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October 8, 2022
The UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture (SPT) called on Ecuador to immediately manage its current prison crisis and protect detainees’ human rights. The SPT reported that as a result of rece...
October 6, 2022
The treatment of prisoners inside Australian jails and police cells is being put under the microscope by an anti-torture watchdog from the United Nations.
October 5, 2022
Vilnius has postponed the removal of sculptures of Soviet soldiers at Antakalnis Cemetery after United Nations Human Rig...
October 5, 2022
Vilnius has postponed the removal of sculptures of Soviet soldiers at Antakalnis Cemetery after United Nations Human Rig...
October 5, 2022
Vilnius has postponed the removal of sculptures of Soviet soldiers at Antakalnis Cemetery after United Nations Human Rig...
October 3, 2022
On 25 September, Police banned Minsks New Life Church from meeting for Sunday worship in the car park of the building from which officials forcibly evicted it in February 2021. Police detained the Churchs pastor Vyacheslav Goncharenko and another pastor Antoni Bokun. A judge fined each two months average wage for leading the 18 September service which police had observed. Minsk City Executive Committee refuses to return the seized church building or allow the Church to meet for worship in the ca...
October 1, 2022
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on September 23 found that the Australian government had violated the rights of Indigenous Torres Strait Islanders by failing to adequately protect them against the adverse impacts of climate change.
September 27, 2022
The 63-page report, “‘We Deserve to Have a Place to Live:’ How US Underfunding Public Housing Harms Rights in New York, New Mexico, and Beyond,” examines the impact of a decline in federal funding for public housing, which has been accompanied by a modest increase in investment in affordable housing programs that rely on the private sector, such as voucher and subsidy programs. Human Rights Watch found that budget cuts have led to deteriorating living conditions in public housing in New ...