Under the banner of the Forum for Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir, a citizens’ group that includes retired judges, military officers, and top civil servants, in a report, urges New Delhi to address fears of demographic change. By Iftikhar Gilani Even as four years later Indian Supreme Court began hearing on the revocation of […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Srebrenica Memorial Center has prepared a report that includes those who deny the genocide in 1995, in which over 8,000 Bosniak civilians were brutally killed by Bosnian Serb forces. The report was prepared in line with research done between May 2022 and May 2023 into denials and dow...
NEW YORK (AA) – Scores of migrants in need of shelter are sleeping on the streets of New York as the city is facing growing pressure to house arriving asylum seekers. Desperate for a place to sleep, migrants have lined up outside the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, which serves as an arrival center for […]
As Türkiye’s hopes for EU accession revive, head of Turkey’s human rights agency says human rights enforcement system in Turkey meets global standards. By Iftikhar Gilani (Muslim Network TV) ANKARA, Türkiye – As negotiations for Türkiye’s accession to the European Union (EU) are set to resume, the head of Turkey’s Human Right...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir – In an unprecedented move, the Indian government has revoked the passports of several Kashmiris, including journalists and academics. Over the past 10 days, numerous Kashmiris living both in Indian-controlled Kashmir and abroad have reported receiving emails from the Indian government informing them of the su...
OSLO, Norway – A Uyghur woman has been arrested by Chinese security forces for complaining about her son’s long prison sentence. The woman, named Rahile Jalalidin, was arrested in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China’s far northwest. Her son, Zulyar Yasin, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for traveling ...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The U.N. Tuesday called for an immediate end to the expulsions of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers from Tunisia to the borders with Libya and Algeria. In July, hundreds of people from sub-Saharan African countries were forced from the coastal city of Sfax by Tunisian security forces, and left stranded in [&hel...
UNITED NATIONS (AA): The UN Tuesday called for an immediate end to the expulsions of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers from Tunisia to the borders with Libya and Algeria. In July, hundreds of people from sub-Saharan African countries were forced from the coastal city of Sfax by Tunisian security forces, and left stranded in a […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – North Carolina police are searching for the driver of an SUV that rammed into a group of migrant workers outside a Walmart store in Lincolnton. According to Lincolnton police, the attack appears to be premeditated. The driver, whose motives are still unknown, was described as “an older white male.” “All six were [...
TEL AVIV, Israel – An Israeli court has approved the forced eviction of hundreds of Palestinian Bedouins from the village of Ras Jrabah in the Negev Desert. The ruling helps the Israeli government make way for the expansion of the Jewish settlement of Dimona. Human rights groups have condemned the court’s decision. Amnesty Internat...
