Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, is determined that the perpetrators of the horrors committed against the Rohingya face justice. He’s the head of the UN’s watchdog for human rights across the world, so his opinions carry weight. It could go right to the top – he doesn’t rule out the possibility[…]
As Zimbabwe’s political climate remains uncertain, Amnesty International has asked the Zimbabwean military to ensure the safety and security of all people in Zimbabwe, regardless of their political allegiance and to refrain from any actions that disregards respect for human rights. This following the house arrest of President Mugabe by[…]
OPINION by Ibrahim Vawda Palestinians are being killed by the militarized terrorist of Zionist Israel as well as the illegal Egyptian government terrorists in their hundreds. Palestinian properties and land worth billions of dollars are confiscated for future illegal settlement construction. On the other hand, India just kills Kashmiris as[…]
A day after hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspended a 40-day mass hunger strike, more details emerged on Sunday regarding the outcome of negotiations between hunger strikers and the Israel Prison Service (IPS), with a Palestinian Committee of Prisoners Affairs official saying that 80 percent of the strike’s[…]
OPINION by Marthie Momberg Why do civilians campaign publicly on the relentless matter of Israeli oppression of all Palestinians? Is it not a waste of time, an “irresolvable deadlock”, and a “disastrously confused situation”? Why willingly expose oneself to violence in its many forms? Why be involved in this struggle[…]
The executive disregarded the people of South Africa when it decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, the DA argued in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday. “Government had to involve the public in such a fundamental matter involving human rights,” advocate Steven Budlender told the court. Budlender[…]
The Moroccan Interior Ministry has expressed outrage at the US State Department’s report on human rights in its country, which it says is based on unreliable sources and contains outright “lies.” The North African US ally warns it is “prepared to go to the end” to defend its record. The[…]
Cuban President Raul Castro and US leader Barack Obama prodded each other over human rights and the longstanding US economic embargo, even as the two men pledged to set aside their decades-long differences and move forward with normalising ties. Following a historic meeting in Havana on Monday, Obama welcomed what[…]
As we celebrate Human Rights Day, South Africans are reminded of the struggles of the past, particularly the 1960 Sharpeville massacre that resulted in the murder of 69 individuals, and pay homage to the heroes who bravely fought for the dismantlement of Apartheid. Human rights are defined as universal values that[…]
About 246 human rights abuses have been recorded over a three month period, against people who use drugs in parts of South Africa. According to a report by the TB/HIV Care Association has recorded around, people who use drugs often suffer human rights abuses ranging from assault and extortion to[…]
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