200 Palestinians freed in Gaza truce deal
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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...
The United Nations on Monday said that the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine has climbed to more than 2.8 million. It has become Europe’s fastest growing refugee crisis since World War Two. European Union officials say the number of refugees is likely to reach 5 million. Over one million Ukrainian refugees are in Poland, which […...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Tuesday providing for free menstrual supplies for low-income women and girls. The far-right leader signed the executive order at a ceremony for International Women’s Day. The new decree will be funded by a budget of $26 million reaching an estimated 3.6 million people, according to the h...
ANKARA (AA) – A Dutch lawmaker has called for space to be made for “real refugees from Ukraine” and for those “who have no right to stay” to be returned. In an opinion piece published on Monday by the Dutch weekly EW Magazine, Ruben Brekelmans said his party, the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy [&he...
About 1.7 million Ukrainian refugees have crossed into neighboring countries in 11 days. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Sunday it is the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. Previously, the Syrian war was considered the largest global refugee crisis. The UK has rejected opening its borders to Uk...
A boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya refugees, including dozens of children, landed on the coast of Indonesia’s westernmost province Aceh on Sunday, police said. The vessel sailed from a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh, arriving shortly after 3 a.m. on a beach in Bireun BIRI YOON district. It carried 114 people, including 58 men, 21 […]...
