Category: Human Rights

As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues to escalate with no signs of peace talks from both sides, Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has urged her Ukrainian side, the United Nations, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to demand Ukraine to stop torturing Russian prisoners, reported Sputnik. Citing the Geneva Convention of […]

Australia on Friday defended their hotly contested decision to pull out of a cricket series against Afghanistan following a Taliban crackdown on women’s “basic human rights”. Cricket: Australia withdraw from Afghanistan ODI series over Taliban’s restrictions on women “Basic human rights is not politics,” Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley said in a statement sent […]

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) — South Korea is pushing for the resumption of bilateral consultations with the United States on the North Korean human rights problem following a six-year hiatus, multiple diplomatic sources said Sunday. The allies had two rounds of working-level discussions in 2016 on ways to promote human rights in the reclusive nation. […]

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 15 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said strongly condemned the desecration of an Ahmadiyya site of worship in Punjab province’s Wazirabad district and called for the protection of such sites of religious minorities in the country. “HRCP strongly condemns the desecration of a historical Ahmadiyya site of worship in […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – More than one third of Americans listen to podcasts regularly. With more than four million podcast titles out there, the city of Bismarck is adding one more to that number. The Human Relations Committee is hosting a new podcast called “These are Your Neighbors.” The committee hopes to bring community conversation […]

Liam Byrne (Labour) quoted Michelle Bachelet about human rights. London:  UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee held a formal/oral evidence session on “Implementing the Integrated Review/Tilt to the Indo Pacific”. The first session was called “How does India fit into the UK’s Foreign and Defence policies?” with a specific focus on Kashmir. On the morning of the session, […]

Hello, friends, Last week, European regulators fined Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, 390 million euros for illegally forcing users to accept personalized advertising. The decision was hailed as a watershed moment for Europe’s comprehensive privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation, known as GDPR. But in many ways, it was actually a reminder […]

Amazon is once again under fire for allowing offensive items to be sold on its site, human rights group claims. The SWC says it isn’t the first — or second — time it has called out the retail giant for Nazi propaganda. Amazon has since removed the items, but more related products remain, Gizmodo reports. […]

Iran has slammed the death of Keenan Anderson, the cousin of a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, after he was repeatedly tasered by police officers in Los Angeles, saying the United States must be held to account for systematic violation of human rights. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani said on Saturday that the US […]

Human rights campaigners have condemned Iran for having “pitifully little respect” for the right to life after it executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari on spy charges. The comments from Amnesty International UK came after Iranian state media on Saturday announced that Mr Akbari, a former Tehran defence official who was seen by the Islamic Republic […]