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UN experts on Wednesday condemned the alleged summary execution and enforced disappearance of individuals in Mali, stating that the unlawful killings may amount to war crimes and that the enforced disappearance may constitute crimes against humanity.
The experts stated the Malian authorities...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement Monday reassuring the US civil society groups of the human rights group’s solidarity amidst Trump administration funding cuts.
The human rights group highlighted that the funding cuts are “not a policy shift, but a direct and unjustifiable attack on...
The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) reported Wednesday the phenomenon of enforced disappearances in Colombia and provided recommendations to support the State’s efforts in combating this crime. The committee’s report concluded a 15-day visit to Colombia, during which it held...
Roland Friedrich, Director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Affairs for the West Bank of the Jordan River, said on Wednesday that Israel’s ban on the agency’s activities in East Jerusalem is a serious threat to the rights of 800 Palestinian children to education.
Friedrich...
Egypt’s First Circuit of the Criminal Court in Damanhour sentenced a 78-year-old school administrator to life imprisonment, equivalent to 25 years under Egyptian law, for the sexual abuse of six-year-old Yassin, a student enrolled at a private school in the Beheira Governorate.
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Amnesty International called for Turkish authorities to lift the ban on May Day (also called Labor Day) gatherings in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Wednesday.
Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake, said the ban was “based on entirely spurious security...
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday appealed to global leaders to take proactive measures in preventing the destruction of critical life-saving support in Gaza. The deadly wave of Israeli attacks that continues to take the lives of innocent civilians residing in temporary shelters and...
Finance Minister Rachel Reeves on Tuesday announced the UK’s plans to pass legislation to properly regulate crypto-assets.
As of August 2024, research released by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) estimated that 12 percent of the UK population, which comes up to approximately 7 million...
Several UN aid agencies warned that Afghanistan’s escalating humanitarian crisis is being compounded by the mass return of its nationals from neighbouring countries, including Pakistan and Iran. The agencies also warned that the situation is further complicated by the struggling economy as well...
Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that military authorities in West Africa have been increasingly using enforced disappearances as a means of repression against civil and political activists who criticize the government.
The organization noted that the military and security forces in...
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