Tag: human rights

Iran protests rage as Mahsa Amini’s father says authorities lied about her death; prevented him from seeing her body

The father of an Iranian woman who died in police custody last week has accused authorities of lying about her death, as protests rage nationwide despite the government’s attempt to curb dissent with an internet blackout. Amjad Amini, whose daughter Mahsa died after being arrested in Tehran by morality police, said doctors had refused to let him see his daughter… Read More Iran protests rage as Mahsa Amini’s father says authorities lied about her death; prevented him from seeing her body

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Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police

Weronika Strzyżyńska NB: The Iranian theocracy is a brutal ideological tyranny. From their horrendous prison massacre in 1988 till today their approach to politics has remained unchanged. And we should all think as to why governments and man think they have the right to tell women how to dress. In India there’s an ongoing battle… Read More Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police

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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017) Dead At 61, After Years Of Imprisonment. ‘Without freedom, China will always remain far from civilized ideals’

First posted July 13, 2017 NB: The Chinese Communist Party should hang its head in shame at this brutal judicial murder of one of China’s gentlest and kindest souls, whose only crime was that he wanted freedom and democracy for the Chinese people and had the temerity to demand a dialogue with the Dalai Lama. In… Read More Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017) Dead At 61, After Years Of Imprisonment. ‘Without freedom, China will always remain far from civilized ideals’

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Iran Sentences Two LGBTQ Activists To Death For ‘Promoting Homosexuality’

NB: The Iranian theocracy is a criminal and inhuman regime. Those who equate the rule of law with justice; or those who believe that Almighty God requires people to be murdered for same-sex love; or those who think men with long beards are in direct communication with God, are pathologically insane. These deranged men also… Read More Iran Sentences Two LGBTQ Activists To Death For ‘Promoting Homosexuality’

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Standing Still

The absence of justice for the Maliana massacre is a blot on our democracy PRABHJIT SINGH It has been thirty-five years since 72 Muslims were brutally killed in the small town of Maliana, in Uttar Pradesh, during communal violence in Meerut district. Their families still await even the first glimmer of justice. The Maliana case,… Read More Standing Still

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China’s treatment of Uyghurs may be crime against humanity, says UN human rights chief

The outgoing UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has said that China had committed “serious human rights violations” against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province which may amount to crimes against humanity. Bachelet’s damning report was published with only 11 minutes to go before her term came to an end at midnight Geneva time. Publication was delayed by the eleventh-hour… Read More China’s treatment of Uyghurs may be crime against humanity, says UN human rights chief

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Avay Shukla on the Bilkis Bano case: How much further can we sink as a Nation?

Nothing reveals better the depths to which we have sunk as a nation and a polity than the remission granted to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, and the events surrounding this depraved decision. One can’t help but notice that the muted reaction to the release of these rapists/ murderers is in sharp… Read More Avay Shukla on the Bilkis Bano case: How much further can we sink as a Nation?

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The Real Cancel Culture: Anti-Palestinianism and the Crisis of American Free Speech

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The firing of Palestinian American woman, Natalie Abulhawa, has sparked a debate over free-speech, “cancel-culture” and the ever-growing crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism. The 25-year-old athletic trainer was fired by a private girls school in Bryn Mawr over years-old social media posts criticising Israel. In March the… Read More The Real Cancel Culture: Anti-Palestinianism and the Crisis of American Free Speech

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Israel’s All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders: Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained

By Omar Shakir | Israel and Palestine Director, Middle East and North Africa Division | @OmarSShakir | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Three years ago, as the Israeli government prepared to deport me from Israel and Palestine over my human rights advocacy, I wrote in The Forward that, should the deportation proceed without sanction from the international community, it… Read More Israel’s All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders: Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained

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Bilkis Bano speaks: ‘Trusted highest courts, faith shaken, give back right to live without fear’

“Undo the harm” and “give me back my right to live without fear and in peace”. Breaking her silence for the first time after the release on remission of the 11 convicts who were convicted of gangraping her and killing 14 members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter, Bilkis Bano said on Wednesday that she was… Read More Bilkis Bano speaks: ‘Trusted highest courts, faith shaken, give back right to live without fear’

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