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Book Anticultism in France in 2024: Personal Stories and Battles

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In a world that often misunderstands and ostracizes unconventional beliefs, Donald A. Westbrook’s groundbreaking 2024 book, Anticultism in France, emerges as a beacon of scholarship and attention to the details. Being released by Cambridge University Press...
Human Rights

India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights

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UNAIDS, the main advocate for coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the UN Development Progarmme (UNDP) offices in India have been important partners in this effort. On this International Day Against Homophobia,...
Human Rights

UN rights chief, independent experts denounce Georgia’s new ‘foreign agents’ law

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The Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence requires media, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other nonprofits to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20 per cent...
Human Rights

UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared

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The call accompanies the launch of a key report by OHCHR, highlighting also the need for the Government to acknowledge the involvement of State security forces and to issue a public apology.From the...
Human Rights

Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry

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Dr. Adnan Al Bursh, 50, the head of the orthopaedic department at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, died on April 19, 2024, in Ofer prison, a detention facility in the West Bank. His...
Human Rights

World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti

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Concluding a five-day visit to the region, UNICEF Deputy Director Ted Chaiban noted that fighting has reached new heights and created the worst humanitarian crisis there since 2003.He highlighted growing concerns for safeguarding...
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Italy’s national broadcaster places discrimination against non-national university teaching staff, Lettori, in the spotlight

Henry Rodgers -
Last weekend, Rai 3, a television channel of Italy’s national broadcasting service, aired a programme on Italy’s failure to fulfil its obligations as a member of the European Union. How adherent a member state...
Human Rights

Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti

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Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is gripped by insecurity due to gang violence and now UNHAS, which is managed by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is the only option for humanitarian workers to travel...
Human Rights

Somalia urged to take ‘concrete action’ against officials who violate citizens’ rights

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Concluding an official visit to the Horn of Africa nation Isha Dyfan highlighted the impact on civilians, especially women and children, who continue to bear the brunt of deadly attacks carried out by...
Health

Lia Kali on psychiatry: “a child tied to a bed, even for ten minutes… is torture”

Juan Sanchez Gil -
It struck a chord with many when it was released a year ago. The song sheds light on the flaws and mistreatment prevalent in psychiatric facilities, drawing attention from both the audience and critics....
Human Rights

UN expert raises alarm over unfair treatment of pro-Palestinian student protesters in US

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“I am deeply troubled by the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, arrests, detentions, police violence, surveillance and disciplinary measures and sanctions against members of the educational community exercising their right to peaceful assembly...
Human Rights

World News in Brief: Vaccine ‘patches’ trial shows promise, lowering catheter infection risk, Guantanamo detainee facing revictimisation

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But now, there could be an easier alternative in the form of patches that can be simply applied to the skin, much like a sticking plaster.Early data from a vaccine patch trial in...
Human Rights

Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder sounds a note against apartheid

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Europe

Scientology’s Stand for Human Rights: A Look at the Budapest Protest Against Psychiatry

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Press release. In Budapest, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) staged a protest during the European Psychiatric Association Congress, criticizing harmful psychiatric practices. The event featured a march and an exhibition, highlighting the need...
Human Rights

Rights chief urges Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach all-time high

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Volker Türk said he was concerned by the increasing number of journalists charged, convicted and jailed for their independent reporting, in what appears to be an intensification of a crackdown on dissenting voices.He described the continuous attacks...
Europe

Spectacular simultaneous SWAT raids on Romanian yoga centers (II): Fact-checking of the operation in Buthiers, France

Willy Fautre -
Disproportionate use of police forces in search of… inexistent victims of MISA On 28 November 2023, just after 6 a.m., a SWAT team of around 175 policemen wearing black masks, helmets, and bulletproof vests, simultaneously...
Africa

Exposing the Silent Genocide: The Plight of the Amhara People in Ethiopia

Robert Johnson -
The recently released report by the Stop Amhara Genocide Association and Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience (CAP LC) paints a deeply disturbing picture of the ongoing atrocities committed against the Amhara people in Ethiopia. The evidence presented points to a systematic campaign of violence, forced displacement, and cultural erasure that amounts to genocide.
Human Rights

Pillay: Israel is helped by ‘powerful States’ in violation of Palestinians’ rights

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When tensions erupted in East Jerusalem in April 2021 at the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, daily clashes involving Palestinians, Israeli settlers and Israeli forces led to spiraling violence and...
Human Rights

UN rights chief urges Georgia to scrap ‘foreign influence’ bill

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Thousands of people have taken to the streets for days to protest the draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, which would require media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving more than 20 per...
Human Rights

Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags ‘disproportionate’ police action on US campuses

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In recent days, demonstrations unfolding through tented encampments on school grounds – sparked by students at New York’s prestigious Columbia University who are demanding authorities divest from Israel due to its occupation and...
Human Rights

Ukraine: Civilians killed and injured as attacks on power and rail systems intensify

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Since 22 March, Ukraine’s energy infrastructure sustained four waves of attacks that killed six people, injured at least 45 and struck at least 20 facilities.  Just this past Saturday alone, missile attacks damaged four...
FORB

France, the new law to fight against “sectarian abuses” in the field of health, subject to the control of the Constitutional Council

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On April 15th, over sixty members of the National Assembly and over sixty Senators referred the newly adopted law “to reinforce the fight against sectarian abuses” to the Constitutional Council for an a priori control of constitutionality pursuant to Article 61-2 of the Constitution.
Human Rights

Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis

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“The Gaza crisis is truly becoming a global crisis of the freedom of expression,” said Ms. Khan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and...
Human Rights

Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers

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According to media reports, over 220 civilians, including 56 children, were killed in attacks reportedly carried out by the military in two villages on a single day in late February.Furthermore, at least two...
Human Rights

World News in Brief: Dignity and justice key to end evil of racial discrimination, methane emissions update, Mpox latest, peacebuilding boost

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The international day on Thursday highlights that theme, as well as the importance of recognition, justice and development opportunities for those of African descent, said Secretary-General António Guterres.He said the results of entrenched...
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