Tag: Human rights
“We are witnessing an intensification of state repression,” say UN experts
Systematic repression and crimes against humanity committed by the state apparatus. This is what a new UN report on the human rights situation in Venezuela points out, which has continued…
Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death, society is slowly changing
Two years after the death of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian Kurd arrested by the morality police, and the protest movement that followed, Iranian society is experiencing a profound change.…
Hundreds of protesters in Paris in support of Iranian women
“Woman, Life, Freedom”: this slogan continues to carry the Iranian revolt. Two years ago, Kurdish student Mahsa Amini lost her life after being arrested by the morality police for wearing…
Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death, the impact of a “cultural revolution” still underway
On September 16, 2022, the announcement of the death of young Mahsa Jina Amini triggered a major protest movement against the regime in Iran. While the demonstrations were stifled by…
Malaysia rocked by child abuse scandal with over 400 victims
Twenty foster homes raided, 170 arrests, more than 400 victims… A resounding child abuse scandal is shaking Malaysia, with physical, psychological and sexual violence inflicted on children aged 1 to…
What is the assessment of President Boric’s research plan?
Fifty-one years after Augusto Pinochet’s coup that overthrew socialist President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973, the Chilean state is still searching for 1,469 people who disappeared during the dictatorship.…
A summer affected by the Olympics in detention centers, according to Cimade
In France, several irregularities were noted during the Olympic Games in administrative detention centers (CRA) and in particular in Mesnil-Amelot. Located north of Paris, the second largest center in Île-de-France…
UN concerned about cases of ‘sexualized torture’ of Palestinian prisoners
The UN calls for a response to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Commissioner for Human Rights called on the international community on Monday 9 September to act…
NGO concerns about freedom of expression
Freedoms of expression and opinion are increasingly fading in Tunisia a few months before the presidential election to be held on October 6, 2024. This is the observation made by…
Argentina tries alleged murder of trans man, first in country
Friday, July 26, was the last day of the trial of one of the accused in the alleged murder of a young transgender man, Tehuel de la Torre, who disappeared…