Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 449
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Emphasize Journalism's Role in Combating Authoritarianism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (IPS) - Two global icons of press freedom accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, marking the first time since 1936 that journalists have been recognized with the world’s most prestigious award.
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights
- UN News
Respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan is critical to ensuring stability in the country, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday in Geneva.
Open Letter to the Secretary General, Heads of UN Agencies & International Donor Community
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14 (IPS) - We are former UN officials with decades of combined experience supporting international civil society and governments to advance the rights of women and girls.
Chief UN prosecutor looks forward to achieving justice for victims of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
- UN News
Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals – the judicial body that assumed the remaining work of the two UN war crimes tribunals in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia - updated the Security Council on Monday, highlighting the progress of trials and appeals.
Remember the Rohingya ‘forced to run for their lives’
- UN News
The world must not forget the roughly one million Rohingya from Myanmar “forced to run for their lives from the military’s genocidal attack against them”, an independent UN human rights expert said on Monday, beginning his first mission to Bangladesh.
Tackling corruption, important step for ‘inclusive, sustainable development’
- UN News
Corruption spreads through societies and erodes people’s trust in leaders and institutions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told an anti-corruption conference on Monday, stressing that “greed over need, harms us all”.
CPJ’s Census on Jailed Journalists Reveals Distressing “Intolerance of Independent Journalism”
- Inter Press Service
New York, Dec 13 (IPS) - Governments are determined to control information and are prepared to imprison journalists to achieve this mission, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said following the release of their annual global census tracking journalists who were imprisoned and killed in 2021.
Extremists Harm Image of Islam and Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Si Lanka, Dec 13 (IPS) - Every time, breaking news of a barbaric crime or terror act is reported from anywhere in the world, peace-loving Muslims the world over feel dejected and wish it had not been another tragedy that will make others glower at them with suspicion as though they too are complicit in the crime.
Homeless Camps, a Reflection of Growing Inequality in Chile
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Dec 10 (IPS) - Camps made up of thousands of tents and shacks have mushroomed in Chile due to the failure of housing policies and official subsidies for the sector, aggravated by the rise in poverty, the covid-19 pandemic and the massive influx of immigrants.
Safia Niaz and Zakia Soman: Bonded to Change the Trajectory of Muslim Women in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Dec 10 (IPS) - Discriminated in society and concerned about the discrimination of women in their homes, the two women who co-founded the Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) started the movement to further Muslim women’s leadership and help them reclaim their rights.
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