Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 471
DR Congo: Abuse allegations amid Ebola outbreak ‘a sickening betrayal of the people we serve’
- UN News
Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is “a sickening betrayal of the people we serve,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said on Tuesday.
COVID-19 caused ‘shocking’ inequalities: human rights chief Bachelet
- UN News
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has caused and perpetuated “truly shocking” inequality that has affected the world’s most vulnerable individuals, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday, in a call for greater coronavirus vaccine solidarity and a human rights-led post-pandemic economic recovery.
Human-Rights and Immigrant Advocates Confront Renewed Attack on Asylum
- Inter Press Service
SEATTLE, US, Sep 28 (IPS) - A widely condemned Trump administration program designed to slash legal immigration to the United States, initially terminated by the Joe Biden administration, has been reinstated by court rulings on a Republican lawsuit. Human-rights and immigrant justice advocates have gone on the legal and political offensive against the decision, and are pressing the Biden administration to bypass the court’s roadblock.
Biden Disappoints, Must Do More, Not Less
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 28 (IPS) - US President Biden’s earlier support for a vaccine patent waiver raised hopes for his summit last week. However, it proved disappointing, not only for efforts to end the pandemic, but also for US leadership in these challenging times.
Mexican Illustrators Blur Art Lines in Paris Show
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Sep 27 (IPS) - So, what’s the difference between illustration and “art”? When asked this question, Maru Aguzzi replies with a wry smile: “Perhaps the price?”
When Love is Called as a Conspiracy: The 'Love Jihad' Bogey Targeting Interfaith Couples in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Sep 27 (IPS) - When Ali (name changed) proposed to his best friend, little did he know that her parents would take six years to agree to their alliance because he was born into a Muslim family, and they were Hindus.
UNICEF’s women Goodwill Ambassadors, give voice to the voiceless
- UN News
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August, the world has continued to watch anxiously, as the fate of women and girls throughout the country hangs in the balance.
Replacing Monopolies with Impact Rewards
- Inter Press Service
Sep 24 (IPS) - Impact Funds would make the business of innovation more cost-effective and enable a triple win for the potential beneficiaries of innovations.
Syria: 10 years of war has left at least 350,000 dead
- UN News
A decade of war in Syria has left more 350,200 people dead, High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council on Friday, noting that this total was an “under-count of the actual number of killings”.
Afghanistan: Girls’ education must be a given, urges deputy UN chief
- UN News
Ensuring all Afghan girls can be educated must be “a zero condition” for the Taliban, before international recognition of their de facto authority, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Friday.
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