Press Freedom, #Authoritarianism
• 🇺🇸 What Happens Inside Israel’s Detention System — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Human rights groups, UN investigators and Israeli legal organisations say torture of Palestinians is part of a wider sy

  Related: #Military Conflict, #Legal Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Russia labels Nobel-winning rights group Memorial an extremist movement, TASS says — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Political Crackdown, #Historical Memory
• 🇺🇸 Kenya disputes UN probe accusing Haiti mission of sexual abuse — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #International Relations, #Peacekeeping
• 🇺🇸 Three life terms for Kashmir’s Aasiya Andrabi fit India’s ‘broader pattern’ — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Legal experts say the 64-year-old grandmother's harsh conviction is mainly based on offensive speech-making.

  Related: #Counter-Terrorism Law, #Kashmir Conflict
• 🇺🇸 Iran war live: Lebanon mourns as Israel raids shake Trump, Tehran ceasefire — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  UN human rights chief Volker Turk describes Israel's attacks on Lebanon as 'horrific' coming so soon after ceasefire.

  Related: #Middle East Conflict, #International Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 DACA recipient detained by ICE while delivering milk to premature daughter in NICU — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a program created to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation if they were brought to the U.S. as children. But since January 2025, ICE has detained m...

  Related: #Immigration Policy, #Law Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Jodie Foster, Spike Lee, Ben Stiller and Ed Norton Join Call for Closure of Dilley Detention Center — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  First announced late last month, the letter has been signed by more than 215,000, a number that includes actors, artists, activists, physicians, organizations and more.

  Related: #Immigration, #Celebrity Advocacy
• 🇺🇸 Medical Examiner Rules That a Rohingya Refugee’s Death Was a Homicide — 01/04/2026 [USA]

  An autopsy showed that the man suffered dehydration and hypothermia after Border Patrol agents dropped him off on a cold night in Buffalo.

  Related: #Border Security, #Police Conduct
• 🇬🇧 US prosecutors argue Maduro 'plundered' Venezuelan wealth in court battle over legal fees — 26/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  A judge said the right to defence was paramount as prosecutors argued the couple should not be able to use Venezuelan funds to pay lawyers.

  Related: #Legal Battle, #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 As an Iranian couple mourns the loss of their newborn, the travel ban keeping them apart adds to the pain — 26/03/2026 [USA]

  Just a few months back, Safa Sefidgari, an Iran native and Ph.D.

  Related: #Family Separation, #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 Law group lauds proposed visa ban for people involved in religious persecution — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  The American Center for Law and Justice wrote in a recent letter to Sen. Ted Budd that it strongly supports his legislation to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit visas for people in...

  Related: #Immigration Policy
• 🇬🇧 British couple in Iran prison say situation is 'life-threatening' — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Craig and Lindsay Foreman are being held in Tehran's Evin prison amid ongoing attacks on Iran.

  Related: #Diplomatic Crisis
• 🇺🇸 Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia released from US immigration detention — 22/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Immigration
• 🇬🇧 It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slavery trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>This is not about assigning collective guilt to present generations. But injustice does not simply fade with time – it requires deliberate effort to address and redress</p><p>This month my country,...

  Related: #Historical Justice
• 🇺🇸 Filmmaking Team Demands Egypt Release Detained Co-Star Of Cannes Hit ‘Eagles Of The Republic’ — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  Filmmakers behind the award-winning drama-thriller Eagles of the Republic are demanding the immediate release of actor Hassan El Sayed, who is being held in Egypt on what they say are trumped up charg...

  Related: #Artistic Freedom, #Film Industry, #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Israel systematically torturing Palestinians in custody, says UN expert — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  Report by Francesca Albanese says 'torture in detention used on unprecedented scale as punitive collective vengeance'.

  Related: #International Law
• 🇺🇸 U.S. citizens once held by Iran advocate for Americans still behind bars — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Earlier this week, CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan spoke with former hostages held by Iran. Brennan joins "The Takeout" with a preview of ...

  Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Sister of ex-Iran detainee says Americans held by regime are "caught in this big issue" — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Some Americans who are wrongfully detained abroad have found the prospect of their release tied to bigger and broader political issues. Neda Sharghi, whose brother Emad was freed from Iran in 2023 aft...

  Related: #Geopolitical Tensions
• 🇺🇸 Former Iranian prisoners ask Trump to get Americans held there out — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Former prisoners in Iran, Emad Shargi and Siamak Namazi, told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan their message to President Trump about current Americans held there.

  Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Iran is holding "anyone they want out of the way" in notorious prison, former detainee says — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan spoke with former Iran detainees Emad Shargi and Siamak Namazi about the country's notorious Evin prison and who is held there.

  Related: #Political Detention
• 🇺🇸 Former Iran detainees fear Americans held in Iranian prisons face heightened danger — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Siamak Namazi, who was released from Iran's Evin prison in 2023, said "it's important" that President Trump "hears that there are innocent Americans being held like we were as political pawns."

  Related: #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Former Iran detainees urge Trump to help Americans held as "political pawns" in Iranian prisons — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Former Iran detainees Siamak Namazi and Emad Shargi, who were among five U.S. citizens freed in a 2023 high-stakes diplomatic deal, tell "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan that they're worri...

  Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 New report tracks declining global freedom — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  The Freedom House "Freedom in the World" report continues to track declining global liberties. Amy Slipowitz, the report's co-author, joins CBS News with more details.

  Related: #Democracy
• 🇺🇸 Mexican president says citizen deaths in U.S. custody "can't be happening" — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday condemned the deaths of three Mexican nationals in ICE custody this year.

  Related: #Diplomatic Relations