Category: Human Rights

Aya, Jameel, Fteim, Yasmin and Mohamad were given a camera to document their lives. They are among the 1.2 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon and recipients of EU-funded cash assistance in a country where life is getting harder by the day. 9 out of 10 refugee families in Lebanon are living in extreme poverty. They […]

2022 turned out to be a major year for the advancement of LGBT rights with huge developments in every corner of the world. To celebrate this progress and highlight some of the challenges ahead for the global LGBT community, 76crimes is presenting this six-part series looking at the wins and losses queer people achieved in […]

PARIS (AP) — Palestinian lawyer and activist Salah Hammouri vowed to keep up his fight for the rights of the Palestinian people despite his deportation to France following Israel’s claim that he has ties to a banned militant group. Hammouri, who holds French citizenship, landed in Paris on Dec. 18 following months of legal wrangling, […]

2022 had an unusual blue-ribbon winner for emerging digital artists; Jason Allen’s winning work Théâtre D’opéra Spatial was created with an AI Generative model called Midjourney, and the artist was formally listed as “Jason M Allen via Midjourney”. Other artists were horrified, prompting a vicious backlash, with one of them tweeting, “This thing wants our […]

The Malawi Law Society (MLS) and the Malawi Network for Older Persons (Manepo) has joined forces to condemn several forms of abuse that elderly people face in the country. Following the joint statement released on January 3, 2023, the two organisations have called for respect of human dignity, personal freedoms and the right to life […]

Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) has condemned and expressed deep concerns over the continued violence on the Mro community including the latest arson attack in Langkom Karbari Para of Lama, Bandarban. In a statement Wednesday (3 January), the forum said that it is grimly disturbed to learn that Lama Rubber Industries Limited has perpetrated another […]

Shocking details are emerging from the suspicious death case of a 29-year-old mentally challenged man, who’s kidneys were sold. The probe has revealed that the victim died on the operating table and his body was cremated under a different name. The police, who stumbled upon the big scandal, tried to promptly hush up the case. […]

Human remains discovered in Far South Side forest preserve 00:16 CHICAGO (CBS) — Skeletal human remains were found Tuesday morning in the Beaubien Woods forest preserve on Chicago’s Far South Side.Cook County Forest Preserves spokesman Carl Vogel said the remains were found around 10 a.m. about 50 feet into the woods from Doty Avenue, along […]

By Staff Reporter A member of the of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom (UK), Kate Hoey, has said Zimbabwe must not be allowed back in the commonwealth following the continued detention of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala. Baroness Hoey was commenting on Sikhala’s emotional letter which he penned a […]

Surviving family members each get a share in the estate lands under the Indian Act Elder sisters and Okanagan Indian Band members Evelyn Wilson and Eleanor Eli have filed a human rights complaint over their rights to a property on the OKIB reserve. Daughter Patricia Wilson says her aunt and mother are standing their ground […]