The Syrian authorities have reported the detention of seven individuals in connection with the death of the young Mohamed Ghamira, who died this Sunday after spending several days in a coma. The young man was hospitalized due to possible beatings he would have received from agents of a police station...
The Ministry of Interior of Syria has reported the start of official investigations into the alleged torture suffered by a young man in police custody at a police station in the countryside of Latakia, in the west of the country.The affected individual, Mohamed Ghamira, remains in a coma after spending...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation has reiterated that it remains "committed to freedom and human rights" in Afghanistan, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the Taliban's return to power.The department headed by José Manuel Albares has insisted, through a message disseminated on its social networks, that...
The Coalition for Ethiopian Unity, an opposition alliance formed by five parties, condemned this Saturday the "extrajudicial" killing of three young people at the hands of security forces in the Central Ethiopian state and demanded an independent investigation to clarify what happened and hold those responsible accountable.According to the opposition...
The Venezuelan authorities have communicated this Friday that more than 130 people imprisoned for political reasons will be released, in application of the amnesty law approved in February, which allows for the release of those who have committed crimes since 1999.The Program for Peace and Democratic Coexistence has detailed that...
A Guatemalan citizen, identified as José Chajón-Raxón, has lost his life while being held in a detention center of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state of New Jersey, becoming the third migrant person to die in such facilities due to medical complications.According to a statement released on...
The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, lashed out this Thursday against France, which he accuses of "obvious hypocrisy" for "giving lessons to the world about Human Rights" while, he claims, "supporting Israel's genocide in Gaza" and "the aggression" against Tehran. His words come after the Élysée joined, through a joint...
A group of 26 countries, including Spain, expressed this Wednesday their rejection of the executions of protesters and opponents carried out by the Iranian authorities. In their statement, they demand that the death penalty be abolished "immediately" and that all "arbitrarily" detained persons be released.Through a joint declaration, 18 member...
The Professional Association Justice Civil Guard (JUCIL) has shown its "categorical rejection" of the allegations of mistreatment attributed to the Spanish security forces against migrants who entered irregularly into Ceuta on July 30, accusations collected in a report from the National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) of Morocco.The professional organization...
The Parliament of Lebanon has given its approval this Wednesday to an anticipated amnesty law that reduces the duration of certain sentences, an initiative that will affect several thousand inmates in the country's prisons and that comes immediately after the recent abolition of the death penalty.The processing of the law...
The deputy spokesperson of the UN Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, has defended the need to promote in Syria a mechanism of accountability based on a model of transitional justice that puts victims at the center and fully respects Human Rights. His statements come after a Syrian court sentenced former President Bashar...
The Government of Spain expressed this Tuesday its satisfaction with the "historic" approval in the Lebanese Parliament of the law that eliminates the death penalty in the country and has conveyed its congratulations to this Middle Eastern State for a decision that the Spanish Executive qualifies as a "fundamental milestone"...
Four human rights organizations, including Human Right Watch (HRW), have filed a lawsuit in a federal court in the United States to challenge the legality of the sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration against prosecutors and judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC).The U.S. Executive has maintained a strong offensive...
The Parliament of Lebanon has given the green light this Tuesday to a series of modifications to the current regulations that abolish the death penalty in the country, ending a 'de facto' moratorium that had been in place since 2004, the year in which the last execution took place.The new...
The European Union has applauded this Tuesday the decision of Lebanon to abolish the death penalty, calling it a "significant advance" in terms of Human Rights and emphasizing the "powerful example" it sets for the rest of the countries in the Middle East, being the first in the region to...
The Parliament of Lebanon has given the green light this Tuesday to a series of changes in the current legislation to abolish the death penalty, ending a "de facto" moratorium that had been in effect since 2004 and during which no executions had been recorded in the country.The new regulation...
The federal coordinator of Izquierda Unida (IU), Antonio Maíllo, has urged the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to offer total transparency regarding the migratory crisis in Ceuta, while considering it essential to convene the National Security Council and undertake a "strategic shift" in the relationship with Morocco.In this line,...
United Nations Human Rights experts have condemned this Thursday the new packages of sanctions from the United States against Cuba, considering that they constitute an attempt to "alter the constitutional order of a sovereign State" through "threats and coercion." At the same time, they have appealed to civil society and...
The Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP) and the Spanish Society of Social Pediatrics (SEPS) have expressed their concern about the situation of "special vulnerability" faced by unaccompanied migrant minors arriving in Ceuta in recent days, and have demanded that various administrations make their protection an "absolute priority."The pediatric entities remind,...
The Minister of Health, Mónica García, has stated that the Spanish Executive can maintain a "good relationship" and continue collaborating with Morocco, while exercising a critical position regarding its role in the migratory crisis in Ceuta, of which this Thursday marks a week. "Human rights come first," she emphasized.In an...
Sumar has registered in Congress a non-legislative proposal for the Chamber to express whether Spain should reconsider its participation in the organization of the 2030 World Cup alongside Morocco, following the recent migratory crisis in Ceuta. The initiative suggests that the Government study this option with FIFA, the Spanish Football...
Two men have been executed this Monday in Iran after being found guilty of collaborating with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence services, to whom they allegedly delivered, before and during the war with the United States, coordinates and photographs of military and security facilities classified as sensitive.The executed are Omid Behzad...
Judiciary and Prosecutor's associations have emphasized "the need to move towards a comprehensive and coordinated migration policy within the European Union" after the massive entry of tens of thousands of people into Ceuta during Thursday and Friday through the Tarajal pier.In a joint statement, European Judges for Democracy and Freedoms,...
The authorities of Bangladesh reported this Sunday the release on bail of Benazir Ahmed, former head of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), a special paramilitary force noted for serious human rights violations. The decision was made by a court in Dubai, where he had been detained for a year.The Interior...
The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) holds that the "policies of marginalization exercised" by the Moroccan Executive over the population of the north of the country are at the root of the migratory crisis that has shaken the autonomous city of Ceuta this week. The NGO links these decisions...