HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The US city of Minneapolis and its police department have engaged in an illegal “pattern or practice of race discrimination,” according to a report released Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. The department launched the study just days after then-police officer Derek Chauvin killed Ge...
PARIS (AA) – Dozens of irregular migrants, including families with children, who sought a better life by embarking on a perilous journey and crossing multiple countries to reach France, have been living in deplorable conditions in a parking lot in a Paris suburb for months. Nearly 200 irregular migrants from Iran, Morocco, and notably Afghanis...
KIGALI, Rwanda – Mali’s public prosecutor has announced the launch of an investigation into a mass grave discovered near the camp formerly occupied by French forces in Gossi, north of Mali. On Wednesday April 27, the Malian army claimed to have discovered a mass grave near a military base left by the French army in […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have accused the UN refugee agency UNRWA of procrastinating the reconstruction of their homes destroyed during last year’s Israeli war. This came in a protest organized by Palestinian factions outside the UNRWA office in Gaza City. “I have the right to safe housing,” and &#...
For the 3rd year in a row, the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom or USCIRF has asked the US government to designate India as a “country of particular concern” of CPC. The CPC designation is used for nations that engage in egregious violations of religious freedom. This year, USCIRF also called for it […]...
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi has filed a $35 million lawsuit against the Canadian government for his 14-year detention, the CBC reports. The court filing says authorities took actions that “caused, contributed to and prolonged (Slahi’s SILA HAI’S) detention, torture, assault and sexual assault at Guantanamo Bay.” The 51-...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The Malian army (FAMA) said late Friday it discovered a mass grave near the camp formerly occupied by the French force in Gossi in the north. The French army exited Gossi’s advanced operational base on Tuesday, transferring it to the Malian army. “Remains in a state of advanced putrefaction were discovered [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A long battle of Palestinians with Syrian backgrounds has concluded, with those coming from the war-torn Middle Eastern nation winning protection rights under the UN Convention in a European country. Ghada al-Rayan, a Palestinian-Syrian human rights defender, told Anadolu Agency that the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerla...
GENEVA – UN officials have warned of a worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine, with access to food and health facilities among the top concerns in a country listed among the world’s leading grain producers. At a UN press conference in Geneva, UN Information Services head Alessandra Vellucci noted the concern expressed overnigh...
DHAKA (AA) – Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry criticized a US human rights country report on the South Asian nation, saying the sources of the report are questionable and it also contains a few factual errors. “For example, though we do not endorse their information, the Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) mentioned 275 extrajudicial killings (in Ban...
