Palestine Solidarity Movement demonstrators including healthcare officials gather outside NYU Tisch Hospital -NEW YORK- (AA) Scores of protesters gathered in New York City on Monday to call for the release of an heroic doctor in Gaza who had been arbitrarily arrested by Israeli forces for standing by his patients to the very end during the [&h...
India has officially banned Sikhs for Justice or SFJ, a human rights advocacy group led by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, for five years. The organization documents atrocities committed against Sikhs. India has allegedly tried to kill Pannun before banning his organization. The decision was confirmed by the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribuna...
Move comes after Israeli soldier accused of committing war crimes flees Brazil amid probe into his actions in Gaza, says local media -JERUSALEM, Occupied Palestinian Territories (AA) The Israeli army has warned its personnel traveling abroad that they risk arrest after one of its soldiers fled Brazil while being investigated for serious war cr...
Soldier escapes after Brazilian court ordered investigation over war crimes in Gaza -JERUSALEM, Occupied Palestinian Territories An Israeli soldier charged with committing serious war crimes during the ongoing war on Gaza has fled Brazil, where authorities had been pressing for an investigation, according to the local media. The investigation ...
In Russia’s remote Magadan region, Tajik migrants have reported being forced to work under slave-like conditions on a cattle farm. A group of 10, tricked by a promise of well-paid jobs, now find themselves without pay and stripped of their passports by their employer, who allegedly refuses to return them. These migrants, including two with [&h...
President Joe Biden recently signed the 2025 defense spending bill, endorsing $895 billion in funding and extending the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act for another five years. Key measures in the act include monitoring human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang and imposing sanctions on Chinese officials linked to “genocide” against Uy...
Homelessness in the U.S. surged by 18% in 2024, marking the highest annual increase in recent years, according to a HUD report. On a single night in January, 771,480 people experienced homelessness in shelters, transitional housing, or unsheltered locations. Factors driving this crisis include rising housing costs, inflation, stagnant wages, ...
ANKARA (AA) – World leaders paid tribute to former US President Jimmy Carter, highlighting his lifelong dedication to peace, democracy and humanitarian causes. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban highlighted Carter’s contribution to Hungary during a challenging time. “By returning the Holy Crown to the people of Hungary at the en...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A UK-based Syrian rights group has said that it has compiled a list of around 16,200 members of the ousted Assad regime accused of crimes against civilians. “The ousted Assad regime committed serious violations that affected millions of Syrians,” the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said in a statement. The ri...
DAMASCUS (AA) – After the fall of Syria’s 61-year-old Baath regime, Anadolu filmed a torture center in the Syrian capital, revealing the Assad family’s abuses. Located in Damascus’s Kafr Sousa district, the intelligence headquarters of the Bashar Assad regime, nestled among ministries and government buildings, conceals underg...
