Tag: Human rights
President Gabriel Boric announced the expropriation of land in Colonia Dignidad
Located in the south of the country, Colonia Dignidad was founded in 1961 by Paul Schäfer, a former Nazi accused of pedophilia. The place was also used as a torture…
a doctor warns about the conditions of detention of Palestinians in an Israeli prison
Since the start of the war in Gaza, these images have constantly returned: Gazans arrested by the Israeli army, naked, blindfolded, kneeling and with their hands tied behind their backs.…
Colombia, the most dangerous country for human rights defenders
According to a study by the NGO Front Line Defenders, Colombia was responsible for almost half of the murders of human rights defenders in the world in 2023: 146 crimes…
Draft law on the end of life: “The French model is support until the end”
Starting this Monday, the National Assembly will examine the end-of-life bill, a very sensitive subject aimed at authorizing assistance in dying under very strict conditions. Interview with the president of…
“Saturday mothers” gather for the 1000th time in Istanbul
For the 1000th time since May 27, 1995, relatives of people reported missing while in police custody gathered at midday on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul. For this edition, hundreds of…
anti-racist activist Saadia Mosbah tried for money laundering
Today, Wednesday May 22, the trial of Saadia Mosbah, one of the figures in the fight against anti-black racism in Tunisia, opens in Tunis. At the head of an association…
citizen journalist Zhang Zhan confirms she was released from prison in video
In China, in a short video message, former lawyer and blogger Zhang Zhan confirms that she was released from prison on May 13. The forty-year-old went to Wuhan at the…
“The atmosphere, from the top of the state to the ordinary citizen, is currently very homophobic”
This May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. In Ghana, Parliament passed a law last February – not yet ratified – exposing people identifying as LGBT…
the Catholic Church denounces the law authorizing the castration of pedophiles
In a press release published Tuesday, May 14, the influential conference of bishops of Madagascar protested against the law authorizing a sentence of surgical castration for child rapists. A law…
27 NGOs petition the Council of State to force the government to protect unaccompanied minors
In France, 27 NGOs contacted the Council of State on Tuesday, May 14, to force the authorities to better protect unaccompanied minors (UMAs), these young foreigners who arrive in France…