(2024-09-02). A Tribute to A.G. Noorani. ummid.com In the demise of A.G. Noorani, India has lost a great advocate of human rights today. I personally offer my humble tribute.
(2024-09-02). India: Release Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, arbitrarily detained for 1,000 days. fidh.org Indian authorities have arbitrarily detained Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez for over 1,000 days. Khurram remains incarcerated in a maximum-security prison in Delhi, India, in reprisal for his vital and commendable human rights work. The undersigned organisations, incuding FIDH and OMCT in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defendrs, call once again for his immediate and unconditional release. We further demand an end to the Indian (…) | – | / |
(2024-09-02). Sri Lankan Supreme Court rules cancellation of local elections violates democratic rights. wsws.org Postponing last year's local elections by President Wickremesinghe, just nine months after the 2022 mass uprising, was a reactionary attempt to maintain his unstable regime and implement IMF austerity.
(2024-09-02). Alarming development: Rights activists, including a young woman, face blasphemy charges in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. cadtm.org
(2024-09-02). Palestinian father from Gaza dies in Israel jail 'after torture'. newarab.com 
A Palestinian father-of-seven from The CDA and th…
(2024-09-02). Israeli forces continue devastating assault on West Bank's Jenin. newarab.com 
Israeli soldiers stormed the village of Deir Abu Deif, east of Jenin, early Monday and detained two young men. Another man from the town of Yamoun and former prisoner Yahya Al-Zubaidi were also detained. | Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday near the city…
(2024-09-02). Libya people-trafficking kingpin sanctioned by UN assassinated. newarab.com 
A former head of Major Abd al-Rahman Milad, also known as Al-Bidja, was killed Sunday in the town of Sayyad, 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of the capital
(2024-09-02). Mongolia: Arrest Putin. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. | © 2019 Peter Dejong/AP | Mongolia should deny entry to Russian President Vladimir Putin or arrest him if he enters the country. The Kremlin announced that Putin is planning to travel to Mongolia on September 3, 2024, following an invitation by Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh to attend a military anniversary event.President Putin has been wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) since March 17, 2023, when the court's judges issued arrest warrants against him and his children's righ…
(2024-09-02). Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh: Government must hold perpetrators accountable, ensure justice and reparation for victims, survivors, and their families. fidh.org A Joint Statement by the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Capital Punishment Justice Project, the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Maayer Daak, Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) in commemoration of the International (…) | – |
(2024-09-02). Turkey: Joint trial observation report on the case of Kurdish human rights defenders and IHD members Eren Keskin and Güllistan Yarkın. fidh.org In a joint report, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders—a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)—and the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) present findings from the judicial observation of the first hearing in the trial of Eren Keskin and Güllistan Yarkın, from the Human Rights Association (IHD). Both were accused of "publicly denigrating the Turkish Nation" (…) | – |
(2024-09-02). Joint Letter: Requesting urgent action towards UN human rights monitoring and investigation in Bangladesh. fidh.org International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) joins 12 other human rights organisations in an open letter calling on United Nations (UN) member states to take immediate steps to ensure an independent investigation and accountability into human rights violations committed in Bangladesh and to prevent further human rights violations, including by ensuring that the UN Human Rights Council establishes an independent mechanism with a comprehensive mandate to investigate, collect, store and (…) | – |
(2024-09-02). Laos: Government fails in follow-up review of key civil and political rights. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Lao Movement for Human Rights (LMHR) welcome the assessment by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (CCPR), which gave the Lao government low grades concerning the implementation of the committee's recommendations on enforced disappearances and participation in public affairs and the right to vote.
Paris, 15 August 2024. On 6 August 2024, the CCPR released its report on the follow-up to the Concluding Observations it (…) | – |
(2024-09-02). Need for an urgent rethink of international response to the human rights crisis in Afghanistan. fidh.org
(2024-09-02). Ex-Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar facing 'slow' death in Israeli jail: Rights group. presstv.ir An international rights group warns jailed Palestinian ex-MP Khalida Jarrar is faced with a "slow and deliberate killing" in an Israeli prison.
(2024-09-01). The criminality of unilateral sanctions. mronline.org 
DURING Modi's visit to Ukraine (why he visited Ukraine at all at the present time remains a mystery), Zelensky asked India not to purchase fuel from Russia in violation of western sanctions, that is, to fall in line with the "unilateral" western sanctions.
(2024-09-01). Normalization of genocide in Gaza and where to look for change. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders August 29, 2024 This article is based on a talk on a webinar of the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain, titled: "Gaza Genocide: Escalating Tragedy and the Role of Normalization in Fueling the Suffering," held on Aug.26. Flounders spoke on behalf of the International Action Center. New York, Oct. 9, 2023. The "Normalization of Genocide" is not an oversight. It is not just ignoring this horrendous and daily "Crime Against Humanity" in Gaza today. It is a systematic U.S., British and European Union policy of conscious erasure of practically all discussion and information of this crime. I…
(2024-09-01). China calls for respect of Venezuelan elections, criticizes attempts to intervene in nation's internal matters. mronline.org 
The Chinese Foreign Ministry criticized U.S.-led efforts to spread misinformation about the Venezuelan presidential elections held in July.