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Major Canadian school board recognizes caste-based discrimination

Major Canadian school board recognizes caste-based discrimination

Toronto's school board has become the first in Canada to recognize the existence of caste discrimination, a system of social stratification from South Asia dating back thousands of years. A motion introduced by board trustee

Breaking: Deadly shooting at Hamburg Jehovah’s Witness hall

Breaking: Deadly shooting at Hamburg Jehovah’s Witness hall

Germany: In the north German city of Hamburg, several people were killed in a shooting at a Jehovah's Witness meeting hall. According to police, the shooter acted alone and is dead. It is unclear if

Women’s Day Demonstrators Rally For Rights, With Special Emphasis On Iran And Afghanistan

Women’s Day Demonstrators Rally For Rights, With Special Emphasis On Iran And Afghanistan

Numerous countries across the world saw rallies marking International Women's Day on Wednesday with a special emphasis on Iran, which has recently seen widespread protests on women's rights, and Afghanistan, where girls are denied the

“Factually inaccurate”: India criticizes UN Human Rights comments on Jammu and Kashmir

“Factually inaccurate”: India criticizes UN Human Rights comments on Jammu and Kashmir

UNITED NATION: On Tuesday, India apologized for comments made by the UN's human rights commissioner about Kashmir, calling them "unwarranted and inaccurate". As part of the General Debate on the Oral Update by the High

Gender equality is ‘300 years away,’ U.N. chief warns

Gender equality is ‘300 years away,’ U.N. chief warns

It is estimated that the world is hundreds of years away from achieving gender equality after decades of advances on women's rights. Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, Secretary General António Guterres said

Human Rights Festival 2023 – Seize Your Power

Human Rights Festival 2023 – Seize Your Power

Constitution Hill in Johannesburg will witness the 5th Human Rights Festival 2023 which is going to take place from 24 to 26 March. There are no / zero fees for the public in this festival.

Taliban forcing divorced Afghan women back to abusive husbands

Taliban forcing divorced Afghan women back to abusive husbands

There have been many infamous restrictions and limitations applied only to women under the Taliban regime governing Afghanistan. As the Taliban Government turned back all the freedom for women to exercise the civil rights they

Human rights are violated by Turkey’s Internet throttling

Human rights are violated by Turkey’s Internet throttling

On 1 March 2023, ARTICLE 19 submitted an expert opinion in relation to the legal case concerning bandwidth throttling and mobile service provider (GSM) disruptions that occurred following the earthquakes in Turkey in February of

Queensland Mayor Says Just Keeping Kids In Detention Won’t Do

Queensland Mayor Says Just Keeping Kids In Detention Won’t Do

The mayor of far north Queensland says "nothing will work" to break his cycle of re-offending Unless juvenile delinquents are placed in rehabilitation programs without distraction. Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill shows her lesson on this.

NSW will outlaw gay conversion therapy- Report from Human rights conference Meet Sydney

NSW will outlaw gay conversion therapy- Report from Human rights conference Meet Sydney

On this Wednesday Minister Ben Franklin – NSW Art Minister spoke about the gay laws again. The news had been circulating for a long time and this time the minister again confirmed that the Government