Category: Human Rights

Commenting on the death of the victim, Keenan Anderson, after he was repeatedly tasered by police officers in Los Angeles, a development that has sparked a massive outcry throughout the United States, Kan’ani in a tweet on Tuesday described Anderson’s death as a “tragic.” Anderson, 31, cousin of Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives […]

14:45, 17 January 2023, Bishkek – 24.kg news agency , by Darya PODOLSKAYA The National Center for Prevention of Torture supports the initiative of MP Dastan Bekeshev to make amendments and changes to the Criminal Procedure Code, which provide for restrictions on the use of a preventive measure in the form of detention for elderly people and pregnant women. Organization’s statement says. Human rights activists […]

Last week, the European Parliament political leaders decided to enforce a strict 500-word limit to their “urgency” resolutions on human rights abuses in third countries, as part of their response to corruption allegations known as “Qatargate.” The scandal refers to alleged bribery of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) by foreign governments, including Morocco and […]

Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch, has said that he believes his work, which has included criticisms of Israel’s human rights violations, is the reason for Harvard’s rejection. Harvard declined to comment on details of the decision. Spicer and Lewandowski, for their parts, survived the backlash in 2017. But also that year, Manning’s invitation […]

By Aymen Sherwani, January 16 2022— January marks Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month — but what exactly does it look like? When we hear the term “human trafficking” we don’t think of Canada — the first thing that would come to mind would be criminals like Andrew Tate recently getting arrested in Romania after […]

Children’s rights must remain a priority, and their voices and perspectives should be heard and listened to, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, while addressing the  opening of the 92nd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.   2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human […]

Last month, the Indonesian parliament unanimously passed a new revision of the country’s criminal code. The code, which would replace legislation dating back to the period of Dutch colonial rule, signifies a major assault on the democratic rights of working people. Indonesian President Joko Widodo with newly appointed Armed Forces Chief Adm. Yudo Margono at […]

Their first significant win, he says, came in 2003 in the case of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman who an Islamic Court sentenced to death-by-stoning for conceiving a child out of wedlock. When they heard about the case, Paradis’ colleague managed to find the email address of Lawal’s lawyer, who unexpectedly answered their query almost […]

In an opinion piece published last week in the Wall Street Journal, United States President Joe Biden calls on both Republican and Democratic lawmakers to adopt “serious” federal privacy protections. Government action to protect consumers from business practices that undermine human rights is necessary, and Congress should act to do so. Human Rights Watch’s recent […]

BALTIMORE — Civil rights organizations and advocates representing three Maryland teens are challenging the state’s oversight of medical records for foster children receiving psychotropic drugs, according to a new federal lawsuit filed this week. In Maryland, 1 out of every 3 foster children are being given psychotropic medications, often without a documented psychiatric diagnosis, according […]