On Wednesday, police arrested 57 people, including one journalist, on charges of criminal trespassing on the University of Texas at Austin’s campus during a protest against Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza and the university’s investments in weapons manufacturing. In a statement to the Observer, a UT-Austin spokesperson said that about half of those arrested were […]
Shafaqna English- United States congress members have written an open letter to Joe Biden, calling on him to recognise Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its leader, General Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, as violators of human rights. The letter, dated Friday, follows the one-year anniversary of the war in Sudan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to within days announce
By: Jake Smith, Daily Caller News Foundation Despite Beijing’s denials, China committed a flurry of grave human rights violations throughout 2023, according to new U.S. intelligence released Monday. The Chinese government was found throughout the year to have engaged in corruption, repression of political dissidence, arbitrary or illegal killings and detention, torture of detainees, kidnapping
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Police and Metrolinx are warning about “train surfing” after a 15-year-old boy fell off the top of a moving GO train in Toronto. Train surfing is when someone rides on the top of a train and officials say, don’t do it. Toronto police says the boy is still in life-threatening condition in the hospital. And […]
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As more Canadians find themselves struggling to afford or find housing, the country's smallest province is the only one that can point to legislation recognizing housing as a human right. The Canadian Press asked every province whether it agreed with the federal housing advocate that shelter is a human right, and if it intends to introduce legislation upholding that right. Most did not answer the questions directly and responded with a laundry list of initiatives...
LONDON, (IANS/DPA) – Human rights worldwide are facing their most serious threats in decades, the London-based advocacy group Amnesty International said in its annual report on April 24. The organization highlighted the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine as well as the spread of authoritarian governments […]
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends.In its annual global report, released today, the organisation said Britain was weakening human rights protections nationally and globally, amid a near-breakdown of international law. Continue reading
Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not “necessary” to prevent small boat crossings, Lord David Cameron has said.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: What is this country coming to when a Jewish man trying to cross the street in his home city is prevented from doing so by police for fear of upsetting a mob
Sarnia police are asking potential survivors to come forward after a Toronto-area man was charged following a month-long human-trafficking probe, Sarnia police say.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives last Saturday voted 311 to 112 to approve a bill to spend $60.89 billion on aid for Ukraine. Among House Read More