Articles
- GHRD Team
- 16 July 2025
- Europe, United Kingdom
- Migrant Rights, Racial Violence
Last summer, the UK experienced episodes of riots after the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport. Misinformation quickly circulated, falsely implicating a Muslim asylum seeker in the crime (Marchant, 2025). Earlier this year, in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, following allegations that two Romanian teenagers had sexually assaulted a girl, a far-right mob targeted ethnic minorities (Telford & Page, 2025). These incidents are not isolated but reflect broader and ongoing issues of Islamophobia and xenophobia in the UK.
- GHRD Team
- 15 July 2025
- GHRD Team
- 13 July 2025
- Europe, Georgia
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Human Rights Violations, Protests
The Georgian government has been using AI-powered surveillance systems to fine and arrest peaceful protesters.
- GHRD Team
- 10 July 2025
- Europe, France, Italy
- Discrimination, Law Enforcement, Migrant Rights, Police Accountability
The following article highlights the latest developments related to the phenomenon of racial profiling carried out by law enforcement in France and Italy. By observing common trends, the need for structural reforms at both the national and international levels will be evident.
- GHRD Team
- 30 June 2025
- Haiti, North America
- Crises, International Justice
As Haiti faces the collapse of its government, rising gang violence and humanitarian catastrophe, the international community continues to observe in relative silence. This article explores why Haiti, the first Black republic and a state in deep crisis, remains excluded from the legal and institutional mechanisms that the world has activated elsewhere. At the heart of this silence lies a troubling question: when it comes to international justice, whose lives are protected by the law?
- GHRD Team
- 30 June 2025
- Asia, Cambodia
- Abuse, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations
In 2025, Huione Group attracted international attention as its subsidiaries enabled money laundering for transnational organised crime to flourish. As illicit businesses can be a persistent threat to human rights, this article will underline how Huione Group’s subsidiaries operated and the key challenges arising from these entities.
- GHRD Team
- 26 June 2025
- Europe, Georgia
- Conflict, Minorities, Minority Rights, Oppression
Georgian minority in Russian-occupied region, Abkhazia, experiences one of Europe’s most overlooked humanitarian crises. Legal uncertainties, the threat of cultural erasure and daily fear accompany the lives of Georgians who only wanted to return home but found themselves caught between the legacy of war, the reality of occupation, and the failure of international mechanisms to protect their basic rights.
- GHRD Team
- 24 June 2025
- GHRD Team
- 22 June 2025
- Asia, Bangladesh
- 1971 Bangladesh Genocide, Justice
Once focused solely on prosecuting atrocities from Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) now finds itself at the centre of a legal and political transformation. Triggered by mass protests and government repression in mid-2024, sweeping amendments to its founding law have dramatically expanded the tribunal’s mandate. As it begins prosecuting recent acts of political violence, the ICT-BD raises critical questions about justice, legitimacy, and the future of the rule of law in Bangladesh.
- GHRD Team
- 22 June 2025
- Asia, Malaysia
- Climate Change, Climate Rights, Deforestation
Concerns over deforestation, mining, and environmental degradation have caused significant harm to the Indigenous Peoples in Malaysia who depend on these lands for their survival. As the mining and logging industries expand, these communities continue to face human rights violations.
- Asia Team
- 22 June 2025
- Asia, Fiji
- Corruption, Police Violence
In Fiji, the use of excessive force continues to pose a serious threat to human rights. Despite widespread alarm and condemnation, such brutality remains pervasive, deeply entrenched in structural and legal weaknesses, as well as a prevailing culture of impunity and violence. Although several measures have been implemented to tackle this issue, a more comprehensive and sustained approach is essential to achieve lasting change.
- GHRD Team
- 19 June 2025
- Thailand
- Deportation, International Justice, Uyghurs
Thailand’s deportation of Uyghur Muslims was not a policy failure – it was policy in action. It reflected an institutional design built not to prevent abuses but to deflect outrage while advancing China’s interests without consequence.
- GHRD Team
- 19 June 2025
- Asia Team
- 17 June 2025
- Asia, Singapore
- Discrimination, LGBTQIA+ Rights, Tolerance
LGBTQIA+ rights in Singapore remain a pressing issue. While recent legal reforms mark progress, widespread prejudice against the community persists.
- GHRD Team
- 16 June 2025
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Climate Change, Indigenous Rights, Nature
New Zealand has made history by giving legal rights to nature. Following Māori beliefs, laws now treat rivers and mountains as living entities with their own legal standing, which shows a radical shift in environmental protection.