HUMAN RIGHTS
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The 2024 election was a tough pill to swallow for Democrats, especially LGBTQ+ Americans. With former President Donald Trump back in the White House as of January 20, 2025, four years after he staged an insurrection against the U.S. government, the road ahead looks daunting. Yet, amid the dark days ahead, Democratic leaders are holding firm on their commitment…
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As the Summit of the Future entered its second and final day at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday, leaders from the world body’s member countries continued to hail the adoption of the Pact for the Future, with Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations as its annexes. The pact and…
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The pager and walkie-talkie blasts across Lebanon “clearly violated international human rights law and international humanitarian law,” the chief spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says. Speaking to reporters, Ravina Shamdasani says the “utterly horrific” attack was “indiscriminate”. “The simultaneous targeting of thousands of individuals, without clear understanding of where they would…
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A UN special rapporteur on human rights slammed reports that students at Columbia University in the US, who organized a demonstration in support of Palestine, would face “disciplinary action” if they did not end their protests. “I’m hearing disturbing reports that students face suspension if they don’t end their peaceful protests in Columbia University in…
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A human rights charity has criticised the UK for being too slow to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, despite the announcement of a maritime corridor for aid deliveries. “The creation of a maritime aid ‘corridor’ is a woefully slow response to the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the UK is once again…
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Thousands of Volkswagen Group luxury cars have been seized by US customs due to alleged violations of forced labor laws, the Financial Times reported this week. Several thousand Audis and around 1,000 Porsches, as well as several hundred Bentleys, are being impounded in US ports after the authorities found a component in the vehicles that…
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A human rights activist has called on world powers to Respond to Navalny’s death by giving aid and Putin’s money to Ukraine. There are no words or sanctions that can compensate for renewing aid to Ukraine, said the former Washington director of Human Rights Watch. Tom Malinowski said the US Congress must fulfil its responsibility,…
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Footage shared from Gaza City appears to show Israeli soldiers rounding up a group of men stripped down to their underwear. The video shows a group of men – and some males who may be children – in the middle of a run-down stadium, seemingly being directed by armed soldiers. The groups walk to the…
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Marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, human rights groups said Beijing is increasing its crackdown against dissent both within China and abroad, adding they fear that the situation in the world’s second most populated country is getting worse. Western governments are failing to pressure…
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Local vigilante operatives attached to Anambra State Commissioner for Homeland Security, Hon Chikodi Anarah, have brutalized a commercial tricycle (Keke) operator in Awka. Colleagues of the victim, who protested in Awka, said the tricyclist was beaten mercilessly. According to them, the windshield of his Keke was shattered by the security operatives, who also punctured the…
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday said it has officially received 15 written comments on the legal consequences of the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem. In a statement cited by official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the court said 14 written comments were submitted by the…
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Palestinians are the largest stateless community worldwide, according to the United Nations, and when they become refugees, the way to resettlement is not a straightforward journey. Refugees are a product of conflict. While the roots of the Israel-Gaza war trace back decades, the recent fighting flared on October 7 when Hamas militants attacked Israelis, killing…
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When Dr. Paul Ezike’s video on the alleged plight of some Nigerians in the Ethiopia’s Kaliti Prisons, Addis Ababa, recently hit the social media space, it was a quick reminder of what Nigerians have been going through in several prisons outside Nigeria, particularly in the Asian countries, and Libya over the past couple of years.…
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More than 150 health facilities in Gaza have been attacked, the UN health agency has said – adding it needs urgent access to the enclave to deliver aid and medical supplies. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a long-term humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and said it had supplies ready for Gaza near the Rafah…
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Attacks on medical facilities are prohibited under international humanitarian law, a UN human rights spokesperson told Anadolu on Saturday on the Israeli order for a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate. “International humanitarian law requires parties to the conflict to apply, at a minimum and among other requirements, that the wounded and sick…
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Kremlin: Armenia joining International Criminal Court ‘wrongful’ There’s been more reaction from the Kremlin to the news that Armenia has voted to join the International Criminal Court despite a warning from Russia (see our 13.09 post). The move has vexed Moscow, which considered Yerevan an ally. In further comments on the situation this afternoon, Kremlin…
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