Category: Human Rights

The European Parliament Thursday resolved to condemn the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for human rights violations in the wake of protests against the state after the death of Mahsa Amini. The nonbinding resolution calls for “the expansion of restrictive measures” against Iran. The resolution describes the “detention, arrest, and abduction” of over 20,000 protestors, […]

Hundreds of people gathered outside Orlando City Hall Saturday to stand up for a woman’s right to choose.Sunday would have marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade.That ruling was overturned last year.”Abortion rights are human rights,” abortion rights advocates said. People chanted their way to the steps of Orlando City […]

A ‘human-chain’ was created in front of the Kelowna Art Gallery on Saturday afternoon to show support for the Iran Revolution. Around 50 people gathered, held hands and chanted as they spread awareness to the Iran Revolution against their government, or as they call it, ‘the regime’. Iranians in #Kelowna gather in front of the […]

WACO, Texas (KWTX) – January marks National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Each year more than 313,000 people are victims of human trafficking in Texas, according to a study by the University of Texas. In order to help reduce that number, Unbound Now – Waco hosted their annual “Not in My City” event on Saturday. From […]

By Alon Ben-Meir* The Iranian government continues to commit human rights violations and crimes against humanity in its effort to strike terror into the heart of its people. That the government considers itself a devout Muslim regime is sacrilegious and makes a mockery of Islam. Iran’s theocratic government is violating every grain of human rights […]

Pakistan’s top human rights body has expressed deep concern over amendments to the country’s controversial blasphemy laws, saying they are likely to exacerbate the persecution of the beleaguered religious minorities and minority sects. Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously passed the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act 2023 on Tuesday, enhancing the minimum punishment for those who insult the […]

With more than four months into Iran’s latest round of nationwide uprisings, the brutality of the Iranian regime’s security and judiciary apparatus has caused outrage and condemnation around the world. Politicians, lawmakers, and human rights activists and organizations are calling on Tehran to respect the human rights of civilians and to stop the torture and […]

QUETTA: Former Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar on Saturday expressed concern over the ‘human rights violation’ in Pakistan and lambasted the ‘absence’ of rule of law. Addressing a seminar in Quetta, the former Senator said that restricting people from holding peaceful protests is violation of basic human rights, regretting that […]

GENEVA: Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) took part in the review and discussion of the fifth and the sixth periodic reports submitted by the Sultanate of Oman to the Committee on the Rights of the Child of the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in Geneva. […]