Belgium’s human rights review is now official — what do 300 UN recommendations actually say?
BRUSSELS — Belgium’s human rights record now carries an official international timestamp. At the end of last week, in a meeting room…
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The media in Mali are no longer allowed to cover the activities of political parties
The decision rests with the military junta that has seized power The junta in Mali continued with its restrictions on political life…
Russia is closing prisons because prisoners are at the front
The Ministry of Defense continues to recruit convicts from penal colonies to fill the ranks of the Storm-Z unit Authorities in the…
Putin pardons 52 convicted women
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree pardoning 52 convicted women, it was reported on 08.03.2024 today, on the eve of International…
Pakistan’s Struggle with Religious Freedom: The Case of the Ahmadiyya Community
In recent years, Pakistan has grappled with numerous challenges concerning religious freedom, particularly regarding the Ahmadiyya community. This issue has once again…
Bulgarian psychiatric hospitals, prisons, children’s boarding schools and refugee centres: misery and violated rights
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria, Diana Kovacheva, published the Institution’s Eleventh Annual Report of the inspections in places of deprivation…
Scandal in Greece over film showing Alexander the Great as gay
The Minister of Culture denounced the Netflix series “Netflix’s Alexander the Great series is ‘fantasy of extremely poor quality, low content and…
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) condemned the repression against the Bulgarians in North Macedonia
ECRI highlights the cases of a number of attacks against people who identify themselves as Bulgarians The European Commission against Racism and…
Abuse, lack of therapy and staff in Bulgarian psychiatry
Patients in Bulgarian psychiatric hospitals are provided with nothing even approaching modern psychosocial treatments Continued abuse and tying of patients, lack of…
Because of an illegal marriage: the former prime minister of Pakistan and his wife sentenced to 7 years in prison and a fine
It is the third sentence the jailed Khan, 71, has received last week Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife…