Kareem Fahim – 13h ago ANKARA, Turkey — In a neighborhood still scarred by hate, the Syrian refugees all but vanished one day last week. They shuttered their shops. They hurried through streets. It was the anniversary of a rampage by an anti-Syrian mob, and the authorities had delivered a warning: It […]
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A monitoring rights group says a Russian warplane struck a house in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border, killing seven civilians, including four children By Associated Press July 22, 2022, 4:31 AM BEIRUT, Lebanon — A monitoring rights group says a Russian warplane struck a house on Friday in northwestern Syria […]
BY JOHN FENG ON 7/20/22 AT 10:11 AM EDT Chinese diplomats in Geneva are trying to stop the publication of a United Nations report on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, Reuters reported Wednesday. A “joint letter” written by the Chinese mission and circulated among other member states in a bid to collectively lobby the Office of the […]
Publication of Foreign Office annual report on global rights was due before parliamentary summer recess
A new report from the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released on Wednesday, confirms the erosion of basic human rights across the country since the Taliban takeover in August last year, pointing out they bear responsibility for extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and violations of fundamental freedoms. The UNAMA findings, confirm many […]
Dozens of independent UN human rights experts on Friday urged the Chinese Government to “cooperate fully” with the UN human rights system over abuse allegations, and grant them “unhindered access – particularly to prisons and detention centres. “Strengthening engagement with independent human rights experts and Human Rights Council mechanisms is […]