As Tigray seethes, NGO reveals state-led campaign against WHO chief
The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa said the health leader was "targeted by an Ethiopian government investigation that appears to have been politically motivated."
Human Rights & Humanitarians
News and insights from international organizations about human rights and humanitarian affairs.
Human rights groups protest lack of justice, closure in Khashoggi murder
“The path to justice for his killing remains fully blocked," said Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard.
Reprisals against human rights defenders cited among 42 nations
A new report's evidence of threats and retaliation extends to 12 of the U.N. Human Rights Council's 47 member nations.
U.N. panel cites Russian war crimes and possible genocide in Ukraine
The panel said it found evidence of human rights abuses on both sides, but those by Russia far outweigh those by Ukraine.
WSJ seeks U.N. working group opinion to free Evan Gershkovich
Dow Jones’ lawyers want the working group to use its mandate from the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva to investigate the reporter's highly politicized case.
WFP warns funding shortfall will push millions to 'brink of starvation'
Its new analysis shows each 1% cut in aid to its US$5.2 billion annual budget could push 400,000 people toward starvation.
ICRC financial crisis grows with more job cuts as funding shrinks
Funding for humanitarian aid has been getting hard to find amid global economic pressures, but the needs are soaring.
U.N. expert points to systematic Russian torture of Ukrainians
At the end of a weeklong visit, the U.N. investigator's findings of an orchestrated state policy contradict Moscow’s denials.
Erdoğan shows confidence Russia will rejoin Black Sea grain deal
Putin says Russia won't rejoin until the West meets its demands to ease shipping of Russian agricultural exports.
Putin and Erdoğan to meet over grain deal as U.N. bids to revive it
Talks are planned for Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi almost two months since Russia pulled out of the U.N.-brokered deal.
Top U.N. panel hears evidence of North Korea human rights abuses
The U.S., Albania, Japan, and South Korea led a U.N. Security Council session that shone a spotlight on starvation and repression under Kim Jong Un's regime.
Humanitarians confirm record levels of hunger in Sudan's crisis
The conflict has pushed over 20 million people into severe acute hunger, including 6.3 million a step away from famine.
U.N. expert panel calls on Ethiopia to de-escalate tensions in Amhara
Panel members said they were deeply concerned about the deteriorating security in the northwest region of Ethiopia.
Concerns rise over Uganda's ouster of U.N. human rights office
Little more than a week ago, the U.N. Human Rights Committee warned of serious abuses in the nation.
Global food prices jump after Russia scraps U.N.-brokered grain deal
Increasing rice prices from India's ban “raises substantial food security concerns for a large swath of the world population."
World grapples with food insecurity as Putin blocks grain from Ukraine
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said that by keeping millions of tons of grain from Ukraine out of the international market, Russia was forcing up food prices around the world.