Asia
Pakistan: Deadly and devastating floods
The Minister of Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, who on Wednesday spoke of a disaster of "rare magnitude", announced a state of emergency on Friday and appealed for international assistance. Summer…
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When China executes prisoners of conscience to fuel organ trafficking
China is the only country in the world to have an industrial-scale organ trafficking practice that harvests organs from executed prisoners of conscience.
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Rohingya refugees share concerns with UN rights commissioner during visit to Cox’s Bazar
In Cox’s Bazar, she visited camps housing Rohingya refugees who, after terrible repression and human rights violations, fled Myanmar five years ago “to get some safety,” she said. “An estimated…
Asia
Japan‘s prime minister sent a donation to a temple seen as a symbol of militarism
"It is natural for any country to pay tribute to those who have given their lives for the motherland," commented the Chief Secretary of the Government Japanese Prime Minister Fumio…
Asia
Iran’s persecution of Baháʼís has escalated since June 2022
As reported by the Baháʼí Community in Brussels (BIC), the "quiet campaign to strangle the Baháʼí community is now taking a more overt violent turn, reminiscent of the earlier days…
Asia
Shocking demolitions and land grabs in persecution of Iran’s Baháʼís
BIC GENEVA — In a cruel escalation, and just two days after previous attacks on Baháʼís across Iran, up to 200 Iranian government and local agents have sealed off the…
Asia
Bangladesh: Conference with the EU Parliament about Human Rights Violations
Bangladesh: European Parliament condemns human rights violations and calls for free and fair elections. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, July 26, 2022 - July 19th 2022, an international conference entitled "Democracy under threat…
Asia
Latvia files Allegations of Genocide re Ukraine v. Russian Federation
Latvia files a declaration of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute THE HAGUE, 22 July 2022. Genocide - On 21 July 2022, the Republic of Latvia,…
Africa
The Jeddah Summit Declaration, a new tool for Peace and Development
The final declaration of the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (Jeddah Summit) was issued last July 16th, to the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Jordan, Egypt,…
Asia
Shinzo Abe’s assassination to be called terrorist
Shinzo Abe's assassination - Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was murdered because he had links with the Unification Church. The killer cited this as a motive for his fatal…