The human right to a healthy environment
Citizens should be involved in the protection of the environment The right to a healthy environment is a fundamental human right that has not...
human rights
Hands off the Refugee Convention
In a speech in the US last week, UK interior minister Suella Braverman floated the idea that the definition of refugee under 1951 Refugee Convention...
US imposes visa restrictions on Uganda officials after anti-LGBTQ law
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Uganda officials after the African nation passed an anti-LGBTQ law that was condemned by many countries and...
Palestinian embassy calls for Cypriot intervention to save life of prisoner
The Embassy of Palestine called on the international community, and Cyprus in particular, to intervene “immediately and urgently” to release a sick Palestinian novelist and...
Israel is on ‘rampage’ against human rights, new Human Rights Watch chief says
Israel’s government is “on a rampage” against human rights, the new head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday and urged the United States and...
US senators target Saudi Arabia’s human rights record
Democratic and Republican U.S. senators introduced a resolution on Wednesday that could force President Joe Biden’s administration to prepare a report on Saudi Arabia’s human...
Images of emaciated Iranian prisoner prompt outrage
Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian physician who went on hunger strike in support of demonstrations against the compulsory wearing...
No services to prevent parental alienation says commissioner
The Commissioner for the Protection of Children’s Rights, Despo Michaelidou, said there was a lack of specialised services that to prevent ‘parental alienation’ which often...
UN human rights expert decries ‘descent towards authoritarianism’ in Afghanistan
A U.N. expert said on Monday that human rights had deteriorated under the Taliban, describing a “staggering repression” of women and girls and “descent towards...
US human rights report shows ‘significant improvements’ government says
The 2021 US Department of State report on human rights in Cyprus shows significant improvements compared with previous years, the government said Thursday, notwithstanding references...
