Human Right Violations

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Torture in Egypt a 'crime against humanity': rights groups

The New Arab 02 Oct 2023

... London-based human rights organisation REDRESS ... "This decision is a needed first step to hold the Egyptian regime accountable for its egregious human rights violations," 14 rights organisations said in a joint statement applauding congressional efforts to pull support from Egypt.

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International Day of Non-Violence: India continues to commit war crimes in occupied Kashmir

Kashmir Media Service 02 Oct 2023

According to Kashmir Media Service, the International Day of Non-Violence holds no relevance for the Kashmiris as Indian state terrorism and gross human rights violations continue to take heavy toll on the people of Jammu and Kashmiri and they suffer under violent ...

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International Day of Non-Violence: India continues to commit war crimes in IIOJK

Urdu Point 02 Oct 2023

According to Kashmir Media Service (KMS), the International Day of Non-Violence holds no relevance for the Kashmiris as Indian state terrorism and gross human rights violations continue to take heavy toll on the people of Jammu and Kashmiri and they suffer under violent Indian military and political occupation.

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Refugee question

Dawn 02 Oct 2023

According to the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, as of May this year, more than 110 million individuals were forcibly displaced due to conflict, persecution or human rights violations, of which more than 35m were categorised as refugees ... where human rights violations are extreme.

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United Nations Denounces the Production of Artificial “Uyghur Orphans” in Xinjiang

Bitter Winter English 02 Oct 2023

Just days after a side event attended by several member states that China had tried to prevent, the United Nations delivered another blow to Beijing’s claim that it does not systematically and blatantly violates human rights ... of violations of basic human rights,” they concluded.

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Senior Senate Democrat threatens to block military aid to Egypt on human rights grounds

Middle East Monitor 02 Oct 2023

“It is imperative that we continue to hold the government of Egypt, and all governments, accountable for their human rights violations.” The announcement ...

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Japan expanding its reach on the world stage

Asiatimes 02 Oct 2023

He said Japan condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it was a clear violation of the rule of law, and also called for efforts to stop human-rights violations and nuclear threats ... Although everyone benefits from digital technology, privacy and human violations are also at risk.

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US condemns China’s reported life sentence of acclaimed Uyghur scholar

CNN 02 Oct 2023

Rahile Dawut, who is widely believed by academics and rights groups to have been taken ... A report from the United Nations’ highest human rights office last year found China had committed “serious human rights violations,” which may amount to “crimes against humanity” in the region.

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India exploiting FATF standards, int’l laws to target civil society groups: Amnesty

Kashmir Media Service 02 Oct 2023

However, United Nations’ special rapporteurs have repeatedly called out the contentious and overbroad provisions of UAPA which both violate international human rights law and standards and contradict the FATF’s own guiding principles.

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Here’s a look at the resolution for a foreign force in Haiti. The UN will ...

The Lawton Constitution 02 Oct 2023

The resolution urges Haitian gangs and their supporters to cease their criminal acts, and condemns in the “strongest terms the increasing violence, criminal activities, and human rights abuses and violations which undermine the peace, stability, and security of Haiti and the region.”.

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China shifts online monitoring to Hong Kong activists abroad

Business Day 02 Oct 2023

Now the Hong Kong native is one of eight overseas-based activists with a bounty for her arrest, targeted for calling out human rights violations in the global financial hub after China implemented its national security law ... Maya Wang, associate Asia director at Human Rights Watch, ...

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How Authoritarian Regimes Are Stepping Up Repression Far Beyond Their Borders

Time Magazine 02 Oct 2023

Canada, after all, was accusing a fellow (albeit flawed) democracy of engineering an extraterritorial killing on its soil in a clear violation of Canadian sovereignty, to say nothing of international human-rights law.

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UN to vote on sending armed force to Haiti

The Milton Standard Journal 02 Oct 2023

The resolution condemns “the increasing violence, criminal activities, and human rights abuses and violations which undermine the peace, stability, and security of Haiti and the region, including kidnappings, sexual and gender-based violence, trafficking in persons and the ...

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Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

The Bryan Eagle 02 Oct 2023

The peace plan signed by Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua called for human rights safeguards, free elections, and an end to interference by other countries ... Serving as editor-in-chief, Muratov oversaw work that exposed corruption and human rights violations committed by Russian authorities.

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The French government wants to ‘save’ Muslim women by controlling them

Al Jazeera 02 Oct 2023

For example, Collectif Contre l’Islamophobie en Europe (CCIE), a non-profit organisation that documents and fights against discrimination and human rights violations of Muslims in Europe, has highlighted the case of a French schoolgirl, who was harassed by one of her teachers because her skirt was considered to be too long.