Tag: rights
Hong Kong Foreign Press Club suspends human rights awards
The organization fears to unintentionally break the law ” by crossing ” new red lines established by Beijing. This is the first time in 26 years that the foreign press…
Gabon joins the global campaign for women’s rights “HeForShe”
Gabon has just joined the global campaign “HeForShe” (“Him for her”), a movement whose goal is to involve men and boys as key actors in the fight for gender equality…
Women’s rights and health: what the presidential candidates are proposing
News Posted 1 day ago, Reading 4 mins. The question of women’s access to their health is increasingly present in the national debate. But it divides the candidates for the…
UN suspends Moscow from Human Rights Council. G7 announces new sanctions
(Finance) – The UN General Assembly approved with 93 votes in favor there request from the USA to suspend Russia from the Geneva Human Rights Council. In the draft resolution…
Russia was temporarily excluded from the UN Human Rights Council following the events in Bushan
Demand for Russia’s removal from the council began after Russian forces were accused of killing civilians in, among others, Bocha, Ukraine. On Thursday, the UN General Assembly decided to temporarily…
the doubts of human rights defenders
The authorities announced Thursday, April 7 the opening of an investigation in Moura. This is to shed light on the anti-terrorist operation conducted between March 23 and 31 in this…
Last minute: UN expels Russia from Human Rights Council
Last minute: The 193-member UN General Assembly voted to suspend Russia’s membership of the Human Rights Council due to human rights violations in Ukraine. While 93 countries supported the removal…
Russian mercenaries suspected of involvement in the execution of 300 people in Mali – “The worst atrocity of the ten-year war,” says human rights organization
The Malian army is being assisted in the fight against Islamist rebels by Russian mercenaries from the Wagner forces. They have been charged with atrocities in several war zones. In…
College of Human Rights: no headscarf for boas is stigmatizing
UTRECHT – The plan not to allow boas to wear a headscarf, skullcap or cross is stigmatizing and ineffective in safeguarding their neutrality. That is the opinion of the Institute…
This is how the world reacts to the horrors of Bushan – Ukraine is offered help in investigating crimes, Russia wants to get out of the UN Human Rights Council
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Monday that Ukraine and Russia will find it more difficult to negotiate in the future once the scale of the atrocities of Russian troops…