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Egyptian authorities imprisoned a prominent political opposition leader, Ahmad Tantawy, on May 27, after an appeals court upheld a one-year sentence against him and nearly two dozen of his supporters.

Persistent Failure to Ensure Right to Work; Quotas Unfilled

Iraq is failing to implement its national laws ensuring employment rights for people with disabilities, leaving job quotas for Iraqis with disabilities unfilled and hundreds of thousands unemployed.

Daily Brief, June 3, 2024

Eleven years after the horrific Rana Plaza building collapse in Savar, on May 24 the European Union adopted a new law that requires large companies to adhere to human rights and environmental standards in their own operations and their global value chains.

The Chinese government is further suppressing any discussion and commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. Leading up to the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre on June 4, Chinese authorities have again preempted commemorations.

Last Thursday, Australia’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report on Australia’s human rights framework. The Committee’s first recommendation was to establish a Human Rights Act.

On May 30, the US government announced travel sanctions against five former and current Ugandan government officials, including Peter Elwelu, the former deputy chief of the Ugandan Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF).

In a historic decision last week, a longstanding United Nations body recognized that the international human rights system doesn’t fully protect older people’s rights, and it recommended a new human rights treaty to help correct this.