Poverty and inequality were made worse by the Covid-19 epidemic, even with government efforts to lessen its economic effects. Police used biased identity checks to target young people of color. Authorities in charge of child protection frequently neglected to give unaccompanied migrant children the proper attention and assistance. Inhumane living conditions and police brutality were […]

Human rights and humanitarian laws have been broken by all sides in the protracted battle in Yemen, and they have all done so with impunity. Parties to the war persisted in their illegal attacks that killed and maimed civilians, obstructed their access to humanitarian relief, and damaged civilian property in spite of an agreement to […]

Authorities prosecuted nonviolent activists and critics who joined thousands of other dissidents already incarcerated in Egypt’s overcrowded jails by using the harsh Emergency State Security Courts more frequently. The number of executions has been drastically increasing as a result of courts handing down death sentences in mass cases. Drastic limitations on independent groups were formalized […]

The administration, headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), persisted in subjecting religious and other minorities, especially Muslims, to institutionalized discrimination and stigma. Supporters of the BJP attacked designated groups violently more frequently.  Bias in government-affiliated institutions, including the judiciary and constitutional bodies like the National Human Rights Commission, was a reflection of the government’s […]

A month after the initial hearing, on January 6, 2024, the state news agency formally announced the trial and the new charges against the 84 defendants, claiming that they had concealed evidence of their past conviction for “establishing another clandestine organization for the purpose of committing acts of violence and terrorism” on state property.  Authorities […]

Increased suppression of opposition within Russia coincided with Russia’s aggressive assault against Ukraine. Protesters who spoke out against the war feared prosecution, and peaceful anti-war demonstrations were frequently broken up by force. New laws that limit the actions of NGOs and activists from civil society and protests have been introduced. Jehovah’s Witness prosecutions went on. […]

Those targeted for arbitrary arrest and incarceration included religious leaders and practitioners, human rights advocates, government opponents, and pro-democracy campaigners. In Tibet and Xinjiang, systematic persecution of ethnic minorities persisted. A study by the OHCHR detailing possible crimes against humanity and other transnational crimes in Xinjiang was attempted to be suppressed by the authorities.  Sexual […]

At least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers were killed by Saudi Arabian authorities at the Yemen-Saudi border; these killings may qualify as crimes against humanity. Authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested human rights campaigners, public intellectuals, and nonviolent dissidents.  They have also condemned people to death or decades in jail over postings they […]