BERLIN/ANKARA (AA) – Child labor has increased in the supply chains of developed countries and blocs such as the European Union, the US, Canada, Japan, Norway and Switzerland, especially due to cruel and illegal business models of corporations, an expert said on World Children’s Day. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, human rights activis...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended Qatar against what he called “Western hypocrisy” amid criticism of the Gulf country’s treatment of migrant workers. The global tournament is set to open in Qatar on Sunday and will last through December 18. Doha has come under growing European criticism over an a...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Thousands of children who lost their parents while migrating to Europe fall prey to human traffickers or the organ mafia in the countries they visit. The whereabouts of many refugee children who fled Ukraine due to Russia’s war are unknown. Although international non-governmental organizations have documented the us...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN on Tuesday condemned the beheading of two girls, aged 11 and 13, at the Al-Hol refugee camp in eastern Syria, home to families of suspected ISIS members. ”We’ve been drawing attention to the poor conditions at the Al‑Hol camp for some time now, and this is another extremely sad […]
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (AFP): Chants of “free them all” and “no climate justice without human rights” rang out between the halls of COP27 Saturday, in the largest protest since the UN climate summit began. Jailed Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah’s sister, Sanaa Seif, who is at the summit campaigning for her br...
Paris, France (AFP): Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people in a crackdown on nationwide protests since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, Iran Human Rights said in an updated toll Saturday. The Islamic republic has been gripped by protests that erupted over the death of Amini on September 16, three days after her […...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said a 29-year-old Palestinian was shot while trying to cross an Israeli separation barrier west of Jenin. There was no comment from the Israeli authorities on the […]...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has been the scene of at least 65 attacks on refugee shelters during the first three quarters of the year, according to local media reports. The Interior Ministry released the preliminary figures in response to a parliamentary question by the opposition Left Party, Neuen Osnabruecker Zeitung reported. The number of attack...
ROME (AA) – Italy’s new interior minister has drawn outrage from many segments of the country over his recent remarks about irregular migrants. During a meeting in Milano on Monday, Matteo Piantedosi defined migrants who are denied permission to disembark from humanitarian ships as “residual cargo” who do not need to be rescued. Pi...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has pledged to take in thousands of refugees from Italy amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in rescue ships on the Mediterranean Sea. “It was always clear that these 3,500 that Germany had promised (to take in), and thus by far the largest number within the EU, were a first step and […]
