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The United Arab Emirates Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Foreign Ministers Envoy Lana Nusseibeh addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 27, 2025. - Charly Triballeau, AFP

Emirati diplomat could become next UN chief despite human rights concerns

Oct 23, 2026 | Human Rights

The United Arab Emirates has nominated Lana Nusseibeh for United Nations secretary-general, according to a report from t ...

People stand outside the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands on September 22, 2025. - Piroschka Van De Wouw, Reuters

International Criminal Court wins EU's Sakharov human rights prize

Oct 22, 2026 | Human Rights

The ?International Criminal Court ?has been awarded the European ?Union's 2026 Sakharov Prize, the EU's top prize regard ...

Human Rights Integration into AfCFTA Policies and Processes – From Commitment to Action

Human Rights Integration into AfCFTA Policies and Processes – From Commitment to...

Sep 24, 2026 | Human Rights

The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) have l ...

Music journalist Virginie Manganga could be imprisoned for up to five years if found guilty of defamation and dissemination of false information, after interviewing Collette Tuzaa about Congolese music star Fally Ipupa. (Photo: Jordache Diala)

DRC journalist arrested on allegations of defaming musician Fally Ipupa

Sep 23, 2026 | Human Rights

The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to immediately release mu ...

Journalist Abdiqani Hussein Abokor, also known as Baylood, interviewing the poet Ismail Yusuf Abdi, who recited a poem warning that Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi risked being cursed. The journalist and poet were then detained. (Screenshot: Heegan Media TV/YouTube)

Somaliland journalist detained without charge after interviewing poet

Sep 8, 2026 | Human Rights

New York, September 7, 2026 ndash;The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the release of journalist Abdiqani Huss ...

Witch Persecution and Justice for Women in Zamfara

Witch Persecution and Justice for Women in Zamfara

Sep 2, 2026 | Human Rights

On August 18, 2026, the office of the National Human Rights Commission in Zamfara shared with the Advocacy for Alleged W ...

Challenging Heights Rescues 25 Trafficked Children from Lake Volta on National Children’s Day

Challenging Heights Rescues 25 Trafficked Children from Lake Volta on National C...

Aug 31, 2026 | Human Rights

Child-rights organisation Challenging Heights has rescued twenty-five trafficked children from forced labour on Lake Vol ...

Mr. Jonathan Osei Owusu

Ghana’s UPR record shows progress, but key human rights commitments remain outst...

Aug 25, 2026 | Human Rights

Ghana rsquo;s participation in the United Nations Human Rights Council rsquo;s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism ...

Trapped Behind the Scam: IOM Warns Trafficking Victims Are Being Forced into Scam Networks

"Trapped Behind the Scam": IOM Warns Trafficking Victims Are Being Forced into S...

Jul 28, 2026 | Human Rights

Geneva, 28 July 2026 ndash; Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have been trafficked by criminal networks and for ...

Womens economic empowerment must be daily commitment – Dr. Joseph Wemakor

Women's economic empowerment must be daily commitment – Dr. Joseph Wemakor

Jun 18, 2026 | Human Rights

Ghanaian human rights advocate, peace ambassador, journalist, and development communicator, Dr. Joseph Kobla Wemakor, ha ...

HRA Chairman Saad Kassis-Mohamed

HRA Chairman Saad Kassis-Mohamed Calls on Libyan Authorities to Release Gambian ...

May 10, 2026 | Human Rights

The Human Rights Association (HRA) today calls on the Libyan authorities to immediately release all Gambian nationals cu ...

HRRG advocacy secures release of Ghanaian domestic worker from Iraq

HRRG advocacy secures release of Ghanaian domestic worker from Iraq

May 4, 2026 | Human Rights

Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) has successfully facilitated the release and return of a Ghanaian domestic worker wh ...

Silenced Twice: Dr. Wemakor Calls for Inclusive Press Freedom Ahead of RightsCon 2026 in Zambia

Silenced Twice: Dr. Wemakor Calls for Inclusive Press Freedom Ahead of RightsCon...

Apr 29, 2026 | Human Rights

Renowned Ghanaian human rights advocate, journalist, and development communicator, Dr. Joseph Kobla Wemakor, has called ...

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