Category: Human Rights

Sat 07 Jan 2023 | 03:48 PM Egyptian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hisham Mohamed Nagy Abdel Hamid met with Azerbaijani Ombudsman for Human Rights Sabina Aliyeva. During the meeting, Aliyeva underlined that relations between the two countries have been formed and expanded throughout this time, noting that this year marked the 30th anniversary of the beginning […]

Non-governmental organisations on Friday condemned the “scandalous and illegal” attempts in France to deport migrants to Syria and called on the French government to clarify these practices that violate international law. The two attempts date back to October 2022, when the authorities of the Haute-Garonne and the Paris Prefecture of Police, according to Amnesty International, […]

Newsfrom Japan Politics Jan 7, 2023 18:22 (JST) Washington, Jan. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai signed a memorandum Friday on creating a new organization on eliminating human rights abuses from international supply chains. The two signed the memorandum of cooperation on establishing the Task […]

The former head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) Kenneth Roth was barred by a Harvard University dean from taking up a fellowship at the school over his alleged anti-Israel bias, according to a report on Thursday. Roth was asked to become a senior fellow by Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights, part of the university’s […]

Posted by Ignatius Okpara Featured, Latest News, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Saturday, January 7th, 2023 …. Over1800 Abducted From Jan-Dec 2022 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and rule of law Intersociety, has alleged how Six state Actor and non […]

The top United Nations human rights body started the year with a majority of its members defined as non-democratic countries and many accused of severe rights violations, drawing ire from the pro-Israel NGO UN Watch. Only 14 members elected to the 47-member UN Human Rights Council, based in Geneva, are considered “free” countries by the […]

Gay Rights Activist Killed In Kenya By- LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba has been murdered and his body was found stashed in a metal box. He was last seen alive dancing with his friends while singing at a popular club in Eldoret on New Year’s eve. Some in his close circle say celebrated model and later […]

Senior professor at Eastern Washington University’s Africana Education Program and History Department, Dr. Scott Finnie, will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 Martin Luther King Human Rights Community Breakfast on Saturday, January 21 at 9:30am at the Moscow Middle School. His topic will be “Community and Human Rights: Growing Together.”  Registration for the in […]

A woman says she is filing a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission against a taxi company, saying its drivers denied multiple rides to her and her service dog in Leduc, Alta., last month. “It feels like I’m being discriminated against because I have a disability and I have a service dog,” Karen Almond […]