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CategoriesBriefs Country Profile TopicsThe UN envoy to the Central African Republic (C.A.R.), as well as diplomats from the United States and France, has accused the national security forces and their Russian paramilitary allies of wide-ranging human rights abuses. Russia helps President Faustin Archange Touadera combat rebel groups in the resource-rich country’s ongoing civil war, including fielding Russian mercenaries […]
The US says it has carried out air strikes against Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border in response to drone attacks on its forces in Iraq. A Pentagon spokesman said the strikes targeted “operational and weapons storage facilities” at three locations. President Biden had been clear he would act to protect US personnel, he added. […]
Several human rights organizations are worried that Vice President Harris’s upcoming trip to Mexico and Guatemala risks focusing too much on immigration and not other issues such as rule of law and government corruption. The Washington Office on Latin America, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Latin America Working Group, Due Process of Law Foundation and […]
CategoriesTopicsThe Escazú Agreement came into force in April 2021 with 12 ratifications (out of a possible 33) from Latin American and Caribbean countries. Guided by a secretariat at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, it is the first environmental treaty in the region, and affirms Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, resting […]
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CategoriesAdvocacyMay 14, 2021 Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We strongly support the United Nations and the resolutions on human rights protection, as nongovernmental organizations continue working to alleviate humanitarian sufferings in different regions around the world. Throughout the year, there were reports of extrajudicial executions, excessive use of force, and unlawful killings by security forces in […]
CategoriesStatementsWashington Center For Human Rights condemn the execution of Javed Dehghan, an Iranian belonging to the Baloch minority, a few days ago. WCHR fear that the recent alarming increase in executions of prisoners of the Baloch minority in Iran will continue. We are shocked that the execution of Mr. Dehghan on 30 January was carried […]
CategoriesStatementsWashington Center For Human Rights expresses grave concern about the situation in Myanmar following the removal of civilian authorities from government and the arbitrary detention of dozens of political leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, activists and others by the military. On January 31, the Myanmar military seized power in the country, consolidated its control over the […]
CategoriesStatementsGlobal access to COVID-19 vaccines for everyone who needs them is a step all governments should cooperate on. The pandemic has demonstrated that no one in the world will be safe until everyone is safe. In-country prioritization of vaccines should include all eligible priority groups, regardless of who they are. Migrants should be given equal […]
CategoriesStatementsEmirati security forces arrested Ahmed Mansour in a late-night home raid on March 20, 2017. In May 2018, the State Security Department of the Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal sentenced Mansoor to ten years in prison on charges entirely related to his human rights activities. On December 31, 2018, the Federal Supreme Court upheld the unjust […]
CategoriesStatementsThe Egyptian Parliament has approved President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s extension of a nationwide state of emergency for the fourth year in a row. The authorities have used the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to silence critics, including health workers, journalists, and bloggers, and to keep hundreds, if not thousands, of detainees in pretrial detention without […]
CategoriesStatementsThe corruption of the Lebanese authorities and their failure to deal with the stifling political and economic crises in the country have caused the biggest human rights deterioration that Lebanon has witnessed in decades. The unprecedented economic crisis, which was exacerbated by the outbreak of the “Corona” virus, led to a doubling of the poverty […]
CategoriesStatementsMore than 470 people, including suspected separatists and Indian army troops, were killed in gunfights and clashes in Jammu and Kashmir in 2020, according to a report released on Wednesday. Prepared by the Legal Forum for Oppressed Voices of Kashmir, the report on the situation of human rights in the disputed region said that a […]
CategoriesStatementsThe European Parliament adopted a joint resolution called “forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region”. The resolution expressed its strong condemnation of the Chinese government’s policy of forcing the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other Muslim minorities to work in closed factories and camps in Xinjiang The resolution called […]
CategoriesStatementsIranian women’s rights activists have been campaigning for a law that protects women for 16 years. The administration of President Hassan Rouhani has been working on the draft law since the 2013 elections. The Cabinet has been reviewing the “Protection, Dignity, and Security of Women Against Violence” bill since September 17, 2019, after the judiciary […]
