Tag: Human rights
Drama of rue d’Aubagne in Marseille: citizens at the heart of the fight against substandard housing
An extraordinary trial opens this Thursday, November 7 in Marseille, that of rue d’Aubagne, six years almost to the day after the death of eight people in the collapse of…
Student undresses in front of Tehran University in protest before being arrested
The video of a young student in her underwear in the courtyard of the Free University of Tehran makes the news buzz since Saturday November 2 evening. This case comes…
In Morocco, activist Fouad Abdelmoumni released on provisional release
The economist and human rights defender was arrested on Wednesday October 30 in Rabat, a few moments after the departure of Emmanuel Macron, then on a state visit to the…
Germany closes three Iranian consulates after execution of dissident Jamshid Sharmahd
Germany has decided to close the three Iranian consulates on its soil in reaction to the execution by Tehran of Iranian dissident naturalized German Jamshid Sharmahd, the German Foreign Minister…
on hunger strike since early October, dissident Xu Zhiyong in danger of death
Human rights organizations are concerned about the fate of lawyer Xu Zhiyong, known for his fight against corruption by Chinese leaders. Deprived of contact with his family and constantly monitored…
in Jabaliya, there is “no one to collect the bodies, devoured by stray dogs”
Nearly a year after the truce between Israel and Hamas, which allowed a week-long ceasefire and the release of around a hundred Israeli hostages, conflict mediators are working on a…
Russian human rights authority: There is no political repression, only minor cleaning measures | News in brief
According to the human rights organization OVD-Info, more than 9,000 charges have been brought in Russia for dishonoring the army, which normally means criticizing the war in Ukraine. According to…
Germany and EU outraged over execution of Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd
Iran executed Jamshid Sharmahd on Monday October 28. This Iranian dissident of German origin was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for his alleged involvement in an attack on…
Joe Biden’s historic apology for residential school abuse for Native Americans
US President Joe Biden officially apologized to Native Americans on Friday, October 25. For 150 years in the United States, children of indigenous peoples were taken from their families and…
“Good governance” in Africa has stopped progressing, says Mo-Ibrahim Foundation report
The Mo-Ibrahim Foundation is releasing its 2023 report on “good governance” in Africa this Wednesday, October 23, and shows in this edition that progress in terms of governance is at…