ISTANBUL (AA) – At least three people have been killed in several days of protests in Iran’s Kurdistan province over the death last week of a 22-year-old woman in police custody. Kurdistan Governor Ismail Zarei Koosha announced that three people had been killed “suspiciously” in demonstrations held in cities of the prov...
ISTANBUL (AA) – There are 50 million people trapped in modern slavery, as one in every 150 people are “either forced to work against their will or in a marriage that they were forced into,” a UN report has revealed. The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Walk Free, an [&h...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN refugee agency has said countries are bound by “international obligations” to prevent the deaths of migrants at sea. “Search and rescue at sea, and timely disembarkation are international obligations and are crucial to prevent further loss of life,” Shabia Mantoo told Anadolu Agency when asked for comments on the dea...
ANKARA (AA) – Six irregular migrants, including two babies and three children, lost their lives on Tuesday when Greek forces pushed them back to Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean, said the Turkish Interior Ministry. The Turkish Coast Guard found the lifeless bodies of six irregular migrants, including one woman, and rescued 66 mig...
PARIS (AA) – Millions of Russians will no longer be protected by the European Convention on Human Rights, the Council of Europe said on Monday, as Moscow will cease to be a party to the convention on Sept. 16. According to Marija Pejcinovic Buric, the secretary-general of the Strasbourg-based council, with its departure from the [&hellip...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – Women in Afghanistan are facing “gender apartheid” one year after the Taliban takeover of the country, a former Afghan parliamentarian has alleged. “Time clearly proves that the erosion of women’s rights has been one of the most notable aspects of the Taliban administration to date, and that ...
GENEVA (AA) – Afghanistan is facing a deepening human rights crisis under Taliban rule leading to authoritarianism, a UN report claims. In his first report to the Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett catalogs human rights abuses under the Taliban since it seized control of the country in [&...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A Pakistani court on Friday ordered the government to resolve the “missing persons” issue within two months. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and some of his cabinet members appeared before Chief Justice Athar Minallah of the Islamabad High Court, who was hearing identical petitions seeking the recovery of six missing peopl...
NEW DELHI (AA) – An Indian Muslim journalist was granted bail on Friday, two years after his arrest by the country’s northern state police, who charged him with conspiracy to incite riots. Siddique Kappan was given bail by the Indian Supreme Court. He was arrested by police in Uttar Pradesh state in 2020 while on […]
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Austrian diplomat Volker Turk as the next high commissioner for human rights. Guterres’ nomination of the veteran diplomat as the next UN rights chief was approved by the UN General Assembly on Thursday. Turk will succeed Michelle Bachelet of Chile, who serve...
