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Council of Europe Assembly adopts resolution on deinstitutionalisation

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a Recommendation and a Resolution on the deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities. Both of these provide important guidelines in the process of implementing human rights...
Asia

Patriarch Kirill of Russia to be sanctioned by the European Union

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According to an "in progress" article published by DW, the AFP Agency has had access to a document in which can be read that "the sanctions also reportedly target the head of the Russian...
Council of Europe

Commissioner: Human rights are being undermined

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The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, presented her annual report 2021 to the Parliamentary Assembly during the Assembly’s Spring Session in the end of April. The Commissioner stressed that trends...
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WHO: The Quality Rights e-training for a paradigm shift in mental health

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Restoring the dignity and rights of people with mental health conditions and with psychosocial disabilities needs to be our priority. The Quality Rights e-training will play an essential role in transforming attitudes and practices in mental health
Europe

Human Rights Watch: risks for refugees in Poland

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(Brussels) HRW.org – Refugees from Ukraine, particularly women and girls, face heightened risks of gender-based violence, trafficking, and other exploitation due to lack of systematic protection and security measures in Poland. “Poland’s acceptance of those fleeing the...
Human Rights

A former Turkish president has opposed Erdogan, accusing him

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Former Turkish President Abdullah Gul (pictured right) has sharply criticized Istanbul court rulings in the Gezi Park case, which he said have deeply affected the public conscience. "The sentences of Osman Kavala and the other...
Defense

The UN chief passed through Turkey on his way to Ukraine and Russia

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Ankara amid Turkey's mediation efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia. The closed-door meeting was just before Guterres' visits to Russia and Ukraine. Guterres...
Christianity

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: End the war immediately!

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew congratulated Orthodox Christians on Easter and called for an immediate end to the war, "which undermines human dignity and is a provocative violation of God's commandment to love one's neighbor." This year,...
Human Rights

Invisibility of women and girls with disabilities

Torsten Hjelmar -
Often, women with disabilities are invisible and marginalised in society, including among those promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, and those promoting gender equality and the advancement of women, the Commissioner for Human...
Human Rights

A pimp network run by Bulgarians has been broken up in France

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The investigation, launched in 2019, focused on the alleged leader - a 36-year-old man Four Bulgarians in France have been charged with pimping and human trafficking after being arrested in mid-April in an unauthorized camp...
Human Rights

Brussels NGO issues complaint against Patriarch Kirill

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Patriarch Kirill should be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), says the NGO HRWF in a detailed report HRWF’s (Human Rights Without Frontiers) contribution calls for the investigation by the International Criminal Court on...
Health

Euthanasia – in which countries is the procedure approved?

Gaston de Persigny -
The desire for the end of life is far from limited to the emotional or mental state of a person. There is a long list of diseases and conditions that can be the basis...
Health

One of the largest ghettos in Europe

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Old buildings, disease and poverty. There is a pungent odor in the air, the smell of laundry and the stench of sewage. Bed linen hangs sadly from the balconies of the buildings, there are real...
Human Rights

Sonny survived the Holocaust and football gave him freedom

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Inspirational love between a 90-year-old man and Eintracht (Frankfurt) revealed by BBC Sport. Helmut Sonneberg is probably the most energetic 90-year-old you can see. In Frankfurt, he is known simply as Sonny, and in addition...
Human Rights

Thousands of people missing in Syria, with a range of human rights violations and abuses

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“The scale of this tragedy is daunting, with people going missing in different contexts, such as during hostilities, displacement or in detention. All too often, this is connected with a range of human rights violations and abuses,”
Council of Europe

Council of Europe: The battle for human rights in mental health continues

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The decision-making body of the Council has started its review process of a controversial drafted text that aim at protecting human rights and dignity of persons who are subjected to coercive measures in psychiatry....
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Justice and reparations still critical, 30 years on from Sarajevo siege

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Thirty years after the siege of Sarajevo, the UN team in Bosnia and Herzegovina reiterated the importance on Wednesday of pursuing justice and reparation for victims, survivors and their family members.
Human Rights

Interview: Slave trade reparations ‘essential’

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400th anniversary of the first ship that brought the first Africans to the British colony of Virginia. We mark that as the real beginning slave trade in America in the original 13 colonies that would form the United States.
Council of Europe

Russia ceases to be a Party to the European Convention on Human Rights on 16 September 2022

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Following its expulsion from the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022, the Russian Federation will cease to be a High Contracting Party to the European Convention on Human Rights on 16 September 2022. This was confirmed today in...
FORB

Finnish MP wins on all charges in major free speech trial

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All charges against Finnish Parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Pohjola are unanimously dismissed following high-profile free speech trialThe former Finnish Minister of the Interior, faced three criminal charges for sharing her faith-based beliefs, including...
Africa

Africa and its Diaspora – Overcoming the Injustices of Slavery Connections and Revivals

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An African human rights and cultural development organisation, AIDO, has launched its most ambitious project yet – to bring the African continent closer to its estranged diaspora. The slavery and the transport of millions of...
Human Rights

Portuguese Catholic Church investigates Sexual Abuse against Children

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Give voice to silence – Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse against Children in the Portuguese Catholic Church On November 2021, the Portuguese Episcopal Conference decided to conduct a study about sexual abuse...
Human Rights

Cease the war against Ukraine and resolve it peacefully and diplomatically, civil society organizations said

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New York City, 4 March 2022 (CoNGO Infonews) – Civil society organizations that are predominantly women’s NGOs today issued a statement against the war in Ukraine. The seven initiating groups called for “an immediate halt...
Europe

Political reporter Altan Sancar threatened at gunpoint in Turkey

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Istanbul, March 24, 2022 – Turkish authorities should thoroughly investigate a recent threat against journalist Altan Sancar, determine whether it was related to his work, and ensure the journalist’s safety, the Committee to Protect...
Asia

FoRB: MEPs Van Dalen and Fidanza launch the 2017-2021 worrying report

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In a statement published by the European Parliament's Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance ( FoRB & RT ), they inform of "the presentation of the periodic report published by...
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