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Rights group urges Israeli government to vaccinate prisoners, being at-risk population

Rights group urges Israeli government to vaccinate prisoners, being at-risk population

Rights group: On Sunday, a joint petition was filed by five human rights organisations raising objections against the decision taken by Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana. Ohana ordered that the prisoners in Israeli jails

Hungarian government against the sculpture dedicated to Black Lives Matter: “It is a racist movement”

Hungarian government against the sculpture dedicated to Black Lives Matter: “It is a racist movement”

Black Lives Matter: In Hungary, the government does not want a monument erected to the Black Lives Matter movement, which it defines as "racist" and contrary to national Christian traditions. The statue is small, a

Human rights report: US asylum seekers with strong cases sent back to dangerous settings

Human rights report: US asylum seekers with strong cases sent back to dangerous settings

Human rights report: Trump administration had made some harsh policies, as a result of which asylum seekers have been blocked to gain asylum in the United States of America. Now with incoming Biden administration on

Thailand called out by UN expert to cease targeting activists and protestors on behest of the Royal Insult Law

Thailand called out by UN expert to cease targeting activists and protestors on behest of the Royal Insult Law

The UN’s special rapporteur for freedom of assembly has urged the Thailand authorities to stop targeting pro-democracy protestors in the country under directives of the draconian law, and to instead open a channel for dialogue.

Poor countries risk not having the Covid vaccine

Poor countries risk not having the Covid vaccine

There will be no vaccine for everyone. The pharmaceutical multinationals can produce it, but it is a price problem. After months of waiting, most of the countries are starting mass vaccinations against Covid-19. The campaigns

Somalia: A Journalist Protesting against President Farmajo was shot at Mogadishu

Somalia: A Journalist Protesting against President Farmajo was shot at Mogadishu

Saturday, 26 December 2020. Government arrests youths protesting against President Farmajo and journalists covering the protests. As far as we know, two girls and a cameraman were filming have been confirmed arrested. The protesters were

Ethiopia Becomes The New Ground For Human Rights Violations

Ethiopia Becomes The New Ground For Human Rights Violations

It became a huge violation of human rights as people and children were attacked in Ethiopia recently. Hundreds were under attack over ethnicity issues in Ethiopia’s western region of Benishangul-Gumuz. This has been the latest

Another Pakistani activist found dead in Toronto

Another Pakistani activist found dead in Toronto

Missing last Sunday, the well-known Pakistani activist Karima Baloch was found dead in Toronto, in Canada, where she was living in exile for five years. Thirty-seven years old, from the Baluchistan region, Miss Baloch was

Finland & Germany repatriate women from Syrian Islamic State camps, human rights groups coax other nations to follow the suite

Finland & Germany repatriate women from Syrian Islamic State camps, human rights groups coax other nations to follow the suite

On humanitarian grounds, Germany and Finland have repatriated five women and 18 children from Islamic State (IS) camps in Syria. These camps are believed to house IS militants’ suspected family members. German media conveys that

Thousands of minors have been arraigned in Turkey on charges of insulting the president.

Thousands of minors have been arraigned in Turkey on charges of insulting the president.

Sunday, December 20, 2020. For more than six years Turkey has been plagued by deteriorating human rights problems. Major human rights abuses have taken place, with the arrest of celebrities, children, politicians and people accused