Tag: rights
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…
Burkina: a former Minister of Foreign Affairs accuses the power of “violation of human rights”
Ablassé Ouédraogo, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina and president of the party Le Faso Otherwise, attacks the Burkinabè authorities in a tribune. He accuses the power of “violation of…
Human Rights Watch denounces “new atrocities committed by soldiers and alleged Wagner men”
Ten days after publishing a report on the violence committed by jihadist groups in Mali, the human rights organization this time documents new cases of abuses committed by the Malian…
DRC: Congolese activist Julienne Lusenge winner of the 2023 UN Human Rights Prize
On July 20, the United Nations General Assembly awarded the 2023 United Nations Human Rights Prize to six winners, including the Congolese: Julienne Lusenge. The president of the association Solidarity…
“Security forces mistreat sub-Saharan migrants”, accuses the NGO Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch believes in a report unveiled on July 19, 2023 that Tunisia is “not not a safe place for black african migrants and refugees » and assures that…