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CategoriesAdvocacyOver 10,000 human rights violation cases have been registered in Crimea during the 11 years of occupation. Statistics of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during hostilities in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and other parts of Ukraine were also entered into the Register of War Crimes. Since the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, the […]
CategoriesStatementsAs the FIFA Club World Cup will kick off in the United States in two months and the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup is impending, the Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) today expressed grave concern regarding FIFA’s failure to roll out a well-defined and inclusive child safeguarding mechanism. With known risks in place, FIFA […]
CategoriesStatementsThe Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) is seriously concerned by the large-scale expulsions of 299 third-country nationals by the United States to Panama between February 12 and 15, 2025. Such practices, characterized by inhumane detention conditions, withholding of due process, and interference with the right to claim asylum, are a grave violation of international […]
CategoriesAdvocacyA 19-year-old girl was sentenced to almost three years in a correctional colony by a St. Petersburg court on April 18 after she was charged with frequently “discrediting” the Russian army, including by affixing a quote to a statue of a Ukrainian poet. In a statement released Friday, the Joint Press Service of Courts in […]
CategoriesAdvocacyA Frontex official stated that the European Union’s border agency is frustrated with Greece’s ongoing pushback of migrants and is contemplating urging Brussels to initiate disciplinary action against Athens. Jonas Grimheden, the Fundamental Rights Officer, stated that Greece’s actions left Frontex with two choices: either to pause its mission or to request that the European […]
CategoriesAdvocacyThe social security system of the UK has been described as deliberately heartless by activists who maintain that it falls short of global human rights systems. Amnesty International, a charity promoting human rights, released a report that claimed that the social security system in the UK “lacks conformity to international human rights norms. It stated: […]
CategoriesStatementsThe Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) firmly condemns the Algerian government’s expanding crackdown on peaceful opposition and online activism ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Hirak movement. A frightening new trend of arbitrary detentions and prosecutions has resulted in scores of activists and journalists being jailed for nothing other than peacefully articulating political […]
CategoriesUncategorizedTo decrease irregular migration and expedite the return of individuals with rejected asylum applications, the European Commission has suggested a Common European System for Returns. Return rates are currently about 20%, a level considered inadequate by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The proposal suggests the potential creation of return hubs in third nations, […]
CategoriesAdvocacyA coalition of human rights attorneys is filing suit against Costa Rica, alleging that the Central American nation violated the rights of numerous migrant children by detaining them at a rural base for about two months after their expulsion from the US in February. The children, including some as infants as 2, belong to a […]
CategoriesStatementsDozens of men and women are unlawfully killed in Iran each year—secretly, continuously, and without equitable trials—for claimed drug crimes in judicial proceedings that disregard every law and norm concerning capital punishment. The killings constitute a mass atrocity, according to the Washington Center For Human Rights (WCHR). Investigations by WCHR, involving comprehensive interviews with lawyers […]