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  • A strike on Sunday evening at Riyadh's international airport has resulted in more injuries, and the number of fatalities has increased since over a dozen people were killed at the main aviation facility the day before.
  • The Ansar Allah Houthis and Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce fighting over the vital city of Taiz.
  • A human rights group reported on Sunday that airstrikes targeting artisanal gold miners in a disputed border area between Sudan and Egypt had killed at least 72 workers.
  • Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that he will have surgery in the "next few days" after medical professionals found a nodule on his lung.
  • The reform agenda of nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which the opposition has called "authoritarian," suffered a setback when Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum on Sunday.
  • After his social media posts were purportedly blocked on the company's platforms, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of meddling in the election on Saturday.

Tag: Human Rights

January 26, 2019

NEPAL: Man Seriously Injured Due to...

After that incident, Som Bahadur returned home with difficulty. When there was intolerable pain in his stomach, his wife and son took Som Bahadur to the Arati Medical in Hatiya

January 23, 2019

Iranian Activist Jailed, Allegedly Beaten, After...

On January 19, state TV aired a program claiming that Qolian and an organizer of the Shush protests, Esmail Bakhshi, were linked to Western-based activists who sought to overthrow the government in Tehran

January 21, 2019

Libya: Nightmarish Detention for Migrants, Asylum...

The EU and Italy’s support for the Libyan Coast Guard contributes significantly to the interception of migrants and asylum seekers and their subsequent detention in arbitrary, abusive detention in Libya

January 19, 2019

Cruel, Not Unusual: Iran Prosecutor Backs...

Iran’s religiously dominated system frequently organizes hangings and corporal punishments as public spectacles to discourage would-be criminals and has been called out over its rights record, including the frequent use of the death penalty and occasional reports of blindings or stonings

January 18, 2019

Human Rights Mission in Mali’s Kouloubon Village

The mission was tasked with establishing and documenting the facts and circumstances of alleged human rights violations committed during the mentioned attack

January 7, 2019

Rahaf will not be forcibly sent...

The 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun fled from Kuwait during a family vacation and arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport Saturday night

January 4, 2019

OHCHR Demands Independent Khashoggi Trial

Speaking to journalists in Geneva, Ravina Shamdasani from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), confirmed that her office was aware that the trial was under way

December 30, 2018

Looking Back:A Young Woman and Her...

Several images will likely be iconic of this year’s demonstrations including a young woman – reported to be a student – covering her face as she runs from tear gas just outside the University of Tehran, her fist raised defiantly in the air

December 16, 2018

Colombia: New Groups Killing Afro-Colombians

The 57-page report, “Recycled Violence: Abuses by FARC Dissident Groups in Tumaco on Colombia’s Pacific Coast,” shows how flaws in the demobilization of FARC guerrillas—and in their reincorporation into society—helped prompt the formation of these new dissident groups

December 10, 2018

Human Rights Day

When oppressed – they rose. Together they fought for greater justice, stronger respect and more compassion

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