• Ukraine Has ‘Significant’ Human Rights Abuse Issues, State Department Reports

    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

  • US State Department mentions Azerbaijan’s offensive against Nagorno Karabakh, closure of Lachin corridor in 2023 Human Rights Report

    The US Department of State mentioned Azerbaijan’s offensive against Nagorno Karabakh in September 2023, the closure of the Lachin corridor and the arrest of ethnic Armenian officials in the 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. “On September 19-20, Azerbaijan conducted a military operation to gain full control over Nagorno-Karabakh. Since December 2022, Azerbaijan had …

  • State Dept. Report On Human Rights Cites Manipur, Rahul, BBC Tax Raid

    Photo: diplomacy.state.gov India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC – The annual State Department report on human rights practices addresses various issues in India. It covers the ethnic conflict in Manipur, tax raids on the British Broadcasting Corporation, and the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by […]

  • Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban

    Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after being raped Honduras is being taken to a global human rights body for the first time over its total abortion ban, which campaigners say violates women’s fundamental rights and the country’s international commitments.The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Honduras-based Centro de Derechos de la Mujer (Center for Women’s Rights, CDM) filed a petition with the UN human rights committee this month on...

  • STATE PROPAGANDA: ABC Wishcasts Abortion Driving A Biden Florida Win

    Among the major broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC’s is often the likeliest to go into over-the-top campaign propaganda for Democrats holding power. Case in point, ABC Whirled News Tonight’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s Florida speech on abortion. Watch as anchor David Muir and Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce being a heavy dose of hopium to their abortion coverage: DAVID MUIR: We turn now to President Biden tonight, hoping to put the state of Florida back in play...

  • STATE PROPAGANDA: ABC Wishcasts Abortion Driving A Biden Florida Win

    Among the major broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC’s is often the likeliest to go into over-the-top campaign propaganda for Democrats holding power. Case in point, ABC Whirled News Tonight’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s Florida speech on abortion. Watch as anchor David Muir and Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce being a heavy dose of hopium to their abortion coverage: DAVID MUIR: We turn now to President Biden tonight, hoping to put the state of Florida back in play...

  • Letters to the Editor: The self-defeating logic of 'states' rights' abortion foes

    To the editor: Regarding the abortion debate, I'd like to see personal choice foes follow their own logic. ("As a pregnant law professor in Arizona, I fear the abortion ban," Opinion, April 11) They say that abortion access is a matter of states' rights because the people of Texas or Arizona have different opinions than the people of California. However, it's also true that within Texas, the people of Austin feel differently than the people of another city, so shouldn't abortion laws be governed...

  • Amnesty International hits out at Ireland's 'failing' housing system in human rights report

    The organisation today published its annual State of the World’s Human Rights report.

  • WATCH LIVE: Biden talks abortion rights during campaign event in Tampa, Florida

    President Joe Biden will be speaking at a campaign rally for abortion rights in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday at 3 p.m. The event comes as the Sunshine State is less than two weeks away from implementing its six-week abortion ban. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER By honing in on abortion rights, […]

  • Dominican Republic government sees U.S. human rights report as “aggressive”

    Santo Domingo – The Government of the Dominican Republic considered “aggressive” and “unfounded” the report of the U.S. State Department, in which it accuses the DR of violating human rights in the deportation of Haitians. The following is the full statement released on Monday: This afternoon, the Government of the Dominican Republic has taken cognizance of our country’s extensive Report on Human Rights issued by the U.S. Department of State. We are studying the report and will respond in due...

  • US to sanction IDF battalion for West Bank human rights abuses: report

    The US is poised to sanction a controversial battalion in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for reported human rights abuses, Axios reported.Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to announce sanctions against the Netzah Yehuda battalion for alleged human rights violations in the occupied West Bank.It would be the first time the US has imposed sanctions on an Israeli military unit. The battalion is composed of over 900 soldiers.The news of the possible sanctioning of the IDF unit came as...

  • Report: Biden Campaign ‘Plans to Spend Every Day’ Until November Focusing on Abortion

    President Joe Biden's reelection campaign "plans to spend every day until November 5" hammering the issue of abortion.