Forced Returns to Myanmar Must Stop: Volker Türk
Since the beginning of the military coup on 1 February 2021, at least 70,000 people have fled Myanmar. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has called for a moratorium on…
Use of Force Against Protesters in Iran Must Stop: UN Human Rights Office
A month after demonstrations erupted across Iran, the UN Human Rights Office says that unabated violent response by security forces against protesters, and reports of arbitrary arrests and the killing…
Human Rights Prize Awarded to Imprisoned Russian Opposition Leader
The tenth (2022) Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir…
UN Commission Concludes War Crimes Committed in Ukraine
Witnesses provided the Commission with consistent accounts of ill-treatment and torture carried out during unlawful confinement. Based on its investigations into events in the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and…
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Morality Police for Human Rights Abuses
The United States (U.S) has condemned the tragic and brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police after being…
UN Experts Demand Accountability for Death of Mahsa Amini in Iran
A group of UN experts* on 22 September condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran’s…