ISTANBUL (AA) – “Human rights for all” is a shared pursuit of humanity but there is “no one-size-fits-all model” in the protection of human rights, China’s top diplomat has said. “Countries vary from one another in historical background, cultural heritage, national conditions, and needs of the people,” China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang told th...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has pledged assistance to West African states battling insurgency as Moscow seeks to expand its influence on a continent in a diplomatic tug-of-war between global powers. Lavrov hailed the alliance that has been forged between Moscow and Bamako in fighting “extremists” on h...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Mali’s ruling junta has said that it is expelling the head of the human rights division of MINUSMA, the UN mission for Mali. The decision comes after a Malian rights activist last month denounced the security situation in the country in a speech to a UN gathering, and accused the regime’s new […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Four Somali officials, including from the military, police and the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), were executed Thursday by firing squad in Mogadishu. “Today, February 02. 2023, the military court executed Bukhari Awil Mohamud of the national intelligence and security agency (NISA), Ali Mohamu...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous visited the Afghan capital Kabul to discuss women’s rights in the country. ”On behalf of the secretary-general, they held a series of meetings with UN staff, national and international NGOs and Afghan women to take sto...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least 348 Rohingya died or went missing in 2022, according to the UN refugee agency. Over 3,500 desperate members of the persecuted community attempted deadly sea voyages in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal in 2022 in order to escape persecution and life in crammed refugee camps, the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 194 irregular migrants who were pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities. Coast guard teams were dispatched off the coast of Ayvalik district in Balikesir province after detecting 73 foreign nationals in boats, according to the Turkish Coast Guard Command. Separately...
LONDON (AA) – A British citizen who was kept in custody and tortured at the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention center has dedicated his life to rehabilitation of other detainees and protection of their rights after his release. Moazzam Begg was kept in the Guantanamo Bay detention center by the US government for two years in […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Bangladesh’s police of abusing the Rohingya refugees in the congested camps in the southern border district of Cox’s Bazar. In a report published on Tuesday, HRW said: “APBn (Bangladesh’s Armed Police Battalion) is committing extortion, arbitrary arrest, and harass...
WASHINGTON (AA) – More than 150 organizations have sent a letter to US President Joe Biden, urging him to “prioritize closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” The letter was signed by 159 organizations from the US and other countries who called themselves a “diverse group of non-governmental organizations” working on issu...
