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The coach of “Paris Saint-Germain” and his son arrested

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They are accused of discrimination The coach of "Paris Saint-Germain" Christophe Galtier and his son John Valovik were detained by the French police. The reason for the arrest are accusations of discrimination during the coach's stay...
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How the EU is Addressing Fundamental Rights Challenges in 2023. Targeted Support for Refugees, Tackling Child Poverty and Hate, and Protecting Digital Rights

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The Fundamental Rights Report 2023 by FRA reflects on the progress and challenges of human rights protection within the European Union in 2022. Key issues include the implications of the Ukraine conflict, rising child poverty, hate crime, and technological advancements.
Human Rights

UN rights office calls on France to address ‘deep issues’ of racism in policing

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In a statement released in Geneva on Friday, OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani expressed concern over the death of 17-year-old Nahel M on Tuesday, after he was shot dead driving away from a traffic stop...
Human Rights

Time to end gender-based violence, boost role of women in politics, public life

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Speaking to the Council’s annual meeting in Geneva on protecting the rights of women and girls, the UN High Commissioner said it was an urgent task, and there needed to be zero-tolerance of gender-based...
Human Rights

Child health: More focus needed on earliest years, urges WHO

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The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Children’s Fund UNICEF find that the first years of a child’s life provide “irreplicable opportunities to improve lifelong health, nutrition and well-being” according to a...
America

Argentina and its Yoga School: Happy 85th birthday, Mr Percowicz

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Today, on 29 June, Juan Percowicz, the founder of the Yoga School of Buenos Aires (BAYS), is 85 years old. Last year, six weeks after his birthday, he was arrested with 18 other people from his yoga school...
Human Rights

Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank

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A strongly worded statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General reiterates that settlements are a flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions. Antonio Guterres, it says, urged the Government of Israel to...
Human Rights

Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert

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“The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and the number of people displaced across international borders is rapidly increasing,” said Ian Fry, independent human rights expert on climate change, who took up...
Human Rights

UN refugee agency predicts spike in resettlement needs next year

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 According to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs Assessment for 2024, over 2.4 million refugees will be in need of resettlement, marking a 20 per cent increase compared to 2023. A woman leaves a refugee camp in...
Human Rights

Torture as a weapon of war must cease, rights experts demand

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Today, more than 100 armed conflicts are raging worldwide, devastating communities, winding back development, and leading to grave violations of human rights. Ranging from severe beatings to sexual humiliation and rape, torture is widely used...
Human Rights

Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen, Security Council hears

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"So far, the ceasefire between the M23 and the FARDC has held up relatively well and has contributed to some security gains”, said UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Martha Pobee. “The relative calm in Rutshuru territory,...
Asia

To rebel against injustice… Harfouch receives great support from the French Foreign Affairs Committee member at the Senat

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In an extraordinary meeting organized by the “International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism” (LICRA), and a member of the French Senate Nathalie Goulet, a number of prominent personalities met with the Leader of the...
Human Rights

Sudan: OHCHR calls for ‘urgent action’ to end militia attacks on people fleeing El Geneina

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The explosion of ethnic violence in Darfur largely by nomadic “Arab” groups in alliance with the RSF who have been battling national army forces for control of the country since mid-April, has led tens...
Africa

AIDO network issues declaration of Mombasa on Human Rights

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PRESS RELEASE - Mombasa / AIDO Network International, with its head office in London and chapters in Europe, Africa, and the Americas held its 5th International Convention in Mombasa, Kenya. Human rights issues were...
Human Rights

Tunisia must ‘change course’ amid media crackdown: UN rights chief

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“It is troubling to see Tunisia, a country that once held so much hope, regressing and losing the human rights gains of the last decade,” Mr. Türk said, urging the country to “change course”.The...
Human Rights

Killings drive Israelis and Palestinians ‘deeper into an abyss’, warns Türk

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“These latest killings and the violence, along with the inflammatory rhetoric, serve only to drive Israelis and Palestinians deeper into an abyss,” said the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as his Office warned of the...
Human Rights

Urgent reform needed to shield women and children from violence during custody battles

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“The tendency of family courts to dismiss the history of domestic violence and abuse in custody cases, especially where mothers and/or children have brought forward credible allegations of domestic abuse, including coercive control, physical...
America

Argentina, 9 women sue a state institution abusively calling them ‘victims of sexual abuse’

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Five women older than 50, three in their forties and one in mid-thirties are suing on appeal two prosecutors of the state agency PROTEX on unfounded claims of their being victims of sexual abuse...
Europe

Giorgia Meloni, “Religious freedom is not a second-class right”

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Religious Freedom / Freedom of Religion or Belief / Good morning to all. I greet and thank "Aid to the Church in Need" for the extraordinary work it has carried out since 1947 and for...
Human Rights

Health data, women’s and LGBT rights in spotlight at Human Rights Council

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The Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, warned that technology enabled easy sharing of sensitive health data of adolescents, migrants and people whose sexual orientation or health status was subject to discrimination.“Accessibility...
Asia

Record executions, large-scale arrests and detentions: New Iran human rights report

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“The overall human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has markedly deteriorated against the backdrop of continuously worsening socio-economic conditions, aggravated by sanctions and the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Nada...
Human Rights

Afghanistan mission chief to Taliban: Bans on women and girls cost you legitimacy at home and abroad

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UN Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva was briefing the Security Council on the dire situation facing the country and the international aid effort, with UN women workers among those now prevented by Taliban edicts from working.“We...
Human Rights

Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’

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Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland was reacting on Twitter to the news of a shooting attack reportedly by two Palestinian gunmen, who opened fire at a petrol station on...
Human Rights

‘Vital’ human rights cooperation must be above fray of politics: Türk

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In his annual review presented to the Human Rights Council, which opened its 53rd regular session on Monday, Mr. Türk insisted that such cooperation was “vital” in a world plagued by conflict, climate disasters and...
Human Rights

Afghanistan: Taliban ‘may be responsible for gender apartheid’ says rights expert

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Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed similar concerns on the opening day of the Council’s summer session, adding that the de facto authorities had “dismantled the most fundamental principles of human...
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