GENEVA (AA) – A U.N. official has expressed concern about the high number of criminal convictions of Palestinians. The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese (UN), said that many Palestinians are convicted for ordinary acts, such as protesting or participating in demonstrations. Albanese said the ...
TRENTON, Canada (AA): Canada’s ethics watchdog announced Tuesday probes to determine whether Nike Canada and a gold mining operation are benefitting from the use of forced Uyghur labor in China. Sheri Meyerhoffer of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise said the investigations were launched after complaints from 28 organizations...
GENEVA (AA) – An independent fact-finding mission has called on Iranian authorities to end their crackdown on protesters. The mission called on Tehran to end the wave of executions, mass arrests, and detentions. The mission had been mandated by the U.N. Human Rights Council to prepare a report on Iran. Protests had erupted in Iran [&hell...
WASHINGTON – Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter praised the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council for promoting human rights. Ndileka Mandela praised the group’s efforts to build bridges between communities and promote tolerance. “It is so important for women of all faiths to come together and sup...
UNITED NATIONS – A U.N. report has found that serious violations against children have increased in 2022 compared to previous years. The Secretary-General’s annual report U.N. on children in armed conflict, released last week, documents 27,180 verified grave violations. These include the killing, maiming, and abduction of children ...
Amsterdam, Netherlands (AFP): Dutch King Willem-Alexander issued a historic royal apology Saturday for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected. His speech before thousands of descendants of slaves from the South American nation of Suriname and the Caribbean islands of Aruba,...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The UN’s top expert on rights in Afghanistan has urged countries to consider making “gender apartheid” an international crime, helping hold the Taliban accountable for the exclusion of women from education, progress and development. Shortly after ousting a foreign-backed government in August 2021, t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Mohamed Khairullah was mere minutes away from arriving at the White House for an Eid al-Fitr reception when he received a call. Khairullah, the longtime Muslim mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, was informed that despite being invited to the gathering hosted by President Joe Biden, he would not be allowed to […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a report Tuesday covering nationwide incidents of civil rights complaints by Muslim Americans in 2022. It revealed a 23% decrease. Last year, the Muslim advocacy group received 5,156 complaints nationwide. “This is a 23 percent decrease in total complaints ...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – An independent report into the Metropolitan Police (the Met) commissioned after Sarah Everard’s murder has concluded that Britain’s largest law-enforcement force is “broken” and should be abolished if it cannot change. The Met is “institutionally racist and misogynistic”, the...
