Panama to host the 4th Edition of the Faith and Freedom Summit
As published by the well-known digital newspaper ‘Panoráma Económico Panama’, the most read digital news of Panama, the Parlatino will host this…
Category: Human Rights
News about Human Rights
‘Fear of war’ causing speech problems in Gaza
In a modest tent in a makeshift camp for displaced people west of the town of Al-Zawaida in Deir al-Balah governorate in…
Russian attacks on Ukraine energy set to push 500,000 people out of country
The alert from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine follows significant destruction to power plants and the worsening energy crisis…
France – Yoga: Disproportionate widescale police raids with abuses starting from a personal settlement of scores
The starting point was a personal revenge by an academic who got a suspended sentence of four months in prison for harassment…
Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests
“The Islamic Republic of Iran relies on a system, both in law and in practice, that fundamentally discriminates on the grounds of…
Dozens of Bulgarian Roma families are moving out of their homes in Duisburg
Dozens of Bulgarian families from Duisburg have received letters from German municipal authorities with a notification that they must leave their apartments…
Community policing and crime prevention in Nigeria
By Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, Centre for Faith and Community Development, Nigeria (eivorgba@gmail.com) 1. INTRODUCTION Crime prevention – whether at the societal, community…
UN rights chief calls for global ‘zero tolerance’ against antisemitism
This comes just a day after the UN human rights office (OHCHR) issued a statement expressing horror over the reported summary execution of…
2024 Athenagoras Human Rights Award Banquet
The 2024 Athenagoras Human Rights Award will be presented to Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of martyred Russian hero Alexei Navalny By Archons of…
Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no peace’
On 15 April 1967, a delegation led by Dr. King met with the legendary Ralph Bunche and other top UN officials. Mr. Bunche…