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Russian attacks on Ukraine energy set to push 500,000 people out of country

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The alert from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine follows significant destruction to power plants and the worsening energy crisis that has affected access to electricity, clean water and heating, while...
Human Rights

France – Yoga: Disproportionate widescale police raids with abuses starting from a personal settlement of scores

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The starting point was a personal revenge by an academic who got a suspended sentence of four months in prison for harassment On 28 November 2023, just after 6 a.m., a SWAT team of around...
Human Rights

Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests

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“The Islamic Republic of Iran relies on a system, both in law and in practice, that fundamentally discriminates on the grounds of gender,” the update noted, highlighting the far-reaching impacts on women and...
Human Rights

Dozens of Bulgarian Roma families are moving out of their homes in Duisburg

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Dozens of Bulgarian families from Duisburg have received letters from German municipal authorities with a notification that they must leave their apartments by mid-September 2024. This was reported by the organization "Stolipinovo* in Europe". From...
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Community policing and crime prevention in Nigeria

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By Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, Centre for Faith and Community Development, Nigeria ([email protected]) 1. INTRODUCTION Crime prevention – whether at the societal, community or individual level – is a much sought-after goal in contemporary societies across the...
Human Rights

UN rights chief calls for global ‘zero tolerance’ against antisemitism

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This comes just a day after the UN human rights office (OHCHR) issued a statement expressing horror over the reported summary execution of six Israeli hostages who were among those abducted by Hamas and...
Human Rights

2024 Athenagoras Human Rights Award Banquet

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The 2024 Athenagoras Human Rights Award will be presented to Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of martyred Russian hero Alexei Navalny By Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate With the blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and...
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Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no peace’

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On 15 April 1967, a delegation led by Dr. King met with the legendary Ralph Bunche and other top UN officials. Mr. Bunche was the first African American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize,...
Human Rights

China: UN rights office reiterates need to review national security framework

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The 31 August 2022 report stated that violations had taken place in the context of the Government’s assertion that it was targeting terrorists among the Uyghur minority with a counter-extremism strategy, involving the...
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The 21st Century and the Shame of Persistent Institutionalisation

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In a moving speech delivered on 28 August at UN headquarters in Geneva, Dr Amalia Gamio, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, highlighted a worrying reality: the lack of...
Human Rights

Rights experts urge United Kingdom to curb hate speech

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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism (CERD) voiced concern over persistent hate crimes, hate speech and xenophobic incidents on various platforms, including by politicians and public figures.It was particularly concerned about...
Europe

UKRAINE The UOC, the historical branch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, on the path to be banned

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On Independence Day, President Zelensky signed Law № 8371 banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Ukraine through the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) On 24 August 2024, President Zelensky signed Law No. 8371...
Human Rights

World News in Brief: Sudan aid breakthrough, rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar displacement continues

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World Food Programme (WFP) trucks carrying sorghum, pulses, oil and rice destined for 13,000 people at risk of famine in Kereneik, West Darfur, made the crossing on Tuesday evening local time. WFP reports that it...
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OSCE Urges Immediate Action Amid Surge in Religious Hate Crimes Across Europe

Juan Sanchez Gil -
Vienna, August 22, 2024 – Religious Hate Crimes - On the occasion of the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, there is a significant focus on the...
Human Rights

OSCE in Warsaw to Host Annual Human Rights Conference

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The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, scheduled to take place from September 30 to October 11, 2024, at the Sofitel Victoria in Krakowska St., Warsaw, marks a significant event in the realm of international human...
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FRANCE Police raids on peaceful yoga practitioners and abuses in police custody

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On 28 November 2023, just after 6 a.m., a SWAT team of around 175 policemen wearing black masks, helmets, and bullet proof vests, simultaneously descended on eight separate houses and apartments in and around...
Human Rights

UN rights expert urges ‘bold action’ to end systemic racism in Brazil

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Special Rapporteur Ashwini K.P., said at the end of a 12-day fact finding mission, that members of marginalised racial and ethnic groups in Brazil - including those of African descent and from indigenous...
Human Rights

UN chief calls for inclusive elections in Bangladesh

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In a statement issued by his Deputy Spokesperson late on Monday (New York time), the UN chief also called for full respect of the human rights across the country.“The Secretary-General welcomes efforts to...
Council of Europe

75 Years On: The Pioneering Steps Towards the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

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the first meeting of the body that would eventually evolve into the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
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Russia, A court fined a disabled Jehovah’s Witness suffering from cancer to 4500 USD

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On August 8, 2014, Judge Sergey Lytkin of the Kurgan City Court convicted Anatoliy Isakov, 59, for so-called extremism simply for holding peaceful private Christian worship services. The prosecutor requested for Anatoly Isakov 6.5 years probation with a...
Health

Sexual abuse, electric shocks, chemical restraints in Mental Health Care, report finds

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A disclosure by New Zealand's Royal Commission has exposed a distressing past of mistreatment within its mental health and behavioral facilities impacting 200,000 children and vulnerable individuals. "For some people it meant years or even...
Human Rights

UN rights chief ‘shocked and appalled’ by Israeli minister’s comment on starving Gazans to death

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OHCHR spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk “is shocked and appalled” by comments made by Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, who suggested that letting two million Palestinians in...
Europe

French anti-religious MIVILUDES now attacks also the Catholic Church

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In a turn of events in the ongoing discussion on religious freedoms in France the government antireligious MIVILUDES is facing criticism for its bias against religion, particularly for expanding its investigation to include traditional...
Europe

From Athens to Strasbourg: 75 Years of Influence of Greece in Council of Europe

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Greece is set to commemorate an occasion as it marks 75 years since it became a member of the Council of Europe on 9 August 1949. The Council was established in London on 5...
Food

Human Rights Crisis: EU Rebukes Israeli Proposal to Starve Gaza Civilians

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In a rebuke highlighting the European Union's dedication to humanitarian values and international law the EU High Representative expressed serious concern about the controversial comments made by Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich at the...
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