🍆 Human Rights Violations By Country
For the first 10 months, until October, the National Human Rights Commission reported 77 deaths in police custody, 1,338 deaths in judicial custody, and 62 alleged extrajudicial killings. In June
Here are five things to know about why the period under Martial Law matters in the ongoing fight for truth, justice and reparations in the Philippines. 1. Extensive human rights violations. The nine-year military rule ordered by then President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972 unleashed a wave of crimes under international law and grave human rights
The Department of State is designating under Section 7031(c) the following individuals for their involvement in gross violations of human rights: Abel Kandiho, Major General and head of the Chieftancy of Military Intelligence within the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, for his involvement in a gross violation of human rights, namely torture
In August, the US State Department approved a US$3.05 billion sale of 300 Patriot surface-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia. Human Rights Watch has documented the coalition’s use of US
Salvadoran authorities have committed “massive” human rights violations, including thousands of arbitrary detentions and violations of due process, torture, and ill-treatment, according to a
• Police said at least 21 personnel were killed in three months in Imo state. • More than 500 arrested after police and military raids. • Widespread allegations of torture and ill-treatment. Nigerian security forces have committed a catalogue of human rights violations and crimes under international law in their response to spiralling violence in […]
United Kingdom 2022. Legislation was passed or tabled that seriously undermined human rights, including replacing the UK’s primary human rights protection instrument and attacks on the rights to freedom of assembly and expression and to asylum. Further proposals were launched that would provide impunity for grave human rights violations.
Presenting the new report on Myanmar to the Council, Ms. Bachelet explained that it detailed many serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. Economy in freefall The country is also facing an “economy in freefall”, and the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; “a human rights catastrophe that shows no
The Human Rights Ombudsperson’s Office reported 182 killings of human rights defenders between January and October 2022. In February 2022, in San MartĂn municipality, Cesar state, armed men
Israel’s continuing oppressive and discriminatory system of governing Palestinians in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) constituted a system of apartheid, and Israeli officials committed the crime of apartheid under international law. Israeli forces launched a three-day offensive on the occupied Gaza Strip in August during
Refugees’ and migrants’ rights. Over 160,000 people fleeing from Ukraine requested temporary protection in Italy under the EU Temporary Protection Directive. The authorities granted them priority access to residence permits and a subsistence allowance. On other routes, 1,373 people went missing at sea trying to reach safety in Italy.
Some human rights groups, including Military Court Watch, claimed the country’s detention of the majority of convicted Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza in prisons inside Israel was a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
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