Tag: rights
the UN human rights office deplores at least 80 victims linked to the electoral process
The UN Joint Human Rights Office expressed in its semi-annual report that it is concerned about the ” restrictions to the democratic space, four months before the general elections. 1…
Court shuts down Russian human rights group
full screen Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a council meeting in Moscow. Authorities continue to attack human rights organizations in the country. Photo: Valery Sharifulin/Sputnik Kremlin pool via AP/TT Russian…
Court shuts down Russian human rights group
The Russian nuclear physicist and regime critic Andrey Sakharov co-founded the organization Memorial during the time of repression in the Soviet Union. Memorial was a leader in, among other things,…
Campari, the majority shareholder, has 84% of the voting rights
(Tiper Stock Exchange) – Camparia company which is part of the FTSE MIB and is active in the beverage sector, communicated that it is completed the conversion of 594,021,404 Special…
Uganda: concern after the closure of the United Nations human rights office
It’s official, the United Nations human rights office is closing its doors in Uganda. After Gulu and Moroto, it is around the Kampala branch to cease its activities. A situation…
The UN human rights office in Uganda is closing
full screenVolker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, says serious challenges to human rights remain in Uganda. Archive image. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/AP/TT The UN human rights office…
The UN human rights office in Uganda is closing
Sub-offices in the towns of Gulu and Moroto have already closed in recent weeks. “I regret that our office in Uganda had to close after 18 years, during which we…
Human rights expert Ove Bring: The law on incitement against ethnic groups should have been changed 20 years ago
Denmark is currently investigating one ban on burning Korans outside embassiesas a response to the pressure it was subjected to by the Muslim world after the Koran burnings in the…
Poland – worst in Europe on LGBT rights
Sweden is the eighth best country in the EU for LGBTQ people. For the fourth year in a row, Poland is last on the list. – After so many years…
Exclusive interview with Narges Mohammadi, human rights activist imprisoned in Iran
Iranian journalist and human rights activist, detained in Evin prison in Tehran, Narges Mohammadi, 51, does not hesitate to denounce the abuses of the Islamic regime even from the depths…