Lawyer and activist Ishrat Jahan was released from jail in the Indian capital New Delhi last week, after more than two years of imprisonment. She was hugged by her sister, and the duo burst into tears as relatives gathered around to welcome her home. Jahan said she was subjected to extra surveillance as well as […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – A total of 128 children have been killed in Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine as of Thursday, according to Ukrainian officials. Also, more than 172 children have been injured in the conflict since it began late last month, the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement. Russian shelling damaged 566 educ...
GENEVA (AA) – One month of war in Ukraine has led to the displacement of 4.3 million children – more than half the estimated population of 7.5 million children in the country, UNICEF said Thursday. Among the displaced children are more than 1.8 million who crossed into neighboring countries as refugees and 2.5 million who […]
GENEVA (AA) – Syrians will be confronting additional hardship as a result of the Ukraine crisis, Paulo Pinheiro, who chairs the International Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, has said. “Inflation is already skyrocketing. The government has begun rationing essential commodities, including ...
KIGALI, Rwanda – The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and its development partners have appealed for a $1.2 billion funding to address the refugee crisis in eastern Africa. The UNHCR appealed that the money is needed to deliver humanitarian assistance and protection to 2.3 million South Sudanese refugees and local communities in Congo, Ethiopia...
Israeli prison services used COVID-19 restrictions as a tool against Palestinian inmates, according to a report from the Palestinians Prisoners’ Society. By November 2020, more than 100 COVID-19 cases were reported among prisoners. Amani Sarahneh, spokeswoman for the Palestinian society, said each jail cell held more than six prisoners leading...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU’s border agency has been complicit in Greece’s illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers. A German magazine published on Thursday the findings of an investigation by OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud watchdog. Der Spiegel revealed that Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri and other top officials not only knew of but als...
Justice for all, the largest human rights organization led by american muslims, and the council on american-islamic relations or CAIR, today condemned India’s Karnataka high court ruling that hijab is not an essential part of islam. Since January, muslim girls in the southern indian state have not been allowed in school wearing a hijab. There...
ANKARA (AA) – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved a resolution demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russia from the human rights organization. A total of 216 delegates voted in favor of the decision while three lawmakers abstained. “The Parliamentary Assembly unanimously considered that the Russian Fe...
GENEVA (AA) – The international community must take immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence in Myanmar, where the military has engaged in widespread human rights violations and abuses, the UN human rights chief has said. “The military has engaged in systematic and widespread human rights violations and abuses – some of which ma...
