

UN demands accountability for Syria disappearances
UN Human Rights Council condemns the continued use of enforced disappearances in the Syrian conflict. The UN Human Rights Council has...
Al Jazeera
Jul 14, 2021


Relatives of Guatemala disappeared hope for justice
Retired military officials will stand trial on charges of disappearing and killing dissidents in 1980s during civil war. Marcia Mendez...
Al Jazeera
Jun 16, 2021


Pakistani intelligence accused of torture in crackdown on dissent
By Secunder Kermani BBC News, Islamabad Walking to the barber's one evening, Shafiq Ahmed began to suspect he was being followed. The...
BBC News
Jun 4, 2021


Canada: remains of 215 children found at Indigenous school site
Officials make grim discovery near Kamloops, British Columbia First Nation chief says causes and timings of deaths not known Tracey...
The Guardian
May 31, 2021


HRW WORLD REPORT 2021: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s human rights situation continued to decline in 2020 under Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidency. Unidentified assailants, suspected...
Human Rights Watch
Apr 5, 2021


Anti-red tagging bill gains support from church people
MAR 31, 2021 1:32 PM PHT ROBBIN M. DAGLE | Rappler Various progressive youth organisations gather outside Senate to protests against...
Genocide Watch
Apr 1, 2021


US report highlights serious rights violations in India and Pakistan
Anwar Iqbal | Dawn Media According to this report, torture and cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment were common...
Genocide Watch
Apr 1, 2021


A Knock, Then Gone: Venezuela Secretly Detains Hundreds to Silence Critics
“Forced disappearances” are playing a critical role in the Venezuelan government’s efforts to muzzle opponents and instill fear,...
New York Times 1
Jun 19, 2020
‘Give Us Our Children Back’: Hunger Strikers in Sri Lanka Demand Answers
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Seated on a platform outside a regional post office in Sri Lanka’s former war zone, about 150 miles north of the...
New York Times 1
Jan 26, 2017