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Urgent concern for the safety of Angolan lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi

September 8, 2026
ANGOLA: Urgent concern for the safety of lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi

On 7 September 2026 Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and the International Observatory of Lawyers at Risk (OIAD) express their profound concern regarding the safety of lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi, following a recent threat to his life. The circumstances surrounding the threat remain unclear, raising serious concerns about public safety and the protection of lawyers in the country. The threat is part of broader trend of intensifying tensions in Angola, in the run up to the national elections.

Zola Ferreira Bambi is a human rights lawyer committed to advocating for the rights of human rights activists and vulnerable communities in Angola. Since the early 2000s, he has been at the forefront of documenting and challenging the persecution and judicial harassment of human rights defenders. He has represented activists and journalists in high-profile cases, advocating for freedom of expression and access to justice. Over the past decade, he has also documented and denounced numerous cases of corruption, impunity, abuse of power, forced displacement and police violence. In April 2025, Mr. Bambi’s dedication was internationally recognised when he received the Lawyers for Lawyers Award.

In the morning of September 1st, mr. Bambi received a death threat as he was preparing to attend a hearing before de Luanda Court in his capacity as a lawyer. The proceedings concern a high-profile case involving a high-ranking police officer and relate to allegations concerning the conduct of police forces in an incident that resulted in the death of a woman and left several other individuals seriously injured.  As Mr. Bambi represents the family of the deceased in these proceedings, there is a serious likelihood that the threat received that day is linked to his legal representation of the family in this case.

This alarming message was received amidst rising pressure, persecution, and threats against human rights defenders in Angola. As the country prepares for the national elections scheduled for August 2027, an increasingly tense and repressive climate has emerged in recent weeks, with social tensions and demands being used as a pretext for intimidation, threats, physical attacks, arbitrary arrests, and fabricated judicial proceedings against those expressing dissenting views. Activists, lawyers, journalists, and human rights defenders are increasingly being targeted, and these incidents appear to be intensifying as the elections approach.

ANGOLA: Urgent concern for the safety of lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi

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Thailand: New FIDH report details more than a decade of lèse-majesté abuse

September 4, 2026

A new report published on 2 September 2026 by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) sheds light on the severe human rights impacts of the enforcement of Article 112 of Thailand’s Criminal Code (lèse-majesté) since the country’s latest military coup in May 2014.

The report, titled “The unsayable – Q&A on Thailand’s lèse-majesté”, answers 15 frequently asked questions about Article 112 and its implications for human rights, civic space, the media, and democratic development in Thailand.

“The evidence of the serious human rights violation linked to the enforcement of Article 112 is overwhelming and causes great damage to Thailand’s international standing. Reform of Article 112 is long overdue and efforts by Thai civil society to peacefully campaign for such changes should be commended and protected,” said FIDH Vice-President Teppei Ono.

Statistics about lèse-majesté reflect the severity and scope of the human rights violations linked to the enforcement of Article 112. Between May 2014 and July 2026, at least 461 individuals were prosecuted under Article 112, with at least 199 receiving prison sentences. The 10 longest prison sentences imposed under Article 112 averaged approximately 30 years and six months, with the longest sentence reaching 50 years. At least 21 children were prosecuted under Article 112, with the youngest one aged 14.

As of July 2026, 29 individuals remained detained under Article 112. Of these, 12 were detained pending trial or appeal, while the judgments for the remaining 17 had become final. Among those behind bars is prominent pro-democracy activist and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa, who has accumulated a prison term of over 31 years stemming from 11 lèse-majesté convictions for his speeches and online posts that called for monarchy reform. Three additional lèse-majesté cases remain pending.

At the international level, all the relevant key United Nations (UN) human rights mechanisms have consistently expressed their concerns over various aspects of the enforcement of Article 112 and declared it incompatible with Thailand’s human rights obligations under international law…

FIDH and TLHR call on states to use Thailand’s fourth UPR to raise their concerns over the ongoing abuse of Article 112 and make recommendations to the Thai government to bring this provision into line with international law. FIDH and TLHR also urge Thai authorities to establish a moratorium on new lèse-majesté prosecutions and to immediately release all those who are being deprived of their liberty under Article 112.

The unsayable – Q&A on Thailand’s lese majeste

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‘Why is the Chinese Communist Party so scared?’

September 4, 2026
Hong Kong Watch

Benedict Rogers in Hong Kong Watch of 1 September 2026 asks the same kind of question I aksed many years ago in a symposium about NGOs [see Chapter 4, titled “From human rights projects to strategies: The search for coherence,” in the book NGOs in China and Europe: Comparisons and Contrasts edited by Yuwen Li – 2012].

Benedict Rogers writes iner alia: Within the past week, the Chinese regime has convicted a Hong Kong barrister and a trade unionist for the crime of organizing a peaceful vigil to commemorate the Tiananmen massacre and sentenced a Chinese artist to three years in prison for satirical sculptures of the long-dead leader Mao Zedong, responsible for the deaths of millions of Chinese civilians during his rulen.In so doing, Xi Jinping’s dictatorship has proven once again its thin-skinned paranoia, its neurotic fear of dissent and humor, and its ruthless determination to silence freedom of expression and bury history and truth.

Hong Kong lawyer Chow Hang-tung, aged 41, and trade unionist Lee Cheuk-yan, aged 69, representing the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were convicted on Aug. 21 of the crime of “inciting subversion” — simply for having organized candle-lit vigils to remember the 1989 Tiananmen massacre. They now face up to ten years’ imprisonment.

Both have already been in jail for the past five years and have now been convicted under Hong Kong’s draconian national security law imposed on the city by Beijing in 2020.

Both the conviction of Chow and Lee, and the sentencing of Gao [https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2026/08/27/chinese-artist-gao-zhen-sentenced-to-the-maximum-of-3-years-prison-over-satirical-mao-statues/], have drawn international condemnation from the United Nations, international human rights organizations, and governments.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders, Andrea Bolanos Vargas, said she is “deeply concerned” about Chow and Lee’s verdict, and called for their immediate release. She said: “Peacefully preserving memory and calling for truth, justice and accountability are human rights activities and must never be criminalized.”

These two cases are just the latest examples of Beijing’s intensifying intolerance of dissent. They follow the 20-year prison sentence imposed on Hong Kong media entrepreneur and devout Catholic  Jimmy Lai, aged 78, earlier this year, and the imprisonment of hundreds of other pro-democracy campaigners, human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers, and religious practitioners in Hong Kong and across China….

All these cases combined raise an important question. If China is — as Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party want us to believe — the world’s new superpower, why is it so terrified of a barrister and a trade unionist and a media entrepreneur lighting candles, or an artist making satirical sculptures?

If the regime in Beijing is as strong as they suggest, why are they so scared of Christians gathering to pray, Tibetans meditating on the Dalai Lama’s teachings, Uyghurs fasting during Ramadan, or Falun Gong practitioners practising physical exercises similar to yoga and promoting “truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance?” And why does it consider it a crime to promote understanding of different ethnic and religious cultures?

The truth is, the regime in Beijing hates humour, is scared of jokes, and is terrified of any opinion or belief that diverges from total loyalty not only to the Chinese Communist Party’s ideology but also to its key leaders, contemporary and historical. Any perceived mockery of Mao is deemed an insult to Xi, any attempt to remind the world about the tragedy of Tiananmen is seen as an assault on today’s regime, and any practice of religion or spirituality is regarded as a rejection of the regime’s attempts at self-deification.

In other words, this is a fragile regime, scared of its own shadows, its own murderous history, and its own people. Such a regime may be able to lock up brave dissidents, lawyers, trade unionists, journalists, artists, and religious believers for a time. It may be able to shut down free expression and freedom of religion for a while. But it can never silence the souls of its people, for whom the courage of Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan, Gao Zhen, and so many others stands as a light in the darkness.

This article was published in UCA News on 31 August 2026.

https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2026/9/1/why-is-the-chinese-communist-party-so-scared-benedict-rogers

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/09/04/hong-kong-misuses-colonial-era-law-to-violate-rights

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30 August 2026 was the International Day of the Victims of Disappearances

August 31, 2026

On the 2026 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances many organisations call on States and all stakeholders to reaffirm the primacy of law over force, the centrality of victims over oblivion, and the irreplaceable value of multilateralism and the international rule of law.

This heinous crime constitutes a violation of, among others, the prohibition of torture and/or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment with multidimensional and transgenerational impact, leaving families suspended between grief and hope, unable to mourn. Unfortunately, 46 years after the establishment of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and 20 years after the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the crime continues being perpetrated every day in all regions of the world.

Through their fight and mobilization, victims human rights defenders and their organizations are also key actors of the search and investigation processes; gathering evidence, conducting their own searches, demanding accountability and advocating for changes in law, policies and practices, victims of enforced disappearances have become some of the most important human rights defenders of our time.

The centrality of this role is undeniable. Nonetheless, its importance and impact are hardly known and not sufficiently acknowledged and supported. To the contrary, some States expect that the victims take the lead and replace the action of the authorities in charge of the search and investigation processes related to their cases. In other instances, the authorities shift the burden of proof, making the victims fully responsible for gathering evidence of the enforced disappearances, while, as the “paradigm of the perfect crime”, they usually are shrouded in secrecy. Victims should never be put in a situation where they have to replace the State’s duties to search, investigate, prosecute and provide reparation, and concrete action remains necessary to support victims in the daily nightmare they face.

Dialogue and synergy between States, victims, civil society organizations and international mechanisms must be strengthened to raise awareness on the ongoing reality of enforced disappearances, to share lessons learned and promote cooperation between all stakeholders. Explicit action is required, that demonstrates commitment, such as allocating resources to search and accountability mechanisms and supporting families of the disappeared.

Here some more references that show how widespread action is on this day:

https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2026/08/international-day-victims-enforced-disappearances

States must ensure truth, justice and accountability for victims of trafficking and enforced disappearance

Statements and speeches Statement for The International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/international-day-victims-enforced-disappearances-today-1528341

https://citizen.digital/article/opinion-actionow-kenya-must-end-enforced-disappearances-13-n389273

When the missing are not allowed to be forgotten: 30 August and Manipur’s unfinished search for truth

https://www.article19.org/resources/yemen-enforced-disappearance-as-a-tool-to-silence-the-press

https://civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/op-eds/8736-why-solidarity-is-vital-to-freeing-imprisoned-human-rights-defenders

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European human rights court (for third and final time) orders Turkey to free Osman Kavala

August 26, 2026

An acquittal and two binding European judgments failed to unlock Turkish activist Osman Kavala’s cell, so after nearly nine years, Europe’s top human rights judges on Tuesday handed Ankara a final, two-part order: Free him and erase the conviction.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday 25 August 2026 ordered Turkey to release imprisoned philanthropist Osman Kavala without delay and said his criminal conviction should be treated as null and void, delivering a sweeping judgment in a case that has strained Ankara’s relations with European institutions for years.

The court’s 17-judge Grand Chamber found that the criminal proceedings against Kavala were used predominantly to punish and silence him over activities connected to the 2013 Gezi Park protests and his work as a human rights defender. It also said his case reflected a wider systemic problem in Turkey involving the prosecution and detention of political opponents, human rights defenders and journalists as well as structural weaknesses in judicial independence.

The Strasbourg-based court found violations of Kavala’s rights to liberty, a fair trial, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and association. It also found that Turkey had improperly restricted those rights for purposes not permitted under the European Convention on Human Rights and that Kavala’s life sentence without the possibility of parole violated the prohibition on inhuman or degrading punishment.

It concluded that the flaws in the proceedings were so serious that Kavala’s conviction amounted to a “flagrant denial of justice,” meaning the conviction could not provide a lawful basis for keeping him imprisoned. The court said his detention since its first ruling in his favor in December 2019 had therefore violated his right to liberty.

Kavala, 68, has been imprisoned since 2017. A Turkish court sentenced him in April 2022 to aggravated life imprisonment — effectively life without parole — after convicting him of attempting to overthrow the government by allegedly financing and organizing the Gezi Park protests.

Tuesday’s ruling also questioned whether the courts handling Kavala’s case were sufficiently independent and impartial. The ECtHR pointed to a disciplinary investigation opened against three judges shortly after they acquitted Kavala in 2020, repeated transfers and mergers of his cases, statements by senior government officials portraying him as guilty before his conviction and broader problems involving the appointment, transfer and discipline of judges.

The court stopped short of saying Turkey’s judiciary as a whole acts on government orders. But it said the structural shortcomings it identified could facilitate direct or indirect executive influence over judicial decisions, particularly in politically sensitive cases.

The Turkish government has repeatedly denied accusations of political interference in the judiciary and maintains that the country’s courts operate independently. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has also rejected previous European court rulings in Kavala’s case.

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The court also awarded Kavala 70,000 euros ($82,000) in damages and 43,300 euros in legal costs.

Grand Chamber judgments are final and legally binding on Turkey as a member of the Council of Europe. Their implementation is supervised by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.

European rights court orders Turkey to free Osman Kavala, says conviction is null and void

https://courthousenews.com/european-court-lobs-third-order-to-free-turkish-activist-jailed-for-life/

https://www.icj.org/turkiye-osman-kavala-must-be-immediately-released-following-european-court-order-to-quash-his-conviction

Erdoğan adviser signals possible break with European rights system after Kavala ruling
Amnesty urges European action on Kavala, says Turkey’s defiance threatens rights system

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Podcast with staff of International Service for Human Rights

August 19, 2026

On August 18, 2026 Swissinfo, in their series Summer profiles, featured the ISHR and its director and deputy, Phil Lynch and Pooja Patel.

Please listen to this week’s episode:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/international-geneva/summer-profiles-international-service-for-human-rights-ishr/91910274

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FEDA – Egypt political prisoners’ families launch new international rights group

August 17, 2026

On 14 August 2026, families of Egyptian detainees launched Families of Egyptian Detainees Association (FEDA) to seek releases, fair trials and better prison conditions on the 13th anniversary of Rabaa to seek practical solutions to what it described as a 13-year detention crisis and press for improved prison conditions and fair trials.

In its founding statement, FEDA said its main objective was to bring an end to “the tragedy that has continued for 13 years” by pursuing measures that could lead to the release of political detainees.The group’s launch coincides with the 13th anniversary of the Rabaa and Nahda massacres on 14 August 2013, when Egyptian security forces violently dispersed two sit-ins by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo.

The association said it would use legal and political channels to seek prisoners’ release and push for fair trials and detention conditions that comply with Egyptian law and international standards.

Its plans include approaching Egyptian and international institutions, political and religious leaders, and figures working in politics, media and human rights. FEDA also intends to visit the United Nations and bodies dealing with detention and enforced disappearance, pursue legal cases over alleged abuses and organise solidarity events.

Human Rights Watch estimated in 2017 that around 60,000 people had been imprisoned on political grounds since that year, although that cannot be treated as a current estimate of those presently held.

Rights organisations say political detention has affected journalists, activists, human rights defenders, protesters, academics and political opponents, as well as people detained over expression or political activity.

The association stressed that it was not aligned with any particular political movement, saying its purpose was to represent detainees’ families and work with Egyptian and international institutions to bring the political detention crisis to an end.

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https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-political-prisoners-families-launch-intl-rights-group

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Afghanistan’s human rights crisis worsening after five years of Taliban

August 17, 2026

As Taliban rule in Afghanistan continues, UN experts and many others warned that normalisation continues despite increasing restrictions imposed on the population, including women and girls, over the past year. They urged States to accelerate steps towards accountability.

“Five years may be a short period in the life of a country, but it is a long one in a child’s life,” the experts said. “A generation of girls has now been denied secondary education. A girl who was in grade six when the ban began is reaching adulthood without another day in school.”

Over the past year, the Taliban have further entrenched their institutionalised gender-based repression. The experts reiterated that the Taliban’s intentional and targeted gender-based deprivation of fundamental rights amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds. As this repression forms part of an institutionalised system of gender-based discrimination, oppression and domination, the experts said it can also be characterised as gender apartheid. They urged States to actively support the codification of gender apartheid as a distinct crime against humanity…

Enforcement measures, some involving cruel and inhuman punishment, have also intensified, the experts said. In 2025 alone, more people were publicly flogged than in all the previous years of Taliban rule combined.

“Women have been turned away from hospitals on account of their attire or for lacking a male guardian, denying them their right to access health care. In June 2026, at least 30 women and girls were jailed in Herat for allegedly violating the Taliban’s dress code. When residents protested, security forces opened fire, killing at least two people, including a boy.”

They called for strengthened support for the International Criminal Court, warning that “the newly mandated Independent Investigative Mechanism for Afghanistan must not remain only an achievement on paper; it must also be properly and swiftly resourced.”

“Afghanistan is not a safe country: mass returns and forced deportations in violation of the obligation of non-refoulement must stop, particularly for those who face heightened protection risks, including religious or ethnic minorities and LGBT persons,” the experts said.

“There should be no moves to normalise the Taliban de facto authorities, including by accepting diplomats or holding meetings in capitals, without demonstrated, measurable progress against human rights benchmarks, particularly for women and girls,” the experts said. “For five years, Afghans’ human rights have been systematically violated, yet many continue to strive bravely and against the odds to restore them. The international community must not let them down again.”

The full statement is available here.

Afghanistan: UN experts warn against normalisation of Taliban rule (Press Release)

HRW calls for release of six rights workers from Taliban prison

https://amu.tv/249925

https://www.omct.org/en/resources/blog/a-bridge-to-justice-an-afghan-woman-lawyer-on-resilience-solidarity-and-a-hopeful-future

Ravadari Says Taliban Have Arbitrarily Detained More Than 6,000 People in Afghanistan

https://amu.tv/250139

https://8am.media/eng/five-years-taliban-world-misunderstand

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/09/07/afghanistan-advance-accountability-for-grave-abuses-in-afghanistan

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Four US human rights groups sue Trump administration over ‘crippling’ ICC sanctions

August 13, 2026

On 11 August 2026 the Guardian and other media reported that four prominent US human rights organizations have accused the Trump administration of using its “crippling” sanctions regime against the international criminal court (ICC) to undermine global efforts to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday, the groups – the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Institute – argued that the administration’s targeting of the ICC, as well as of groups and individuals affiliated with it or assisting its work, amounts to a “blatantly illegal attack on international justice”, the groups said.

The suit challenges Trump’s February 2025 executive order, which authorized sanctions on ICC officials, judges and others working to support its investigation of Israeli crimes in Palestine – one of 18 investigations into war crimes and crimes against humanity the Netherlands-based tribunal is overseeing.

The US state department and justice department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Tuesday’s lawsuit follows one filed last month by Democracy in the Arab World Now (Dawn), a Washington-based advocacy group focused on US foreign policy in the Middle East, and the New York-based Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide, as well as legal challenges brought by some of the sanctioned individuals themselves, including Albanese’s family and three sitting ICC judges.

James Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, a program of Open Society Foundations, which the Trump administration also explicitly threatened last year, called the sanctions “an assault on the rule of law, independent judges and prosecutors, and civil society in the United States and around the world”.

“Independent courts can function only when judges, prosecutors and rights advocates are free to do their work without fear of political retaliation. We believe that no one is above the law,” he said in the press conference on Tuesday. “The executive order shields the perpetrators of war crimes from scrutiny while punishing those who pursue accountability. Justice must be fair and impartial, not only directed at America’s adversaries.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/human-rights-groups-trump-lawsuit-icc-sanctions

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/08/11/rights-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-targeting-icc

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-human-rights-groups-sue-trump-over-anti-icc-push-2026-08-11

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/08/18/us-sanctions-2-more-international-criminal-court-officials

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/other/3969297-un-experts-demand-us-end-icc-sanctions-as-international-justice-faces-growing-pressure?amp

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2025 EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World

August 13, 2026

This year’s EU Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World is looking back at a year that has been remarkable for the persistence and variety of conflicts, and for widespread shifts away from an international rules-based order to one based on autocratic power, where self-interest takes precedence over solidarity. 

There is a stark contrast between current geo-political trends and the achievements recounted in this year’s EU Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World report. Made up of many stories, the report outlines the positive results of people in countries all over the world coming together to make a positive difference. We want to tell these stories because the principles enshrined in the founding EU treaties are noble and universal, and because today it takes strong resolve to speak difficult truths and keep the European Union (EU) on the right side of history. 

The EU continues to act in a world characterised by fear and uncertainty. For the EU, the compass of universal human rights has kept us on a steady course, charted in the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and the EU Report on Human Rights and Democracy follows the same structure. The report presents stories about protecting and empowering individuals, building resilient, inclusive and democratic societies, promoting a global system for human rights and democracy, harnessing opportunities and addressing challenges and ensuring we deliver by working with our partners.

Amid these challenges, and as this report makes clear, the European Union remains a steady force for good in the world, not least because our interests and values – grounded in universal norms – are one and the same. That is why we are still the partner of choice for those who want to foster cooperation for human rights and democracy globally. This report contains many examples of our positive work that I hope can serve as inspiration to others.


The last 12 months have brought innumerable small victories for human rights and democracy, from the many moves away from the death penalty, to the new generation rising to the challenge of public participation, online and in the streets, in Gen Z movements across the globe. We can see that democracy, human rights and justice remain an aspiration and a source of hope. Several elections in 2025 resulted in peaceful transfers of power, demonstrating the resilience of democratic institutions. 

The EU accompanied many of these high points, whether through election monitoring, capacity building, or celebrations and public statements, just as it lent a hand to shed light on human rights violations and democratic backsliding by giving voice to victims, supporting human rights defenders at risk, leading efforts in multilateral fora or manoeuvring through quiet diplomacy.

The 2025 EU Report on Human Rights and Democracy shows that human rights are not just words for us, but take the form of actions of all kinds by our countless partners around the world as well of course as EU actors, whether in Brussels or in EU Delegations, offices and missions.

As this report attests, promoting and defending human rights and democracy around the world is a long-term commitment for the EU, requiring collective efforts that often need time to bring results. But working with partners to preserve and improve human dignity, basic freedoms and justice contributes to creating a solid and lasting foundation on which we can all build prosperity through sustainable development. 

Learning from the unprecedented challenges of 2025, the EU carries on working to uphold human rights and democracy, and is proud to continue to promote these important stories of hope and impact.

Read the 2025 EU Report on Human Rights and Democracy Annual Report

https://euneighbourseast.eu/news/latest-news/eu-summarises-situation-with-human-rights-and-democracy-worldwide-in-its-latest-report

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