OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Hundreds took to the streets across Spain on Sunday to protest the lack of an investigation into the deaths of up to 37 migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Melilla. Around 2,000 migrants, many from Sudan, tried to cross the militarized border fence on Friday and […]
ANKARA (AA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat called late Sunday for an “immediate investigation” after the deaths of dozens migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Melilla. Around 2,000 migrants, many from Sudan, tried to cross the militarized border fence Friday and w...
TAL ABYAD, Syria (AA) – A former Syrian prisoner recalled the torture and cruelty he suffered in detention during the rule of Hafez al-Assad, the father of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In a special interview on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, Turkmen Ismail Mustafa from Tal Abyad recounted [&hellip...
GENEVA (AA) – Media freedom and the safety of journalists have dangerously declined around the world with grave negative effects on human rights, democracy and global development, a UN report said Friday. In a report presented to the Council, the report examined opportunities, challenges and threats to media in the digital age. It focuse...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations welcomed a hate crime investigation into anti-Asian slurs spray-painted onto a San Leandro, California home last weekend. On Saturday, police responded to a report of vandalism at 9 p.m. “A racial epithet within an anti-Asian message” was scrawled on a realtor sign marketing the property for sale. On ...
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are crossing the Indian-Bangladeshi border for safe harbor on the southeast coast of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. More than 1 million Rohingya are already taking shelter at the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar. There are about 40,000 Rohingya in India, with 20,000 registered with the U.N. refugee agency. Experts and ac...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye’s parliament speaker stressed Tuesday the necessity to alleviate the heavy migration burden on certain countries, including his own, as well as the importance of ensuring fair burden-sharing. “We can only achieve solidarity by accepting refugees to our countries duly and fairly in line with the rules of internatio...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina is expecting more than 5,000 people to participate in an annual peace march to honor the Srebrenica genocide victims. Thousands of people from all over the world come to the Bosnian town of Nezuk every year to participate in a three-day peace march. This year the march will […]
GENEVA (AA) – UN human rights experts on Monday praised an announcement by Malaysia’s government that it will abolish death penalty. The experts in a statement encouraged Malaysia’s parliament to take the legislative steps and pass a law to this effect. The policy shift will replace the mandatory death penalty with alternative sentences concer...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan is facing new inflows of asylum seekers from neighboring Afghanistan, following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, according to the UN refugee agency. Speaking on the eve of the World Refugees Day, observed June 20 every year, Qaiser Khan Afridi, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refuge...
