Category: Human Rights

An award ceremony will be held in the Stockholm Concert Hall on Februari 1, 2023. The ceremony will be also be broadcasted live on the memorial fund’s website www.palmefonden.se Photo: Eren Keskin: Jonatan Karreskog Three women from Ukraine, Iran and Turkey on Monday received the 2023 Olof Palme human rights award from Sweden for protecting women’s […]

Banque Misr has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) to launch the initiative of “the development of the human capital in the information technology field”, according to an emailed press release on January 9th. The initiative targets providing the banking sector with qualified staff in the IT field to reduce […]

Syrian activists have launched an Arabic hashtag, inside Assad’s prisons, to draw attention to human rights abuses carried out by the regime and to halt an overture between Ankara and Damascus. Twitter users have shared videos of overcrowded prison cells, dead bodies lined up and photos of Syrians who were killed in detention by the […]

Atlas Organization organizer Jonathan Ward discusses the WSJ piece detailing how automakers are facing Senate inquiry into possible ties to Uyghur forced labor on ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.’ The governments of the U.S. and Japan announced the formation of a task force aimed at protecting human rights in supply chains following a ceremony late last […]

Despite a difficult operating environment for defenders of human rights, like civil society groups, climate activists, minorities and journalists, there have been major advances in protecting human rights in the past five years. From the introduction of just legislation, the abolition of draconian laws, liberation of activists, to the increased protection of marginalised groups, these […]

The Human Rights Office in Taiz condemned all forms of violations in mercenary areas, including incidents resulting from the escalating security chaos on a daily basis. “We are following with great concern the deterioration of the security situation in the city of Taiz and its suburbs, which it is control […]

January 9, 2023 – WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior last week celebrated significant progress by the 117th Congress to advance settlements of Indian water rights claims and to protect Tribal sovereignty, key priorities for the federal government’s efforts to uphold its trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal communities. “Water is a sacred resource, and […]

STOCKHOLM — Three women from Ukraine, Iran and Turkey on Monday (Jan 9) won Sweden’s Olof Palme human rights prize for 2023 for championing women’s rights and freedoms. Ms Marta Chumalo of Ukraine, Iran’s Narges Mohammadi and Ms Eren Keskin of Turkey were honoured for “their efforts in the fight to secure women’s freedom, in an age […]

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University rescinded a fellowship that it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he said Monday was his group’s criticism of Israel. Kenneth Roth, who was the executive director of Human Rights Watch, or HRW, until last year, was recruited by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for […]

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan last week ended a six-year ban on politicians holding political rallies and meetings outside of election periods. This is an important step in restoring some of the civil and political rights that had been curtailed under her predecessor, the late John Magufuli, but more needs to be done. After Magufuli […]