Tag: Human rights
HRW denounces abuses committed by jihadists and the army against civilians
A new report published Wednesday by Human Rights Watch shows how thousands of villagers are targeted both by armed jihadist groups on the one hand, and on the other by…
Amnesty justifies the right of Wet’suwet’en indigenous people to oppose the gas pipeline project
Amnesty International is calling on a Canadian court not to try a person from an indigenous nation whose trial begins on Monday, October 30. Part of the Wet’suwet’en community opposes…
Aborigines denounce the “shameful” result of the referendum on their rights
Aboriginal leaders have broken their self-imposed week-long silence to condemn the failure of the October 14 referendum, which proposed recognizing indigenous populations in the Australian Constitution and giving them more…
death of a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy in custody
A week after the massive rejection of a referendum aimed at giving more rights to Aboriginal people, a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy died on October 20 in a hospital in Perth,…
the CNIDH denounces the conditions of detention in the largest police station in Bujumbura
In Burundi, the Independent National Commission for Human Rights (CNIDH), considered by independent civil society and human rights NGOs as very close to power, has just made a splash for…
three lawyers of opponent Alexei Navalny arrested
Three lawyers of imprisoned opponent Alexeï Navalny were placed in pre-trial detention on Friday after searches by Russian security services in a case of “ extremism » punishable by heavy…
The UN renews the mandate of its special rapporteur in Burundi to the chagrin of Gitega
Three years after Evariste Ndayishimiye came to power, Burundi emerged from its voluntary isolation and this time hoped that the Human Rights Council would not renew the mandate of the…
UN launches fact-finding mission into human rights violations in Sudan
As the war in Sudan broke out almost six months ago, the Human Rights Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution on the establishment of a mission that will investigate and…
More than 600 North Korean defectors sent back by China to North Korea
Hundreds of North Korean defectors in China have been sent back to their home countries. This is what human rights defense associations in South Korea are denouncing. During the Covid…
the writer Roberto Saviano in court, accused of having defamed Giorgia Meloni
In 2020, in Italy, Roberto Saviano protested, as part of a television program, against the migration policy carried out by the Salvini government with the support of far-right leader Giorgia…