Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday Russia’s leadership was responsible for civilian killings in Bucha BOO CHA, outside Kyiv. Bodies were found lying in the street after the town was retaken by Ukrainian forces. Zelenskyy vowed to investigate and prosecute all Russian “crimes” in Ukraine. He spoke as global outrage mount...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The head of the UN refugee agency has demanded that European countries apply their generosity towards Ukrainian refugees to others as well as 90 more people died in a fresh “tragedy” in the Mediterranean Sea. “More than 90 people have died in another Mediterranean tragedy,” Filippo Grandi said on T...
Valletta, Malta – AFP Pope Francis called for a shared response to the world’s migration crises Saturday, at the outset of a two-day trip to Malta. “The growing migration emergency -– here we can think of the refugees from war-torn Ukraine –- calls for a broad-based and shared response. Some countries cannot respond to the [&...
GENEVA (AA) – Five weeks after the Russian military operation in Ukraine began, the number of civilian deaths as counted by UN officials till Friday stood at 1,276, with 1,981 wounded, although the toll is much higher as the number of people fleeing climbed to 4,102,876. UN agencies said feeding residents in besieged areas is […]
GENEVA – The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted three resolutions in favor of Palestine. One of these has condemned the actions of Jewish settlers in occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. Thirty-five resolutions were accepted on the final day of the Council’s 49th session from February...
An Ohio Muslim student’s activism has led to the passage of a state law allowing athletes in hijab to compete in sports. Noor Alexandria Abukaram decided to fight to change the rules after being disqualified in 2019 during a cross country state meet for wearing a hijab. The 18-year-old athlete’s campaign #LetNoorRun garnered national attentio...
Indian media professionals have appealed to institutions to uphold their constitutional mandate amid open calls for attacks on religious minorities, especially Muslims. In an open letter, they wrote “The concerted amplification of hatred has been growing over the past years and months.” Some groups have advocated violence during elections, pol...
Ottawa, Canada – AFP Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Wednesday with an Indigenous community that recently identified 93 graves at a former residential school, part of a series of similar discoveries that shocked the country. His visit to the Williams Lake First Nation in British Columbia came just days after a delegation spoke...
On Monday, officials said Bangladesh has shut the largest private school for Rohingya refugees. Since December, Bangladeshi authorities have been shutting down schools set up by the Rohingya, and late last week closed Kayaphuri School. The school was set up by Mohib Ullah, a prominent Rohingya community leader allegedly gunned down in Septembe...
On Monday, the Tunisian Human Rights League condemned military trials being held for civilians. Anadolu news agency reports that the group called for the acceleration of revising relevant laws, including the Terrorism Law. That legislation has resulted in journalists being prosecuted with impunity, as well as restrictions on human rights acti...
