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…
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Shocking demolitions and land grabs in persecution of Iran’s Baháʼís
Africa
Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia to Conduct First Visit in the Country
GENEVA/ADDIS ABABA (25 July 2022) – Members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia are undertaking a visit to Ethiopia from 25 to 30 July 2022. This will be…
Europe
For a Syrian in Europe, It’s Either Migrant or Mercenary
A decade after its outbreak, the Europe migrant crisis is still treated as a temporary disease, a vexing ailment that could be cured never to return again. The European governments are persistent in their efforts to curb…
America
15 NGOs+ send letter to Secretary Blinken to throw pro-Russian anticult organization out from United Nations
On June 2, 15 NGOs plus 33 scholars and well-known activists have written to the US Secretary of State, to ask him to start a procedure to have the UN…
Europe
MEP Dennis Radtke: Working Conditions at German airports like those of Chinese migrants
DÜSSELDORF, 22 July 2022 - For Dennis Radtke, CDU MEP, the chaos at German and European airports was predictable. For the social expert in the European Parliament, the fact that…
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
President Macron in Benin should demand the release of Reckya Madougou and Joel Aivo
On the eve of President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Benin, the Brussels-based NGO "Human Rights Without Frontiers" urged the French President to demand the release of two famous opposition leaders, Reckya Madougou…
Defense
Poland ranked first in the EU for granting asylum to the most Ukrainians
As of May 31, 2022, Poland ranked first and Bulgaria ranked second among the EU countries in which the most Ukrainians were granted the right to asylum, according to Eurostat…
Economy
Hungarian gas stations sued the government at the European Court of Human Rights
Group petition of 50 gas stations lodged with the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg) in response to the Hungarian Government’s illegal capping of petrol prices The Hungarian Government capped…
Human Rights
The Egyptians asked to be included in the Constitution of North Macedonia too
"The members of this community make their constructive contribution to the development of our country, starting with the Ilinden uprising...", reads the request of the Egyptian associations in the country…