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United Kingdom: New podcast explores relationship between religion and media | BWNS

A newly launched podcast by the Bahá’ís of the UK invites journalists to profound discussions on how the media can play a constructive role in society.
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What is “Change the framework” (Cambia el marco)?

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Change the framework. New perspectives for an intercultural society was a project that took place between October 2018 and November 2019 that sought to use creative audiovisual practice to show religious plurality from the...
ECHR

Putting an end to India’s oxygen crises

Scenes of relatives desperately trying to find oxygen supplies for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in India last year, alerted the world to an acute, deadly problem. Yet that was not this first time the country’s hospitals have been hit by a shortage of the life-saving gas, prompting the question of whether there will be enough supplies, when the next major health crisis hits.
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First Person: Holocaust survivor, ‘hate is vicious’

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During the Second World War, Pinchas Gutter, from Łódź, Poland, survived six Nazi concentration camps. Today he is a Holocaust educator, sharing his story in films and live events. As part of the 2022 remembrance...
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CHINA: Xi Jinping’s sinicization, the new Cultural Revolution dear to Mao

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Contribution of Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers, to the debate at the conference “Diplomatic Boycott of the Winter Olympics in China” held at the Press Club in Brussels on 4 January Republished with...
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Improve resistance to neglected tropical diseases, WHO urges

To mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday called for an international push to confront the inequalities that characterize NTDs, and ensure the poorest and most marginalized communities who are the most impacted, receive the health services they need.
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End leprosy discrimination laws ‘without delay’, UN rights expert urges 

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More than 100 laws that remain in place around the world which discriminate against people affected by leprosy, should be abolished, an independent UN human rights expert said on Friday, calling it “shameful” that governments continued to legislate against those suffering from one of the oldest diseases known to humankind. 
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Pro-Boxer Wins Same-Race Discrimination Lawsuit

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A professional boxer catches the attention of Harvard Law and Yale in his biggest fight yet: to prove same-race discrimination against a famed Olympic medalist. These duties are not ones that we can afford to ignore...
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Metsola and MEPs receive survivor a Holocaust victims

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MEPs honoured the memory of the Holocaust victims, 77 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp on 27 January 1945. Survivor of Holocaust victims, Margot Friedländer, and Presidents Metsola, Michel and...
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A humanitarian train left for Afghanistan

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A special "humanitarian train" carrying 750 tonnes of aid under the coordination of the Turkish government left for Afghanistan from Ankara yesterday. The train, with the help of 11 humanitarian organizations coordinated by the State...
Institutions

We pay tribute to the victims of the Holocaust

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January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. As victims of anti-Semitism, millions of Jews from all over Europe died in Nazi death camps. Today, in 1845, the few survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp have...
America

WHO: New guidance on treating complications due to unsafe abortion

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New insights into quality of care for girls and women facing medical complications due to unsafe abortion were published on Wednesday by the UN health agency and partners.
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Switzerland must urgently confront anti-Black racism, UN experts say

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BERN (26 January 2022) – People of African descent in Switzerland experience racial discrimination in various aspects of their lives, UN human rights experts found after visiting the country. “Racial profiling and police controls of...
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EU adopts Human Rights priorities for 2022 at UN fora

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Human rights: EU adopts conclusions on EU priorities in United Nations human rights fora in 2022 The Council today approved conclusions on the EU’s priorities in UN human rights fora in 2022. The conclusions reaffirm...
Europe

Anti-war Jehovah’s Witnesses claim some Nazi-time archives from Germany

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Germany: Property of archives in a German military museum claimed by anti-war Jehovah’s Witnesses As reported by The New York Times on 25 January, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany are seeking to obtain the extensive archives of the...
Economy

EU should crack down on breaches of the rule of law

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Disbursement of EU funds, including the Recovery Fund, must be tied to respect for the rule of law in all Member States. Systematic deficiencies in the rule of law always undermine the implementation of...
Europe

In France, the National Assembly denounces the genocide on the Uyghurs

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The French National Assembly adopted on Thursday, January 20, in an open vote, a resolution denouncing the ongoing "genocide" of the Uyghurs, the Muslim minority of Xinjiang persecuted by the Communist regime in China. Forced...
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EU gives birth to the first union’s Asylum Agency

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New EU Agency for Asylum starts work with reinforced mandate The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) replaces the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) with more tools to support Member States in bringing greater convergence...
International

Turkey – a domestic violence aid application

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More than 3 million women in Turkey have downloaded a domestic violence aid application It provides assistance by directing security forces in cases of domestic violence minutes after the signal is given More than 3 million...
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EGYPT: Jehovah’s Witnesses banned since 1960 call upon the UN Human Rights Committee

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On the occasion of the upcoming 134th session of the UN Human Rights Committee (28 February – 25 March 2022), the African Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses (AAJW) and the European Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses (EAJW) have filed a...
Human Rights

Some US states have chased Instagram because of the impact on children

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A group of US states is investigating how Instagram attracts and treats children and whether it poses a potential risk to them. The group, made up of both Democrats and Republicans from different states, will...
ECHR

Sudan: 15 attacks on health facilities and workers in two months

With the crisis escalating in Sudan, there have been 15 reports of attacks on healthcare workers and health facilities since last November, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. 
International

Denmark is renting prisons in Kosovo

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Denmark has signed an agreement with Kosovo, according to which Pristina will rent 300 prison cells due to overcrowding in "Scandinavian" prisons. The agreement will enter into force in 2023. Under the agreement, Copenhagen...
International

Orban infuriated Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnian officials and religious leaders have condemned assumptions made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his spokesman that Bosnia and Herzegovina's integration into the European Union will be a challenge due to its...
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Europol ordered to erase data on individuals with no established link to a criminal activity

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The European Data Protection Supervisor has ordered Europol to erase data concerning individuals with no established link to a criminal activity On 3 January 2022, the EDPS notified Europol of an order to delete data concerning individuals...
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