Washington Center For Human Rights expresses grave concern about the situation in Myanmar following the removal of civilian authorities from government and the arbitrary detention of dozens of political leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, activists and others by the military. On January 31, the Myanmar military seized  power in the country, consolidated its control over the […]

Global access to COVID-19 vaccines for everyone who needs them is a step all governments should cooperate on. The pandemic has demonstrated that no one in the world will be safe until everyone is safe. In-country prioritization of vaccines should include all eligible priority groups, regardless of who they are. Migrants should be given equal […]

Emirati security forces arrested Ahmed Mansour in a late-night home raid on March 20, 2017. In May 2018, the State Security Department of the Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal sentenced Mansoor to ten years in prison on charges entirely related to his human rights activities. On December 31, 2018,  the Federal Supreme Court upheld the unjust […]

The Egyptian Parliament has approved President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s extension of a nationwide state of emergency for the fourth year in a row. The authorities have used the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to silence critics, including health workers, journalists, and bloggers, and to keep hundreds, if not thousands, of detainees in pretrial detention without […]

The corruption of the Lebanese authorities and their failure to deal with the stifling political and economic crises in the country have caused the biggest human rights deterioration that Lebanon has witnessed in decades. The unprecedented economic crisis, which was exacerbated by the outbreak of the “Corona” virus, led to a doubling of the poverty […]

More than 470 people, including suspected separatists and Indian army troops, were killed in gunfights and clashes in Jammu and Kashmir in 2020, according to a report released on Wednesday. Prepared by the Legal Forum for Oppressed Voices of Kashmir, the report on the situation of human rights in the disputed region said that a […]

The European Parliament adopted a joint resolution called “forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region”.  The resolution expressed its strong condemnation of the Chinese government’s policy of forcing the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other Muslim minorities to work in closed factories and camps in Xinjiang The resolution called […]

Iranian women’s rights activists have been campaigning for a law that protects women for 16 years. The administration of President Hassan Rouhani has been working on the draft law since the 2013 elections. The Cabinet has been reviewing the “Protection, Dignity, and Security of Women Against Violence” bill since September 17, 2019, after the judiciary […]