Content in Other Languages

Several people based in Lithuania, Poland, and Turkey, linked to a banned Tajik opposition movement, Group 24, have in recent months disappeared or have been arrested and threatened with extradition to Tajikistan, Human Rights Watch and Norwegian Helsinki Committee said today.

96 human rights, faith-based, and economic justice organizations, write to express concerns that the World Bank and IMF are failing to promote the human right to social security for all.

Amidst warnings from over 50 Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum in December. The agreement is a continuation of a decade of policy that has led to the proliferation of rights violations in Europe. Moreover, it will have devastating implications for the right to international protection in the bloc and greenlights abuses across Europe including racial profiling, default de facto detention and pushbacks. Next week, MEPs will be presented with a final chance to reject the files in a Plenary vote, and to give a political signal against the adoption of a Pact that would undermine fundamental rights.

Daily Brief, 15 April, 2024

Saudi authorities should immediately release Waleed Abu al-Khair, an award-winning Saudi human rights defender and lawyer

Saudi authorities should immediately release Waleed Abu al-Khair, an award-winning Saudi human rights defender and lawyer

An Ecuadorian coalition of eight civil society organizations recently filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador seeking to decriminalize abortion. This crucial initiative seeks to ensure that women, girls, and other pregnant people can access safe abortion care.

Germany can have considerable impact on the actions of the Chinese government if it remains committed to a principled and public human rights foreign policy, especially if it does so with its partners.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz should stress the importance of human rights in the Sino-German relationship during his visit to China and meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.