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Syria: Children’s rights at the heart of the issues after the fall of the Assad regime
Human Rights
The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on 8 December 2024 after fourteen years of civil war marks a major turning point for Syria. However, it also highlights the serious violations…
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From the point of view of the Russian judicial system, Jehovah's Witnesses are more dangerous than any other religious group. Over 140 prisoners and record sentences of over 8 years....
Christianity
DECISION № 214 Sofia, 16.12.2024 IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE SUPREME COURT OF CASSATION of the Republic of Bulgaria, Commercial Chamber, Second Department, in a court session on the...
Human Rights
In recent years, some women have become pilots in Iran's aviation industry, although it is still rare. An Iranian airline has carried out a rare all-female flight, landing for the...
Human Rights
Senior UN officials have been meeting representatives of the new caretaker authorities in Damascus in the past few days, following the overthrow of the Assad regime. This morning in New...
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Mahvash Sabet is recovering from heart surgery: Iran’s government must let her do so in peace by never returning her to prison. GENEVA—23 December 2024—Mahvash Sabet, a 71-year-old Iranian Baha’i...
America
President Metsola presented the Sakharov Prize 2024 to Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg. Edmundo González Urrutia, a diplomat and politician...
Human Rights
A team from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria visited former prisons and detention centres, including the notorious Sednaya and the Military Intelligence Branch 235 prisons.It is...
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Police violence // According to the Public Defender of Georgia (Ombudsperson’s Office) that I visited while in Tbilisi, 225 out of 327 detainees interviewed by their representatives claimed to have...
![[Press Release] A Spark in Athens: Greeks Unite for Human Rights Awareness](https://europeantimes.news/wp-content/smush-webp/2024/12/Greece-Human-Rights-768x432.jpg.webp "[Press Release] A Spark in Athens: Greeks Unite for Human Rights Awareness")
Europe
Brussels, Belgium, 19th Dec 2024 — KINGNEWSWIRE // In the heart of the city, beneath the watchful gaze of the Acropolis, a new movement is taking shape. On Sunday, December 15,...
