Tag: Human rights
mobilization to denounce the violence suffered by Guinean women
Since 1993, the United Nations has declared November 25 the international day for the elimination of all kinds of violence against women and girls. This day was celebrated with pomp…
Washington expands list of Chinese companies banned from exporting to the United States
The United States announced on Friday, November 23, that it had once again expanded its blacklist prohibiting the importation of products from the Chinese region of Xinjiang or suspected of…
heavy sentence required against opponent Kemal Kiliçdaroglu for “insulting” President Erdogan
In Türkiye, President Erdogan’s former rival in the 2023 presidential election, opponent Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, appeared this Friday in Ankara. The prosecution requested a heavy sentence, up to 11 years and…
In Singapore, the third drug dealer was executed within a week | News in brief
Singapore has some of the strictest anti-narcotics laws in the world. Singapore, located in Southeast Asia, has hanged a 55-year-old man who was convicted of drug trafficking on Friday, the…
members of the March 31 Declaration call for the release of political prisoners
In Bamako, the signatory organizations of the March 31 Declaration organized a press conference on Wednesday, November 20, to demand the release of all political prisoners. It comes as 11…
Franco-Algerian author Kamel Daoud targeted by controversy, Gallimard denounces “defamation”
The publisher Gallimard denounced attacks on Monday, November 18: defamatory » against the Franco-Algerian author Kamel Daoud, 2024 Goncourt Prize for his novel Houris. The Franco-Algerian author is accused, by…
Steve Amoussou alias “Brother Hounvi”, a cyberactivist, appears before Criet
In Benin, cyberactivist Steve Amoussou is before the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism (Criet), this Monday, November 18 in Cotonou. Kidnapped in Lomé by members of…
arrest of several members of an NGO helping migrants
Founder of the Children of the Moon association, an organization which helps migrants in Medenine, in the south of the country, Abdallah El Saïd was arrested and transferred to the…
court orders release of pro-Palestinian activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah after 40 years of detention
It’s a decision that will go down in history. The Lebanese Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, considered by some as the “ oldest prisoner in the world linked to the Middle East…
Human rights organization accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza | News in brief
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza. According to the organization, the evidence it collected shows that Israel’s repeated calls for evacuation in Gaza meet the definition…