Death toll crosses 1,000 in violence on Syrian coast, war monitor reports
The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and ...
Hundreds of Minorities, Including Christians, Killed in Syria—Reports
Since Thursday, more than 1,000 people—including Christian minorities and Alawites, the sect to which Assad belongs—have been killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and ...
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‘Alarming rollback’ on gender equality and human rights worldwide: report
Women's rights NGO Equality Now reported on Friday that despite some progress towards legal equality, there has been an 'alarming rollback' of fundamental human rights relating to 'women's rights, ...
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UN Panel Discusses Need for Stronger Protections for Platform Workers
While platform companies promote flexibility, the reality for many workers is exclusion from labor and social security rights ...
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DRC conflict so far ‘devastating’ to Indigenous lands & people: Interview with Samuel Ade Ndasi
The resumption of hostilities since the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel group resurged and captured territories in the eastern ...
Nicaragua Is in the Grips of Another Dictatorship, Decades After Sandinista Revolution: Reed Brody
Nicaragua announced last week it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a U.N. report that slammed the government’s human rights violations and warned the country was ...
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One in four countries report backlash on women’s rights in 2024
UN Women calls on everyone to stand up for Rights, Empowerment and Equality for ALL Women and Girls Women's and girls' rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of ...
Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says ...
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Testimony to the Japanese Nonpartisan Parliamentary Association for Reconsidering Human Rights Diplomacy session on Uyghur returnees
My name is Yalkun Uluyol. Thank you for inviting me to this important session of the cross-party parliamentary league for ...
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Report sees Russian ‘war crimes’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ against Ukrainian POWs and detainees
Amnesty International published a report on Tuesday exposing Russia's mistreatment of both Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian captives currently held in detention within Ukrainian ...
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Bird Drops Severed Human Hand That May Have Belonged to a Child into a Schoolyard: Reports
Getty A human hand was discovered at a schoolyard in Ireland, and it is thought to have once belonged to a child, according to reports. In a statement obtained by PEOPLE, Gardaí — the national ...
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Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina’s govt committed “crimes against humanity”, says UN Report on Human Rights
Hasina, 77, who fled into exile to neighbouring India, has already defied an arrest warrant to face trial in Bangladesh for crimes against humanity. India is hosting her, and has not responded to ...