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The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has called for those fleeing Venezuela to receive international refugee protection. An immense 3.7 million people have now left Venezuela, mostly on foot, to escape from the worsening political crisis, leaving over 3,000 children stateless. The crisis has now developed into a humanitarian emergency, leaving millions of people in poverty without access to basic needs such as food and healthcare. In an exclusive IOHR … Read more →

UN officials have called on the Security Council to unite in support for an immediate de-escalation of fighting in Syria’s north-western Idlib governorate, where at least 180,000 people have been displaced in three weeks and up to 160 people killed. On 20 May, Save the Children reported that at least 38 children had been killed by shelling in Idlib and Hama governorates since 1 April. Briefing the UN Security Council, … Read more →

British nationals are to be banned from entering or remaining in parts of conflict-stricken Syria in the first use of a controversial new rule. Home Secretary Sajid Javid is to give British citizens in northern Syria 28 days to leave or face up to ten years in prison when they return to the UK. Britons will also be banned from travelling to Idlib and the northeast of the country under … Read more →

A Human Rights Watch report released on 9 May has concluded that a blast which killed 15 Yemeni school children in April this year was caused by a Houthi-controlled warehouse that stored volatile material which caught fire and detonated in Yemen’s capital Sanaa. The massive blast injured more than 100 children and adults in the residential Sawan neighborhood. “The Houthi authorities need to provide credible information and stop storing large … Read more →

Qatar has been arbitrarily stripping the citizenship of family members of the Ghufran tribe for over 30 years, depriving them of basic human rights. At least 28 members of the Ghufran tribe have currently been left stateless and are calling for their rights to be restored. A Human Rights Watch report published on 12 May confirmed a number of cases of Ghufran family members that have been deprived of their … Read more →

The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights in Canada held a press conference in Ottawa on 9 May to highlight the ongoing and extensive human rights violations in Iran. The Centre organises ‘Iran Accountability Week’ every year in partnership with Parliamentarians from all political parties. Representatives from Canada’s House of Commons and the Senate discussed Canada’s policy towards Iran. The speakers at the conference on 9 May aimed to, “highlight … Read more →