A controversial ban on facial coverings in public spaces, widely referred to as the “burqa ban,” officially came into effect in Switzerland on Wednesday, January 1.…
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The United States has approved military sales worth more than $5 billion to Egypt, solidifying its partnership with Cairo despite ongoing concerns about human rights violations…
International human rights groups have accused TotalEnergies and China’s CNOOC of perpetrating serious human rights violations in a $10 billion oil project spanning Uganda and Tanzania,…
The United States has imposed sanctions on a top commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Abdel Rahman Joma’a Barakallah, accusing him of orchestrating severe…
The United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Turk, has urged authorities in Tunisia to safeguard the country’s democratic processes, uphold fundamental freedoms, and release those detained…
The Nigerian government has clarified that it was not a candidate in the 2024 UN Human Rights Council elections, refuting claims that the country was overlooked…
The Dominican Republic has announced a new plan to begin expelling 10,000 undocumented Haitians each week as part of a larger crackdown on migration from its…
A prominent human rights activist in Equatorial Guinea, Joaquin Elo Ayeto, known as Paysa, has been detained by authorities for over a week due to his…
Britain’s new legislation on its contentious plan to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing undermines fundamental human rights norms, UN human rights chief Volker Turk…
Pope Francis has called for a ban on surrogate motherhood, describing it as a “despicable” practice that turns unborn children into objects of trafficking. Surrogacy is…