According to an official investigation, US Border Patrol agents treated Haitian migrants trying to enter the US in September 2021 as “unprofessional” and “abusive.”
Saturday, 23 July , 2022
New statistics from the Taliban Department of Labor and Social Affairs in Balkh province show that the number of working children in Mazar-e-Sharif has increased by 70%.
Thursday, 16 June , 2022
According to local media reports, Turkish police have violently cracked down on protests by Afghan refugees and beaten them.
Tuesday, 24 May , 2022
In a catastrophic report calling the level of food insecurity in Afghanistan, the United Nations said that about 20 million people face severe hunger.
Saturday, 21 May , 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says the country faces severe starvation due to the long wars in Afghanistan. The agency says that due to war, climate change, and economic problems, people starving in various countries have reached 193 million. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan also announced that the number […]
Tuesday, 10 May , 2022
Reporters Without Borders wrote a letter to Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation in Afghanistan, calling for immediate action to protect journalists and the freedom of the media in the country.
Thursday, 5 May , 2022
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern about Afghanistan, saying that Afghan citizens are now facing a severe food crisis and malnutrition.
Saturday, 30 April , 2022
Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linden tweeted that she was deeply concerned about the escalation of attacks on Afghanistan’s Hazaras.
Sunday, 24 April , 2022
Since the Taliban came to power, 19 unaccompanied teenagers have fled Afghanistan and taken refuge in Michigan in recent months.
Friday, 22 April , 2022
The Afghanistan Freedom of Expression House has expressed concern about the continuing pressure on the media, undue threats, arrests and torture of journalists and media workers by Taliban forces.
Tuesday, 19 April , 2022
A member of the European Parliament said that respect for the citizenship rights of the Afghan people is one of the conditions for the Taliban to be recognized.
Tuesday, 5 April , 2022
Nearly 30 independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council are calling for the United States to reform its criminal justice system in the wake of a recent spate of killings of African Americans, including at the hands of the police.
Tuesday, 9 June , 2020
Saudi authorities should immediately release a Yemeni blogger and human rights activist, Mohamad al-Bokari, who was arrested on April 8, 2020 after posting a video on social media, Human Rights Watch said today.
Tuesday, 9 June , 2020
Isreali technology firm NSO Group has been accused of being “deeply involved” in the hacking of a string of individuals including human-rights activists and journalists.
Sunday, 3 May , 2020
A leading Saudi human rights campaigner jailed since 2013 for dissident activity has died in prison, activists say.
Sunday, 26 April , 2020
Turkish authorities’ failure to ensure adequate water supplies to Kurdish-held areas in Northeast Syria is compromising humanitarian agencies’ ability to prepare and protect vulnerable communities in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thursday, 2 April , 2020
The Afghanistan Journalists Center has documented 116 cases of violence, threats, insults and harassment against journalists and media workers over the past 12 months.
Saturday, 21 March , 2020
U.N.Secretary-General lashed out at men who abuse power and declared before Sunday’s observances of International Women’s Day that the fight for gender equality is “the biggest human rights challenge we face.”
Monday, 9 March , 2020
Speaking to faculty and students at The New School, a university in New York City, the UN chief declared himself a proud feminist and called for men everywhere to support women’s rights.
Sunday, 1 March , 2020
on Monday, the authoritarian kingdom of Saudi Arabia sentenced five operatives to death for the grisly murder and dismemberment of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, in October, 2018.
Tuesday, 24 December , 2019