Category: Human Rights

Ottawa, January 10 (Government of Canada): Canada has imposed sanctions against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa; former President Mahinda Rajapaksa; Staff Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake and Lieutenant Commander Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi. A government statement said that the four had “committed gross and systematic violations of human rights during Sri Lanka’s civil conflict, which occurred from 1983 to […]

The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, 300 N. Houston St., will be celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16, by offering free admission from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. In commemoration of Dr. King’s work, the museum will be screening the films Selma and Rising: The Hall of Negro Life in the Cinemark […]

10 January 2023, 15:31 | Updated: 10 January 2023, 17:54 A Syrian refugee and competitive swimmer whose story inspired a Netflix film has gone on trial in a smuggling-related case after participating in migrant rescue operations on a Greek island. Your browser doesn’t recognise available video formats. Sarah Mardini, a prominent human rights worker, is […]

The Canadian government has imposed sanctions on ex-Sri Lanka Presidents — Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa — over human rights violations during the 26-year long war against Tamil minorities. “Canada is imposing sanctions against the following individuals who committed gross and systematic violations of human rights during Sri Lanka’s civil conflict, which occurred from 1983 […]

Human rights expert who was denied fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School over criticizing the Zionist entity wondered what lesser figures across the world would suffer if that is the situation with him. In an interview with MSNBC on Monday, Kenneth Roth told The Mehdi Hasan Show about being denied a Harvard fellowship over his criticism […]

11:28, 10 January 2023, Bishkek – 24.kg news agency , by Darya PODOLSKAYA Representatives of the Coalition for Equality of Kyrgyzstan demand to overturn the guilty verdict against a human rights activist Kamil Ruziev. They appealed to the authorities of the country. The Supreme Court is to consider the cassation appeal of Kamil Ruziev’s lawyers against the decision of the Issyk-Kul Regional Court today, which […]

United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk lambasted the Iranian regime on Tuesday for “weaponising the death penalty saying that the executions violated international human rights law. “The weaponization of criminal procedures to punish people for exercising their basic rights – such as those participating in or organizing demonstrations – amounts to state sanctioned killing,” Türk […]

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran’s government to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent, saying the executions amounted to “state sanctioned killing”. “The weaponization of criminal procedures to punish people for exercising their basic rights – such as […]

The opening ceremony of the project “Co-operation on the implementation of the Russian Federation National Action Strategy for Women (2017–2022)” Council of Europe Programme Office in the Russian Federation. Tatiana Moskalkova, the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation during the ceremony. January 29, 2019. Russia, Moscow. Photo credit: Peter Kassin/Kommersant/Sipa USA(Sipa via […]

The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Human Rights to take immediate measures to establish a transgender protection centre for underage and elderly eunuchs to ensure the provision of due rights to them. A two-member bench of the court, comprising acting Chief Justice Dr Syed Muhammad Anwer and Justice Khadim Hussain […]