Tag: human rights
Journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia win EU’s top human rights award
BRUSSELS (AP) â Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European…
Al Jazeera chief urges better protection for journalists in conflict zones
The Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network has stressed the importance of protecting journalists working in conflict…
UN rights body orders probe into human rights in Afghanistan, with a focus on women and girls
GENEVA (AP) â The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Monday to set up an ongoing probe of…
Vietnamese dissident gets 11 more years for criticizing Communist Party in prison
BANGKOK (AP) â A well-known Vietnamese dissident has been convicted of speaking out inside prison against the ruling…
UN lists 150 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements
The United Nations has released a report, revealing that more than 150 companies, including Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and…
Rights advocates accuse Eswatini of stalling case weighing US deportations
A judge in Eswatini has failed to appear for a court hearing about the continued detention of four…
A royal pardon frees a Thai woman serving a 43-year prison term for defaming the monarchy
BANGKOK (AP) â A woman in Thailand sentenced to a prison term of more than four decades on…
Female political prisoners in Belarus face abuse, humiliation and threats of losing parental rights
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) â Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political…
Hundreds of UK business leaders demand action on Israel
London, United Kingdom â Hundreds of business leaders in the United Kingdom â including a former adviser to…
US says human rights have âworsenedâ in UK in past year
The Trump administration has published a report claiming that human rights in the United Kingdom âworsenedâ over the…
South Africa dismisses U.S. human rights report as ‘deeply flawed’
JOHANNESBURG (AP) â The South African government on Wednesday dismissed the U.S. State Departmentâs latest assessment of the…
New human rights reports scale back criticism of El Salvador, but fault U.K.
The State Department on Tuesday released a long-awaited series of reports on worldwide human rights practices that reveal…