Kuwait’s UN Human Rights Council Victory: A Global Milestone
NEW YORK, Oct 10: The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, among the State of Kuwait, with Peru and Russia … Read More
Tag: Human Rights
‘Deeply concerned’: UN calls for release of Kashmir activist
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – The United Nations has expressed concern over the arrest of a prominent Kashmiri rights activist under the stringent “anti-terror” law by the Indian authorities and has … Read More
US abortion rights at stake as Supreme Court takes up key case
Washington, DC – The United States Supreme Court is taking up a case that could reverse decades of access to abortion in the US, in what women’s rights advocates are … Read More
The hypocrisy of Emmerson Mnangagwa
Since becoming the president of Zimbabwe in November 2017, despite repeatedly paying lip service to calls for democratic reform, Emmerson Mnangagwa did little to further human rights and democratic freedoms … Read More
‘If you love your people, you fight’: Indigenous take on big soy
Campo Aguae, Paraguay – Gazing out upon an expanse of razed forest, Tupa Nevanga recalls a time when his native village in Paraguay’s eastern plains teemed with wild honey, bush meat … Read More
Assange and the assurances of ‘civilised’ torturers
In persisting with its campaign to have Wikileaks founder Julian Assange extradited from the United Kingdom, the US continues to expose its own systemic crimes. The “assurances” of humane treatment … Read More
Hossam Bahgat: Egyptian rights activist found guilty over tweet
A court has found a leading Egyptian human rights activist guilty of insulting a judicial election commission in a tweet he posted last year following a national vote. The misdemeanour … Read More
In tiny home villages, unhoused Americans find temporary reprieve
Oakland, California – Tim Ybarra, 62, flips through an assembly book for a geodesic dome. It will ultimately become a kitchen, providing one meal a day for residents of Union Point … Read More
Activists hail Tanzania move to lift ban on pregnant schoolgirls
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Tanzania announced this week the lifting of a controversial ban prohibiting pregnant girls from returning to school, a decision that came after years of sustained … Read More
Europe’s ‘last dictator’: Who is Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko?
With a grey comb-over hairstyle, chevron-shaped moustache and a strong rural accent, Alexander Lukashenko, a former collective farm manager-turned-minor Communist official, was the only legislator in Soviet Belarus to vote … Read More