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World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks in Donetsk, Afghan quake costs, ‘forever chemicals’ dumped in US, benefits of multilingual education

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Briefing journalists in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric cited the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, which said the damage had occurred after a water filtering station was hit.The city had a pre-war population...
Human Rights

Humanitarian leaders unite in urgent plea for Gaza

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Heads of UN humanitarian entities and NGOs implored world leaders to help prevent further deterioration in Gaza where tens of thousands of Palestinians have died.
Human Rights

Myanmar: Mandatory conscription shows junta’s ‘desperation’, rights expert says

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Describing the move as a further sign of the junta’s “weakness and desperation”, Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews called for stronger international action to protect vulnerable populations across the country.“While wounded and increasingly desperate,...
Human Rights

World News in Brief: Papua New Guinea violence, Ukraine’s displaced, $2.6 billion DR Congo appeal

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Authorities are urged to engage with provincial and local leaders in a dialogue to achieve durable peace and respect for human rights in the remote Highlands region.The appeal follows the latest outbreak of...
Asia

European Sikh Organization Condemns Use of Force Against Indian Farmers’ Protest

Juan Sanchez Gil -
Brussels, February 19, 2024 - The European Sikh Organization has issued a strong condemnation following reports of excessive force used by Indian security forces against farmers protesting in India since February 13, 2024. The farmers,...
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European Commission Takes Formal Action Against TikTok Under Digital Services Act

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Brussels, Belgium - In a significant move to safeguard digital rights and user safety, the European Commission has initiated formal proceedings against the social media giant, TikTok, to investigate potential breaches of the Digital Services...
Asia

EU Expresses Outrage and Calls for Investigation into Alexei Navalny’s Death

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In a statement that has sent ripples across the international community, the European Union has expressed its profound outrage over the death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition figure. The EU holds Russian...
Human Rights

Bulgarian psychiatric hospitals, prisons, children’s boarding schools and refugee centres: misery and violated rights

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The Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria, Diana Kovacheva, published the Institution's Eleventh Annual Report of the inspections in places of deprivation of liberty in 2023, carried out by the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM)...
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Tragedy in Confinement: The Death of Alexei Navalny Stirs Global Outcry

Gaston de Persigny -
The sudden death of Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure and a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, has sent shockwaves through the international community and Russia itself. Navalny, known for his relentless...
Christianity

Greece became the first Orthodox country to approve same-sex marriage

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The country's parliament approved a bill allowing civil marriages between people of the same sex, which was applauded by supporters of the rights of the LGBT community, Reuters reported. Representatives of both supporters and opponents...
Human Rights

Scandal in Greece over film showing Alexander the Great as gay

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The Minister of Culture denounced the Netflix series "Netflix's Alexander the Great series is 'fantasy of extremely poor quality, low content and full of historical inaccuracies,'" Greece's Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said on Wednesday, reports...
Human Rights

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) condemned the repression against the Bulgarians in North Macedonia

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ECRI highlights the cases of a number of attacks against people who identify themselves as Bulgarians The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe has published in September 2023 its...
Europe

EU-MOLDOVA – Does Moldova repress media freedom or sanction abusive propaganda? (II)

Willy Fautre -
At the end of February 2022, after Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, the Moldovan parliament introduced a state of emergency for a period of 60 days. During this period, broadcasting television programs from...
Europe

EU-MOLDOVA: Does Moldova unduly repress media freedom? (I)

Willy Fautre -
EU-MOLDOVA - The founder and head of a media outlet under EU sanctions and Moldovan sanctions for pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation creates “Stop Media Ban” and campaigns against Moldova in the European Parliament in...
Health

Abuse, lack of therapy and staff in Bulgarian psychiatry

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Patients in Bulgarian psychiatric hospitals are provided with nothing even approaching modern psychosocial treatments Continued abuse and tying of patients, lack of therapy, understaffing. This is what a delegation of the Committee for the Prevention...
Human Rights

25 journalists are arrested in Moscow for covering a protest against mobilization for the war

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Police in Moscow detained about 25 people, mostly journalists, covering a protest against the mobilization for the war in Ukraine. The journalists were arrested for several hours outside the Kremlin walls, during an unauthorized demonstration....
Human Rights

World News in Brief: Dozens killed in Mali ‘summary executions’, Ukraine update, civilian protection in DR Congo, Haiti human rights

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The alleged massacre happened in Welingara village in the Nara region of central Mali on 26 January. Some 30 civilians were also reportedly killed by unidentified gunmen in the Bandiagara region at the...
Human Rights

Afghanistan: Taliban’s crackdown on women over ‘bad hijab’ must end

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The incidents, which have surged since early January, are purportedly linked to violations of the Taliban’s stringent dress code for women.The Human Rights Council-appointed experts called on de facto authorities to comply with...
FORB

International Institute for Religious Freedom launches the Violent Incidents Database

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The International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) recently launched the Violent Incidents Database (VID), an initiative aimed at collecting, recording, and analyzing incidents related to violations of religious freedom across the globe. The VID...
Europe

Reflecting on History and Renewing Commitment: The 79th Anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau’s Liberation

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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we reflect on the atrocities of the past and commit to preventing their recurrence. Join us in commemorating the victims and standing against antisemitism. #HolocaustRemembrance #NeverAgain
Africa

Transforming Tragedy into Hope: Rwandan Educator Champions Human Rights for Lasting Peace

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Brussels, Pressrelease through BXL-Media - Rwanda, once known for its history of ethnic violence is currently undergoing a remarkable transformation towards a peaceful future. This positive change is being led by Ladislas Yassin Nkundabanyanga,...
Asia

European Parliamentarians Expose China’s Brutal Religious Persecution

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While the Chinese Communist Party subjects European citizens and leaders to a hypocritical image-management campaign, European Parliamentarians are insisting on the truth about China’s barbaric persecution of a religious minority. By Marco Respinti* and Aaron Rhodes** Resolutions by...
Human Rights

Iran urged to halt ‘horrific wave of executions’

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Mohammad Ghobadlou, 23, who reportedly had a mental health condition, was arrested in September 2022 for running over a policeman and killing him during a demonstration near the capital, Tehran.Thousands of people nationwide...
Human Rights

Hong Kong: UN human rights experts call for immediate release of Jimmy Lai

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Mr. Lai is the founder of the campaigning pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, which was shut down in 2021 in the wake of the June 2020 National Security Law clampdown in the region.He has...
Human Rights

Rights experts urge France to protect children from sexual abuse

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The experts had previously written to the authorities after receiving information about three cases regarding allegations of sexual abuse of several children by their fathers and violations against the mothers who sought to...
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