The United Nations (UN) stated on Friday that Israel has not yet taken any steps towards stopping illegal settlements in Palestinian territory. According to UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov, instead of working to halt the illegal settlements, Israel has...
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Congo soldiers arrested for alleged role in February massacre
Seven army officials have been arrested and charged with war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , according to government officials at a press conference on Saturday. The charges stem from...
EU top court: nations do not have to issue humanitarian visas
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that countries are not required to issue visas to refugees on humanitarian grounds even if they are facing torture or inhumane treatment. The case arose surrounding a Syrian...
Israel Knesset passes legislation limiting entry visas and residency rights
The Israeli Knesset passed legislation Tuesday that would limit or eliminate entry visas or residency rights for those groups who call for economic, academic, or cultural boycotts of Israel or its West Bank settlements. The legislation could limit...
The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) released a report Wednesday describing human rights violations committed by soldiers of the Forces armèes de la Rèpublique dèmocratique du Congo (FARDC) and agents of the Police Nationale Congolaise...
HRW calls on DRC to investigate alleged killings by soldiers
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officials Friday to investigate fully and impartially a video allegedly showing Congolese soldiers shooting and killing 13 alleged militia members. The video, released on February...
UN rights chief urges DRC to halt violence against civilians
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a statement Monday calling for an "immediate halt" to "widespread human rights violations" allegedly committed by government officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) . Zeid...
The UN human rights office on Monday expressed concern over reports that at least 101 people have been killed by Congolese soldiers in conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The deadly clashes have been between...
Pakistani authorities have driven nearly 600,000 Afghan refugees back into Afghanistan since July 2016, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Monday. HRW claims that among those being forced out of the country are 365,000...
Israel-based advocacy groups Legal Center for Arab Rights and the Jerusalem Center for Human Rights and Legal Aid asked the Israeli Supreme Court Wednesday to review a new law that retroactively legalizes some 4,000 settlements in...