Tag: Human rights
UN expert discusses possible crimes against humanity in Iran
Crimes against humanity may have taken place in Iran, says UN expert. He denounces the seriousness and extent of the repression of the protest movement against the mullahs’ regime. What…
Torture Investigation Committee Reveals Extent of Violence Against Opponents
Two and a half years after the massive protests against the re-election of Alexander Lukashenko in the summer of 2020, the International Committee for the Investigation of Torture of Belarus…
the grumbling of MEPs against “intelligent video surveillance”
While the use of video surveillance at the 2024 Olympics was adopted by senators in January, some forty European elected officials wrote to French deputies to ask them to oppose…
London police accused of racism, sexism and institutional homophobia
Racist, misogynist, homophobic… A new report overwhelms Scotland Yard already in crisis after a series of scandals. The Metropolitan Police have been under investigation in the wake of the 2020…
what role did Niger play?
French journalist Olivier Dubois is therefore free after more than 700 days spent in the hands of his captors from the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (Jnim). After this…
the Republican Guard implicated in the spoliation of private land
The African Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADHO) is raising its voice in the Democratic Republic of Congo and accusing President Félix Tshisekedi of remaining silent in the…
the mechanism of universal jurisdiction before the Court of Cassation
A crucial hearing is being held this Friday, March 17 before the Court of Cassation concerning universal jurisdiction, that is to say the possibility for French justice to judge crimes…
Poland sentences activist for providing abortion pills
This is a first in Europe. A Polish activist was sentenced on Tuesday March 14 by a Warsaw court for sending abortion pills to a pregnant woman and victim of…
Two officials of the International Federation for Human Rights expelled from Djibouti.
Two representatives of the famous NGO, with valid papers, were expelled in quick succession, Sunday and Monday. One of them reacts to our microphone, and the Djiboutian government also delivers…
between pardons and death sentences, the power wants to show that it retains control
In Iran, the justice chief said that more than 22,000 people arrested during recent protests have been pardoned and that 25,000 formerly convicted prisoners have also been released. A way…