China: UN rights office reiterates need to review national security framework
The 31 August 2022 report stated that violations had taken place in the context of the Government’s assertion that it was targeting…
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The 21st Century and the Shame of Persistent Institutionalisation
In a moving speech delivered on 28 August at UN headquarters in Geneva, Dr Amalia Gamio, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the…
Rights experts urge United Kingdom to curb hate speech
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism (CERD) voiced concern over persistent hate crimes, hate speech and xenophobic incidents on various…
UKRAINE The UOC, the historical branch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, on the path to be banned
On Independence Day, President Zelensky signed Law № 8371 banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Ukraine through the…
World News in Brief: Sudan aid breakthrough, rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar displacement continues
World Food Programme (WFP) trucks carrying sorghum, pulses, oil and rice destined for 13,000 people at risk of famine in Kereneik, West Darfur,…
FRANCE Police raids on peaceful yoga practitioners and abuses in police custody
On 28 November 2023, just after 6 a.m., a SWAT team of around 175 policemen wearing black masks, helmets, and bullet proof…
UN rights expert urges ‘bold action’ to end systemic racism in Brazil
Special Rapporteur Ashwini K.P., said at the end of a 12-day fact finding mission, that members of marginalised racial and ethnic groups…
UN chief calls for inclusive elections in Bangladesh
In a statement issued by his Deputy Spokesperson late on Monday (New York time), the UN chief also called for full respect…
75 Years On: The Pioneering Steps Towards the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
the first meeting of the body that would eventually evolve into the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
Russia, A court fined a disabled Jehovah’s Witness suffering from cancer to 4500 USD
On August 8, 2014, Judge Sergey Lytkin of the Kurgan City Court convicted Anatoliy Isakov, 59, for so-called extremism simply for holding peaceful private…