Lahore, Pakistan (AFP): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) rebuked feuding political parties on Tuesday for undermining democracy as the world’s fifth-most populous country battles an economic crisis. The fragile coalition government led by Shehbaz Sharif has been facing increasing pressure from opposition leader Imran Khan, Paki...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh has rejected a US report on the country’s human rights issues, extrajudicial killings, and democracy, calling it one-sided and questioning American police’s excessive use of force and killings of ordinary citizens. Talking to reporters in Dhaka on Wednesday, Bangladesh Information and Broadcastin...
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...
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA) – Nur Ankiz had just finished feeding her six-month-old baby and placed it on a small old mat with patches inside her camp made of tarpaulin sheets placed on four standing sticks, with her other children playing nearby with visible ash marks on their clothes, indicating the recent fire incident in […]...
WARSAW (AA) – Mizar, a Muslim cemetery, is less than a kilometer outside the small village of Bohoniki in northeastern Poland. You pass the last houses, turn left along a track lined with trees. Behind a wall, between the trees, tombstones with crescent-shaped monuments begin. The village is located 9 kilometers in a straight line [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Greece’s use of Ottoman-era mosques for purposes other than Islamic worship is a violation of fundamental human rights, say experts. Evaluating the current status of historic mosques in Greece, Sabri Can Sannav from the History Department at Trakya University shared that the Mecidiye Mosque was converted into the By...
LONDON (AA) – Hundreds of people gathered outside the UK parliament in London to protest against the government’s new asylum bill and to show solidarity with people seeking refuge in the country. The protest was backed by the Fire Brigades Union, the Muslim Association of Britain, human rights charities and opposition politicians. The UK...
ISTANBUL (AA) – European countries are closing their doors to those seeking asylum and endangering them by being involved in “unlawful and illegal” practices, according to an official from a global rights group. “Many European countries are closing their doors to people seeking their protection and engaging in very harmful, dangerous practices...
LONDON (AA) – British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said a new bill that will be brought to the House of Commons on Tuesday will “stop the boats” carrying migrants across the Channel. Speaking to The Telegraph, ahead of her statement in parliament, Braverman said: “We must stop the boats and that’s what our Bill will […]
Balukhali 01 camps 11 Block (D) were set on fire at about 2:40 pm, where 04 Big Block have been burned down and more than 12,000 people have been displaced and 2,500 shelters have been burned down. It was reported by the Action Aid. Now, the camp volunteers are providing snacks to victims. Sources said […]