Category: Human Rights

Iran’s judiciary has announced the enforcement of a five-year prison sentence for two journalists accused of “propaganda against the state” over their reporting on the death in custody of Mahsa Jina Amini which sparked nationwide protests in 2022. Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, journalists from the “Ham-Mihan” and “Shargh” newspapers were among the first to report […]

Mozambique’s election commission today declared Daniel Chapo and his ruling party Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique, Frelimo) winners of the country’s October 9 general elections. The elections were marred by political killings, widespread irregularities, and restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly. International observers, including the African Union, European Union, and the Commonwealth, have raised serious […]

United Nations and African Union member states should begin planning the deployment of a mission to protect civilians in Sudan, where millions of people are displaced and face famine after a year and a half of brutal armed conflict.  In a new report to the UN Security Council, UN Secretary-General António Guterres outlines steps member states should take to […]

“States must take positive actions to eradicate discrimination based on gender, ethnic identity, legal status, age or any other factor, including indirect, intersectional and structural factors,” said Alexandra Xanthaki, presenting her latest report to the UN General Assembly in New York. It addresses the right to participate in sports as an important element of the […]

If you ever go to Wallops Island, Virginia (perhaps on the way to Chincoteague to see the annual pony swim), you will be struck by a large field full of dish antennas aimed skyward. The Worldview database is a cool tool that environmental journalists (and their production teams) should know about. It’s not simply data; […]

(Sydney) – The Australian government should take the lead with other governments to continue to publicly criticize grave human rights abuses in China, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. An Australian-led joint statement at the United Nations General Assembly on October 22, 2024, expressed ongoing concerns about the Chinese government’s serious human rights […]

On 25 October, Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič, is in Germany, to visit a full-scale civil protection exercise funded by the European Commission. The Magnitude exercise simulates a scenario of a devastating earthquake. Participants to the exercise include European response teams from Austria, Greece, France, Switzerland, as well as 12 German response teams, eight […]

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On October 10, the Tangiers Court of Cassation overturned the 2019 conviction of a man for raping his wife, which had been hailed as Morocco’s first ruling to explicitly criminalize marital rape. By referring the case back to the Tangiers Appeals Court, which had sentenced the man to two years imprisonment and ordered him to pay a […]