World
UN Human Rights Chief Demands Justice After School Strike Kills 168
The bombing of an Iranian elementary school drew “visceral horror,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk…
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West-Africa
Human Rights Organization Details Recent Militant Violence in Burkina Faso
Human Rights Watch Calls for Protection of Civilians Amid Rising Violence in Burkina Faso Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued…
West-Africa
Ghana Urged to Safeguard LGBTQI+ Rights, Human Rights Watch Stresses
Human Rights Watch Urges Ghana to Uphold Equality Amid LGBT Bill Revival Human Rights Watch is calling upon Ghanaian leaders…
Somalia
Human Rights Watch Says Israel Unlawfully Used White Phosphorus in Lebanon
HRW says Israel unlawfully used white phosphorus in southern Lebanon, urges arms suspensions Human Rights Watch said Monday it has…
World
Growing cemetery reveals Ukraine’s staggering human cost of war
Each morning in Lviv’s historic Lychakiv Cemetery, the newest section fills with quiet footsteps. Among the mourners is Olga Smolynets,…
World
Video reveals growing cemetery and Ukraine’s staggering wartime human cost
Every morning, Olga Smolynets walks past rows of fresh graves in Lviv’s historic Lychakiv Cemetery and stops at her son’s…
World
NASA announces date for first human lunar flyby in half a century
NASA has set March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for Artemis II, the first crewed flyby mission to…
World
United Nations human rights office in survival mode, chief warns
GENEVA — U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk warned that his office is in “survival mode” amid deepening funding shortfalls,…
Somalia
Somali rights leaders gather in Brussels to advance human rights, peacebuilding collaboration
BRUSSELS — Somali-born human rights advocate Hassan Shire met Wednesday with Dr. Khadija Ossoble Ali, Somalia’s ambassador to the Benelux…
Somalia
Maryam Qasim Ahmed Elected to Chair Somalia’s Independent Human Rights Commission
MOGADISHU — Dr. Maryam Qasim Ahmed was elected chairperson of Somalia’s Independent Human Rights Commission on Wednesday after a closely…
East-Africa
Uganda Court Grants Bail to Notable Human Rights Advocate
Prominent rights activist Sarah Bireete, detained on December 30 after questioning the accuracy of the voter register ahead of Uganda’s…
