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Argentina: PROTEX’s Dangerous Ideology. How to Fabricate “Victims of Prostitution”
PROTEX, an Argentinian agency fighting human trafficking, has faced criticism for fabricating imaginary prostitutes and causing real harm. Learn more here.
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Human Rights
A UN Call to Action: Reframing Engagement with the Taliban
The UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva has emphasized the need for a revised approach in engaging with the Taliban. Despite disagreements on matters such as women's rights and…
FORB
Russia’s criminal bombing of the Odesa Cathedral: Assessing the damages
An interview with Architect Volodymyr Meshcheriakov, who led the rebuilding of the historical church in 2000–2010, destroyed by Stalin in the 1930s By Dr Ievgeniia Gidulianova Bitter Winter (14.09.2023) - In…
Human Rights
Afghanistan’s Taliban responsible for revenge killings, torture of former officials
A new publication from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) presents “credible” reports that between 15 August 2021 and 30 June 2023, the country’s de facto authorities were responsible for…
Human Rights
Abolish human exploitation once and for all, UNESCO chief urges
It is time to abolish human exploitation once and for all, and to recognize the equal and unconditional dignity of each and every individual
Human Rights
Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: Experts
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) adopted a decision under its “early warning and urgent action” procedures, stating that developed countries’ “persistent refusal” to waive COVID-19…
Europe
Moscow’s deportation of 20,000 Ukrainian children to Russia, says a report filed with the UN
Learn about the deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia and the efforts to bring them home. Read the report by Human Rights Without Frontiers.
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Something strange is happening in the Pacific and we must find out why
The "cold tongue" is an island of coolness in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador. The only part of the world's oceans to cool, it is a real…
Human Rights
‘Increasing militarisation’ of DPR Korea fuelling rise in human rights violations
Briefing the UN Security Council, Volker Türk ran through a long list of rights abuses, saying that many “stem directly from, or support, the increasing militarisation of the DPRK."His argument…
FORB
Hate speech and intolerance: the case of a philosophical yoga school (II)
Discover the alarming collaboration between PROTEX and Pablo Salum in Argentina's anti-cult movement, as they target religious communities. Read more.