Evidence shows Myanmar’s military is committing war crimes, says UN agency’s report
The report covers the period between July 2022 and June 2023 and incorporates evidence from 700 sources, including 200 eyewitnesses. This year’s annual report revealed there had been a increase in mass executions of civilians
Activists and families of 51 people detained in the UAE call for their release
The 51 are part of a larger group of people who were convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government in what is known as the UAE94 case. In 2011, they had signed a petition calling on the government to introduce democratic and political reforms in the country
UN report reveals complicity of EU in crimes committed by Libyan authorities
Ever since NATO’s invasion of the country in 2011, Libya has seen an almost complete deterioration of the rule of law, with armed groups in control of different parts of the country
Abahlali baseMjondolo demands justice for its members lost to “the politics of blood”
AbM leader George Mqapheli Bonono called on the UN to take a stand against the murders of the movement’s leaders, and for the South African government to set up a commission of inquiry to ensure justice for all victims of political killings
Civilian casualties nearly doubled in Yemen since end of UN-mandated international monitoring
The Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen was first formed in 2017 to monitor the human rights violations and war crimes being committed by the parties in the war in Yemen. The UN Human Rights Council failed to renew its mandate in October 2021
Pegasus report: new evidence of Saudi interference in Yemen war probe and other stories
Today we look at the targeting of a UN investigator with the Pegasus spyware, the sentencing of 3 Egyptian activists to prison, and more
Israel uses the Gaza fishing zone as a tool for collective punishment against Palestinians
Israel often blocks the fishing zone, driving thousands of Palestinians dependent on it for their livelihood and food using the pretexts of rocket attacks
In urgent UNHRC special session on Palestine, India chooses silence
In the May 27th historic special session for a commission of inquiry across historic Palestine, India abstained from voting, preferring to look away from lives brutally taken away and still more condemned to spend it in trauma in Gaza
China urges the West to stop baseless propaganda, offers greater cooperation on various issues
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi criticized rumors about genocide of Uyghurs minorities spread by the media and claimed that the population of Uyghurs minorities has more than doubled in the last 40 years
Sri Lanka’s human rights record comes under the scanner at UN Human Rights council
A resolution proposing scrutiny of the human rights violation in the country and for accountability of past violations will be voted on at the UN Human Rights Council in March
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