Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 441
Let us now praise brave women and men: The Nobel Peace Prize 2021
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Jan 13 (IPS) - In several countries around the globe, telling the truth is according to its rulers and other influential, generally wealthy, persons a serious crime that might be punished by muzzling the truth-tellers, slandering and humiliating them, and threatening their families and friends. If that does not make them shut up and repent they might be tortured, imprisoned and even killed.
Experts urge Iran to halt imminent execution of juvenile offender
- UN News
Iran must halt the looming execution of juvenile offender Hossein Shahbazi, four experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Thursday.
Conviction of top Syrian intelligence official ‘a landmark leap forward’
- UN News
UN human rights officials have welcomed the “historic” conviction on Thursday by a German court of a former senior Syrian intelligence officer, for crimes against humanity.
The Straw that Broke Kazakhstan's Back
- Inter Press Service
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Jan 12 (IPS) - The most violent protests of the past 30 years have erupted across Kazakhstan — exposing decades of inequality, injustice, and corruption. The protests of an unprecedented scale have rocked cities across Kazakhstan for days, as the population grew increasingly dissatisfied with the country’s leadership.
UN Plea to Save Afghanistan from Full-Blown Humanitarian Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Geneva, Jan 11 (IPS) - UN agencies have asked for a record USD 4.4 billion in aid for Afghanistan to avert a full-blown humanitarian crisis that could see hunger, distress, and death and a mass exodus of people from the country.
‘Prompt, independent, impartial investigations’ needed in Kazakhstan: UN rights office
- UN News
As the death toll from the recent unrest in Kazakhstan mounts to 164, the UN Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday requested “prompt, independent, impartial investigations” into the killings, and whether “unnecessary and disproportionate use of force was made by security forces”.
Afro-descendants in Costa Rica: A Movement for Justice & Equity
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, Jan 11 (IPS) - Jan André is a cheerful and outgoing young man, a superb dancer, and aspiring schoolteacher. Indeed, he wants to become the best schoolteacher in Costa Rica. Fortified by his own will and the encouragement of his family, he overcame violence and adversity to become an outstanding university student.
Tunisia: UN rights office calls for release of former justice minister
- UN News
Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release - or properly charge - former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, and another man, who have been detained under suspected terrorism offences, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
Eight Afghan students die in explosion outside school
- UN News
The use of explosives that lie dormant, particularly in populated areas, is “a persistent and growing threat to children and their families”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, expressing deep sadness over the death of eight students in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
Preserve right of asylum, UN refugee agency urges EU Council presidencies
- UN News
Amid record global displacement, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Monday urged European countries to prioritize the better protection of people fleeing war, conflict and persecution.
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