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April 3, 2025 News Release

UN: Treaty on Older People’s Rights Moves Ahead

Proposed International Instrument Will Strengthen Protections for a Population at Risk

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022.

April 3, 2025 News Release

US: End Campaign of Draconian Campus Arrests

Trump Administration Using Dubious Immigration Enforcement to Chill Palestine Advocacy

Pro-Palestinian student protesters at a demonstration at Columbia University on the third day of "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in New York, US, April 19, 2024.

April 3, 2025 News Release

Argentina: Abusive Response to Protest

Investigate Use of Force; Respect Judiciary; Review Anti-Protests Protocol

A riot police officer shoots a tear gas canister at protesters during a demonstration of pensioners calling for improvements to their pensions and access to free medicines, among other demands, in Buenos Aires on March 12, 2025.

April 1, 2025 News Release

Hungary: Arrest, Don’t Welcome ICC Fugitive Netanyahu

Orban’s Refusal to Bar or Arrest Israeli Leader Would Be Assault on Rule of Law

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, July 19, 2018.

April 1, 2025 News Release

Myanmar: Allow Immediate Aid to Quake-Stricken Areas

Governments Should Press Junta to Lift Restrictions

Medical workers transport an earthquake casualty at a hospital

March 31, 2025 News Release

Sudan: 20th Anniversary of Darfur ICC Referral

Governments Should Address Accountability Gap, Pursue Comprehensive Justice for Sudan

Displaced people living in Ardamata camp in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, welcoming the start of proceedings in the case against “Janjaweed” militia leader Ali Kosheib at the International Criminal Court. Photos courtesy of Radio Dabanga www.dabangasudan.org.

March 31, 2025 News Release

Uzbekistan: Free Blogger from Forced Psychiatric Detention

UN Experts Call for Immediate Release from Arbitrary Detention, Compensation

Uzbek blogger Valijon Kalonov at a psychiatric hospital in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan, where he has been forcibly detained since 2021 for criticizing the president

March 31, 2025 News Release

Iran: Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Release All other Arbitrarily Detained Rights Activists

Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, Tehran, Iran, April 2, 2021.

March 28, 2025 News Release

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan: Put Rights at Center of Border Deal

Ensure Justice for Victims of Past Conflicts; Respect Rights of Local Populations

Collage of four equally sized images. Top left image of a burnt Tajik ambulance. Top right image damaged house with a window and two doors. Bottom left image of a man on a bicycle looking at a damaged house. Bottom right image of a burned-out car

March 27, 2025 News Release

Burkina Faso: Journalists Arrested in Media Clampdown

Repression Spikes Amid Military Abuses, Growing Insecurity

A portrait of Guezouma Sanogo (on the left) and Boukari Ouoba.

March 27, 2025 News Release

Nicaragua: UN Rights Council Should Renew Experts’ Mandate

Avenues for Accountability Needed as Repression Intensifies

Members of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua hold a press conference during the 58th Human Rights Council session at the UN's European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2025.

March 27, 2025 News Release

EU/Central Asia: Deepening Ties Should Center Human Rights

First Summit Amid Worsening Rights Record in the Region

March 27, 2025 News Release

Morocco: Activist Sentenced for Peaceful Speech

End Repression; Respect Fundamental Rights

March 26, 2025 News Release

Australia: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children

State of Western Australia Fails to Provide Adequate Support for Families

March 26, 2025 News Release

Zimbabwe: Journalist Held on Baseless Charges

Detention of Blessed Mhlanga Highlights Threats to Free Expression, Media Freedom

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