A panel of independent experts, monitoring states compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, said France had 180 days to report back about actions it had taken to restore rights of wearing niqab. #France: Fining two women for wearing the #niqab in public violated their freedom of religion — #HRCttee experts not…
Category: Human Rights
MEPs nominate Sentsov for Sakharov Prize
This week the European Parliament president Antonio Tajani and the leaders of the political groups during the Conference of Presidents meeting will select this year’s winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought from among the three finalists. The prize will be awarded in a ceremony in Strasbourg on 12 December. The biggest political group…
Saudi Arabia admits Jamal Khashoggi was killed
Saudi Arabia has confirmed Jamal Khashoggi (pictured) was killed inside the consulate in Istanbul after a “fight broke out”. According to Saudi state television, the fight broke out between Mr Khashoggi and people who met him in the consulate, leading to his death. The country’s public prosecutor has said that 18 Saudis have been arrested…
Salvini suggests chemical castration of rapists
A 20-year-old Tunisian migrant allegedly raped a 38-year-old Slovakian woman in the Baobab volunteer-run migrant centre outside Rome’s Tiburtina rail station at night on October, 11, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said, calling for the chemical castration of the alleged rapist. (Image: illustration). Tunisian, 20, rapes Slovak, 38. Chemical castration says Salvini https://t.co/cnFuK7MmQE — Ansa English…
Nadia Murad: from ISIS slave to Nobel prize winner
Iraqi Nadia Murad, the winner of the Sakharov Prize 2016 of the European Parliament shared with Congolese Denis Mukwege the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon in war. BREAKING NEWS: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 to Denis Mukwege and…
Castaldo calls for Dublin Regulation reform
Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, the vice-president of the European Parliament, Italy, M5S Movement, calls for the urgent reform of the EU Dublin Regulation, which unequally shares burden of illegal migration flows. Unlike the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, the Italian politician is convinced that the migrant crisis is far from being solved, reflecting profound structural problems…
Amnesty against extradition of Assange
Amnesty International supported voices against extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, arguing that this would put his human rights at serious risk of abuse. The statement, issued by the group’s Australian branch, backed Assange’s lawyers and supporters’ claim that if he is sent to the US, “he would face a real risk…
Twitter bans InfoWars accounts
Twitter has permanently banned accounts of TV host Alex Jones and InfoWars from the platform, the company said in a statement. https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1037804427992686593 According to the company, Jones accounts violated the company’s rules. The ban comes weeks after Jones was banned or suspended by other major tech companies like Apple, Facebook and YouTube. “We took this action based on…
Systemic torture in Russian prisons
Russia must end torture of detainees and prosecute the perpetrators, including prison guards caught on video beating an inmate, United Nations human rights investigators said. The U.N. Committee against Torture requested from Russian authorities to report back in a year on progress in holding to account guards who beat Yevgeny Makarov with truncheons and their…
Child-bride killed in Afghanistan
A man in Afghanistan has been accused of strangling to death a nine-year-old girl who was forcibly given to him by her family as a child bride to pay off a debt. Afghan child bride killed by husband in revenge #Afghanistan https://t.co/TYQyfI22sp — Ahmad Mukhtar (@AhMukhtar) July 31, 2018 News of the murder emerged a…
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