Tag: human rights

Andrew Roth – The problem is Putin: protesters throng Russia's streets to support jailed Navalny / Russia’s courageous and historic protests against Putinism / Video sensations

NB: The Russian people have fought for freedom and democracy for over a century, in 1915-21; in the deadly struggle against Nazi invasion; and again in the aftermath of glasnost. Putin is the inheritor of the Russian autocratic tradition, he moved easily from the KGB and membership of the Communist Party to becoming a Russian… Read More Andrew Roth – The problem is Putin: protesters throng Russia's streets to support jailed Navalny / Russia’s courageous and historic protests against Putinism / Video sensations

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Press Conference to condemn the Arrest and Sexual Violence of Nodeep Kaur by Haryana Police. 3 pm on Saturday, 23 January 2021. Press Club of India, New Delhi

Press Conference Condemning Nodeep Kaur’s Arrest and Custodial Sexual Violence by Haryana Police Date: January 23rd, 2021 (Saturday) Time: 3 pm Venue: Press Club of India (1, Raisina Road, Near Central Secretariat Metro, Windsor Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001) Campaign for the Release of Nodeep Kaur! On January 12th, as the Kisan Andolan continued unabated, Nodeep Kaur, a… Read More Press Conference to condemn the Arrest and Sexual Violence of Nodeep Kaur by Haryana Police. 3 pm on Saturday, 23 January 2021. Press Club of India, New Delhi

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Nirupama Subramanian: Why a demolition in Jaffna recalls Sri Lanka’s unaddressed Tamil question

The sudden demolition of a memorial in the Jaffna University Campus in northern Sri Lanka to remember Tamil civilians killed during the LTTE’s last stand against the Sri Lankan Army in 2009 has brought attention to the simmering and yet unaddressed issues of post-war ethnic reconciliation, justice and accountability, as well as a political resolution of the… Read More Nirupama Subramanian: Why a demolition in Jaffna recalls Sri Lanka’s unaddressed Tamil question

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Hagai El-Ad: We are Israel's largest human rights group – and we are calling this apartheid

One cannot live a single day in Israel-Palestine without the sense that this place is constantly being engineered to privilege one people, and one people only: the Jewish people. Yet half of those living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea are Palestinian. The chasm between these lived realities fills the air, bleeds, is… Read More Hagai El-Ad: We are Israel's largest human rights group – and we are calling this apartheid

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China in darkest period for human rights since Tiananmen, says rights group

China is in the midst of its darkest period for human rights since the Tiananmen Square massacre, Human Rights Watch has said in its annual report. But 2020 was also the year that world governments found “safety in numbers” to push back on China’s policies of repression, with less fear of retaliation, it said. Worsening persecutions… Read More China in darkest period for human rights since Tiananmen, says rights group

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Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years

An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a Shanghai court, her lawyer said Monday. Zhang Zhan, 37, was found guilty of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” according to one of her defense lawyers Zhang Keke, who attended her hearing. The… Read More Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years

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Karima Baloch’s death leaves more questions than answers. By NAILA INAYAT

Hailing from the restive province of Balochistan and being a vocal critic of the Pakistani State on the issue of forced disappearances, Karima Mehrab had for long received threats and intimidation in Pakistan. She was forced to leave Pakistan but continued to receive threats on her life in Canada. Her uncle was killed, her home was… Read More Karima Baloch’s death leaves more questions than answers. By NAILA INAYAT

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Putin says if Russia wanted to kill opposition leader Navalny, it would have 'finished' the job

NB: The Russian head of state speaks like a cheap street thug. The USSR may have faded away, but the KGB lives on. He and his chum in the White House have a lot in common: a mafia mentality. DS    Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Thursday that opposition politician Alexey Navalny “is enjoying the support of… Read More Putin says if Russia wanted to kill opposition leader Navalny, it would have 'finished' the job

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Khaled Ahmed: Pakistan’s blasphemy law is used to target the Christian community with impunity

Before India’s “love jihad”, Pakistan found its way to getting rid of its Christians. Blasphemy was pinned on them with the confidence that no judge would let them off the hook, with pious crowds demanding death outside his court. Pakistan’s most humiliating moment is reached every time someone is accused of blasphemy and sentenced to… Read More Khaled Ahmed: Pakistan’s blasphemy law is used to target the Christian community with impunity

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Iran executes opposition activist over 2017 anti-government protests

Iran has executed a former opposition figure over his involvement in anti-government protests in 2017, state TV announced on Saturday. Ruhollah Zam had been granted political asylum in France and reportedly lived in Paris, running a website called Amadnews and a channel on the Telegram messaging app, before being “lured” back to Iran. State television… Read More Iran executes opposition activist over 2017 anti-government protests

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