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Green News

Indigenous Australians and pension holders unite against gas projects

Traditional Owners of three First Nations are putting pressure on the pension funds over their fossil fuel investment plans with Santos.

Singapore

Singapore executes man accused of coordinating cannabis delivery

Singapore on Wednesday executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence.

Europe News

Scandals risk shattering people's trust in the EU, warns Ombudsman

In an interview with Euronews, Emily O'Reilly said citizens were "almost predestined" to distrust the EU institutions.

My Europe Series

Inside the network deporting Ukrainian children to Russia

Open-source data investigations and social media channels like Telegram are playing a key role in spreading awareness not only about Maria Lvova-Belova, but a bigger structure of re-education camps, transport routes, deportation strategies and the network deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.

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Russia

Ilya Yashin loses court appeal against eight-and-a-half year sentence

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine is to remain behind bars after losing an appeal against an eight-and-a-half-year sentence handed down in December 2022.

World News

Euroviews. Algorithms favouring deceptive content are violating your basic rights

What we need to fix this is the buy-in of all the players. Digital companies, big and small, and governments must commit to regulating the right way, Tawfik Jelassi writes.

World News

Euroviews. Retrospective facial recognition tech conceals human rights abuses

With the AI Act, the EU has a unique opportunity to end rampant abuse facilitated by mass surveillance technologies, Ella Jakubowska, Hajira Maryam and Matt Mahmoudi write.

Europe Decoded

Watch: The six friction points currently straining EU-China relations

Relations between the two powers have become visibly fraught, with suspicions and warnings voiced in public view.

Russia

Russian father convicted for criticising the war arrested in Belarus

A Russian court on Tuesday convicted a single father over social media posts criticising the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to two years in prison - a case brought to the attention of authorities by his daughter’s drawings against the invasion at school.

World News

How does Frontex get away with 'plain murder'?

Evidence has amassed in recent years that Frontex has violated human rights at Europe’s borders – but the border agency is surprisingly hard to hold to account.

World News

Amnesty denounces the West's 'racist double standards'

Amnesty International's annual report draws attention to the West's "racist double standards" in dealing with human rights violations.

No Comment

Afghan boys unaware school year has started, return to class days late

Many Afghan boys, unaware that the school year has started, return to class days late after the Taliban authorities fail to make a public announcement of the reopening of schools.

My Europe Series

Ukrainian children deported to Russia face uncertain future

Thousands of Ukrainian children are being forced into a system designed to turn them into Russians.

Russia

Police in Russia detain human rights activists

Russian authorities on Tuesday detained human rights activists including members of the Nobel-winning Memorial organisation after raids on homes and offices

Cyprus

Children of mixed marriages in Cyprus struggle to obtain citizenship

The children of mixed marriages in Cyprus, some are now adults, are claiming that they are unable to obtain a citizenship from the Republic of Cyprus, despite being born in the island and having a parent who has a citizenship from the RoC, due to their Turkish roots.

Culture news

Armenian production 'Aurora's Sunrise' wins Grand Prize at FIFDH

The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) encourages participants to consider human rights at the crossroads of their continuity, breakdown and development

Russia

Russia 'will have to make a stop in The Hague on their way to hell'

Russia 'will have to make a stop in The Hague on their way to hell' after ICC arrest warrant

Russia

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

The charges are in connection with the forced removal of Ukrainian children who were taken to Russia against their will.

Cinema

Marking 75th anniversary of UN Human Rights Declaration through film

Like every year, the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), is held in March in Geneva, parallel to the main session of the UN Human Rights Council.

United Kingdom

UK citizens lose most if country exits ECHR, warns expert

Britain's government has threatened to pull out of the landmark treaty in order to allow a crackdown on migration.