Western Sahara: The Necessity Of The UN For Gdeim Izik
By: FIDH | International Federation for Human Rights October 12, 2026 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, together with the undersigned human rights organisations and partners in the SOS-Defenders project, are following the developments of the open hunger strike undertaken by a number of Sahrawi political prisoners from the
EU Funds Building Roma Ghettos in Italy
By Bernard Rorke October 13, 2026 An Italian housing rights collective and the ERRC have called on the European Commission to suspend payments to Calabria Region and urgently investigate the chronic mismanagement and alleged misuse of EU funds to reproduce housing segregation, following the scandalous enactment of a “non-existent State of Emergency” that undermines Roma residents’ right to housing. A new report strongly suggests that despite previous commitments to the EU, th
ERRC
Oct 13
Ethiopia Says It Must Defend Itself Against Eritrea’s ‘All-Out Invasion’
Dawit Endeshaw, Reuters October 9, 2026 Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos attends a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following their meeting in Moscow, Russia October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Summary Ethiopian minister says Eritrean troops advanced up to 60 km into Tigray Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of having declared war in bid for sea access More explosions reported overnight near Tigray town of Adigrat Ethiopian Airli
Reuters
Oct 12
At least 139 dead, 84 missing as migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti
By Al Jazeera October 11, 2026 A member of the International Organization for Migration inspects the abandoned wreckage of a boat that capsized off the coast of Djibouti on April 12, 2026 [File: Luis Tato/AFP] At least 139 people, including 15 children, have died and 84 are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, according to the United Nations migration agency. In a statement on Sunday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) quoted survivors as s
Al Jazeera
Oct 12
Nearly 500 Children Killed In Afghanistan over Three Year
By Afghanistan International October 10, 2026 Credit: Afghanistan International The UN says 1,415 children were killed or wounded in Afghanistan over three years, including 446 killed and 969 injured. The casualties included 1,094 boys, 310 girls and 11 children of unknown sex. According to the UN secretary-general’s latest report on children and armed conflict, the Taliban recruited and used 557 boys during the same period, including children as young as 12. Cases of child r
Jailed activist Umar Khalid wins 2026 human rights award
By Freepress Kashmir - News Desk October 9, 2026 Credit: Freepress Kashmir New Delhi: Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar and student activist Umar Khalid has been named a recipient of the 2026 Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, presented by Ireland-based human rights organisation Front Line Defenders in Dublin. Khalid could not attend the award ceremony as he had been in jail for more than six years in connection with the 2020 Delhi violence conspiracy ca
Freepress Kashmir
Oct 11
Syria: detentions of Syrians by Israeli forces
By The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights October 9, 2026 © Huseyin Mesal / Anadolu Delivered by Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Shabia Mantoo Location Geneva The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, is concerned by the continuing impact of Israeli military operations on civilians in southern Syria. Some 280 incidents involving armed Israeli incursions into Syria were recorded in September alone, through
Petitioners on Western Sahara Highlight Human Rights Concerns
By United Nations Meetings Coverage and Press Releases October 7, 2026 United Nations Audiovisual Library Give Morocco’s autonomy plan a chance, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard from some petitioners today, even as others underscored that there should be no compromise on the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination. Western Sahara was inscribed on the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories in 1963. In 1991, the United Nations Mission for
United Nations
Oct 10
African Union Delegation Meets Congo Rebels, Calls for Continued Peace Efforts
Reuters October 7, 2026 Former Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Ethiopia's President Sahle-Work Zewde, both African Union facilitators, attend a meeting as part of mediation efforts to discuss the peace process in efforts to negotiate an end to the war with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi Former Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Ethiopia's President Sahle-Wor
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Oct 9
CNDIH Flags Arbitrary Detentions, Enforced Disappearances
By Breaking Burundi August 21, 2026 CNIDH says its prison visits uncovered widespread violations, including unlawful detention and cases involving civilians held for non-criminal offenses. Martin Blaise Nyaboho says 135 detainees were held beyond legal limits / CNIDH Burundi’s National Independent Human Rights Commission has said violations of human rights persist in the country, citing arbitrary and prolonged detentions, abductions, enforced disappearances and alleged abuses
Breaking Burundi
Oct 9
Mass Trials Put Hundreds in One Dock in El Salvador
By James Wagner October 7, 2026 Lawyers warn that the mass trials of people imprisoned during President Nayib Bukele’s gang crackdown are marred by vague evidence and restrictions on a proper defense. Credit: Alex Peña/Getty Across El Salvador, hundreds of inmates appear in court by video simultaneously for a single, joint hearing. Some lawyers say that they are first meeting their clients on the same day as their trial. And individual anonymous witnesses are testifying again
The New York Times
Oct 9
Somalia's Human Rights Crisis Deepens
Staff Reporter Garowe Online October 9, 2026 Somalia continues to face serious human rights challenges, including restrictions on freedom of expression, forced evictions, abuses against civilians and widespread impunity, raising questions about the government's ability to protect citizens and hold perpetrators accountable. International human rights organizations have documented persistent violations across the country. Human Rights Watch, in its 2026 World Report, highlighte
Garowe Online
Oct 9
