On the 8th of February, six pregnant Russian women landed at Ezeiza airport in Argentina and were detained by authorities for not being tourists. This follows the recent explosion of Russian women flying to Argentina to give birth on the pretence of being tourists, whilst truly wanting to obtain Argentinian
In October 2022, the bodies of 6 female sex workers were discovered in a building in Johannesburg. A 21-year-old man was arrested, and this incident sparked a conversation in South Africa about the treatment and rights of sex workers. Protests occurred outside the courtroom, with organisations calling for laws to
Russia’s continuous war in Ukraine is having a severe knock-on effect across the globe. As food, fuel, and energy prices rise faster than incomes, a global cost of living crisis is unfolding, with more and more people struggling to earn enough money to survive. From railway workers in the U.K.
On Wednesday, September 21st, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine, the first time since the Second World War that Russia has mobilized troops. As a result of this announcement, protests have broken out across Russia, with more than 2,000 people being
Following a report by Islam Khabar, Pakistan has been named as a global leader in cases of enforced disappearances, as hundreds continue to disappear every month. Since 2001, over 8,000 people have gone missing and as of July 2022, 2,219 cases remain unsolved. U.N. working group on Enforced or Involuntary
Last Thursday, Syrian authorities began to find the bodies of at least 86 people who drowned off the nation’s coast after the migrant boat these people had boarded sank. This unfortunate crash is the deadliest shipwreck from Lebanon in recent years. Authorities believe that 120-150 people, mainly Lebanese, Syrian, and
The UN Development Program (UNDP), developed in 1990, announced for the first time this week that the Human Development Index (HDI) has declined due to crises such as the coronavirus pandemic. Further, several other political, financial, and climate related crises across the globe have also contributed to this decline. These back-to-back global
A three-month-old baby has died in an asylum camp in Ter Apel, the Netherlands, just days after the Dutch Council for Refugees announced it was suing the government over its inhumane treatment of newcomers. Dutch authorities announced the death on August 25, 2022, stating that they would investigate the cause
This week, three people, including journalist Ernesto Mendez, have been shot dead in a bar in San Luis de la Paz bringing the total number of journalists killed in Mexico this year to 13. Armed gunmen stormed the bar Mendez owned on 2nd August. Mendez was the director of the
In the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, five people were killed and 17 were injured following yet another display of violence from rival gangs fighting for cocaine-trafficking dominance in the city. The incident occurred on the 14th August. Witnesses reported that men arrived on motorcycles and threw a bag filled with
Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan last August, United Nations officials and the international community have repeatedly voiced concerns over reports of restrictions of human rights, especially for women and girls. These concerns were confirmed last month when the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (U.N.A.M.A.) published its report on
Singapore is one of four countries in the world that executes individuals for drug offences. With another two prisoners, Abdul Rahim Shapiee and Ong Seow Ping being executed on the 5th of August, it takes the number of inmates killed by the state to 10 in just four months. These
Since the war started in Ukraine, the United Nations (UN) has repeatedly voiced its concerns over reports of sexual violence and rape, mainly against women and girls. Now, as Ukraine enters week 16 of the war, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has received 124
As Ethiopia continues to face instability and conflict in many of its regions, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published an in-depth report this July detailing its findings in regard to human rights violations, key areas for concern, positive developments, and recommendations for the period June 2021- June 2022.
In April of this year, home secretary Priti Patel set out a new plan of the U.K. government. The plan aims to address the number of migrants arriving in the U.K. through unofficial channels by sending such individuals to Rwanda. Last week, both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss promised more
