Category: Human Rights

Human Rights Watch on Thursday released its annual report for last year, in which it described a “litany of human rights crises” around the world. The report is an opportunity for Taiwan to reflect on domestic and international rights issues that directly concern Taiwanese. One of the focuses of the report was the abuses against […]

(London) – The litany of human rights crises that unfolded in 2022 – from Ukraine to China to Afghanistan – has left behind a sea of human suffering, but it has also opened new opportunities for human rights leadership from countries around the world, Tirana Hassan, acting executive director at Human Rights Watch, said today […]

Australia opted out of the three-match series, scheduled for March in the UAE. Cricket Australia’s Chief Executive, Nick Hockley, staunchly defended the decision to withdraw its men’s team from a one-day international series against Afghanistan, citing women’s rights as the primary reason, despite criticism from the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and its players. Australia […]

(Jakarta) – Malaysia’s November 2022 general elections followed a year of repression, abuses against vulnerable groups, and political instability, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. Under then-Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the authorities aggressively cracked down on free speech and peaceful protests, and increased discrimination and harassment of refugees, migrants, and lesbian, […]

Rights groups and Uyghurs living abroad have strongly condemned a visit to Xinjiang this week by a delegation of Muslim scholars and clerics from developing nations who voiced support for China’s policies in the far-western region, saying they turned a blind eye to the suffering of persecuted Uyghurs.  The group of more than 30 Islamic […]

(Jakarta) – The Australian government’s failure to uphold the rights of First Nations people and asylum seekers harms the government’s credibility to promote human rights in the region, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. Similarly, the government’s continued support for fossil fuel expansion undermines its international standing on climate justice. “The […]

The Accra Human Rights Forum International has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider its decision to dismiss eight final-year students of the Chiana Senior High School over “some unwarranted and unsavoury comments.” “The decision to dismiss the eight students for needless and unsavoury comments against President Nana Akufo-Addo is harsh considering these […]

(Jakarta) – South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk-yeol, has refocused the government on human rights issues in North Korea since taking office in May 2022, but has not addressed important domestic rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. His failure to tackle South Korea’s pervasive discrimination against women and marginalized groups […]

© All rights reserved. Licensed to the European Union under conditions. In northwest Syria, more than 4 million people rely on humanitarian aid to meet their basic needs. Food, medicine, and other vital supplies are funnelled through Bab al-Hawa – Syria’s last humanitarian aid corridor and the only lifeline for civilians in this part of […]

Dornoch residents will be interested in a unique outdoor performance that is taking place in the town later today. Descendants of distinguished lawyer and politician, the late David Maxwell Fyfe, whose mother came from Dornoch, will be performing an informal ‘song cycle’ on the green outside Dornoch Cathedral at around 12.30pm. Robert Blackmore as David […]