Tag: Human rights
activist Moussa Tchangari indicted on new charges and placed under arrest warrant
In Niger, human rights defender Moussa Tchangari was placed under arrest on Friday, January 3 in the afternoon, and transferred to Filingué, 180 kilometers from Niamey. After being forcibly taken…
demonstration against brutal dismissals at the State Secretariat for Human Rights
In Argentina, human rights organizations denounce the dismantling of policies to remember the dictatorship by the government of Javier Milei. Massive layoffs within the State Secretariat for Human Rights are…
Palestinian Authority suspends broadcasting of Qatari channel Al Jazeera
The Qatari channel Al Jazeera denounced on Thursday the decision of the Palestinian Authority to suspend its broadcasting and its activities in the Palestinian Territories, saying that it was a…
Terrorism, drug trafficking… who are the French people sentenced to death around the world?
France requested on Saturday December 28 the repatriation of Serge Atlaoui, sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia since 2007. Like him, four other French people are under the…
a fight with former Assad officials leaves 17 dead, including 14 “members of the Interior Ministry”
At least 14 members of the security forces were killed on Wednesday, December 25, in Khirbet al-Ma’zah, in western Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH). Three…
In Kenya, police are concerned about the increase in kidnappings by agents
In Kenya, concern is growing around a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances allegedly perpetrated by the police in recent weeks. The IPOA, the police force, sounded the alarm in…
Iran to allow the use of the Whatsapp service | News in brief
The service was banned two years ago after it had been used to call protests. Iran’s Supreme Council for Internet Control decided on Tuesday to allow the use of the…
Biden’s “Christmas gift” to death row inmates: 37 prisoners’ sentences were commuted to life | News
Among those pardoned are, among others, nine people who have killed other prisoners in prison. 18:52•Updated 19:17 In the United States, the president Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of…
In Burkina Faso, the “cry from the heart” of the wives of missing soldiers
On November 19, a group of women sent a letter to the Federation of Islamic Associations of Burkina. A correspondence which exposes the concern of several Burkinabè women, without news…
more than 780 civilians killed by paramilitaries in El-Fasher, according to the UN
According to a new United Nations report released this Friday, at least 780 civilians were killed and more than a thousand injured in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, Sudan.…