Torture as a weapon of war must cease, rights experts demand
Today, more than 100 armed conflicts are raging worldwide, devastating communities, winding back development, and leading to grave violations of human rights. …
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Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen, Security Council hears
“So far, the ceasefire between the M23 and the FARDC has held up relatively well and has contributed to some security gains”,…
To rebel against injustice… Harfouch receives great support from the French Foreign Affairs Committee member at the Senat
In an extraordinary meeting organized by the “International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism” (LICRA), and a member of the French Senate Nathalie…
Sudan: OHCHR calls for ‘urgent action’ to end militia attacks on people fleeing El Geneina
The explosion of ethnic violence in Darfur largely by nomadic “Arab” groups in alliance with the RSF who have been battling national…
AIDO network issues declaration of Mombasa on Human Rights
PRESS RELEASE – Mombasa / AIDO Network International, with its head office in London and chapters in Europe, Africa, and the Americas…
Tunisia must ‘change course’ amid media crackdown: UN rights chief
“It is troubling to see Tunisia, a country that once held so much hope, regressing and losing the human rights gains of…
Killings drive Israelis and Palestinians ‘deeper into an abyss’, warns Türk
“These latest killings and the violence, along with the inflammatory rhetoric, serve only to drive Israelis and Palestinians deeper into an abyss,”…
Urgent reform needed to shield women and children from violence during custody battles
“The tendency of family courts to dismiss the history of domestic violence and abuse in custody cases, especially where mothers and/or children…
Argentina, 9 women sue a state institution abusively calling them ‘victims of sexual abuse’
Five women older than 50, three in their forties and one in mid-thirties are suing on appeal two prosecutors of the state…
Giorgia Meloni, “Religious freedom is not a second-class right”
Religious Freedom / Freedom of Religion or Belief / Good morning to all. I greet and thank “Aid to the Church in…