Source: Aljazeera A Malawi court has convicted an HIV-positive man who had confessed to having sex with 104 girls and widows in traditional “sexual cleansing” rituals. Eric Aniva, 45, was found guilty on Friday on two counts after a one-day trial in a packed courtroom in the district of Nsanje. “It […]
By Daniella Diaz, CNN Washington (CNN)International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney warned that President-elect Donald Trump’s policies would harm Muslim Americans in the US and across the world. Speaking at […]
Source: The Nation By Kashif Chaudhry is a physician, writer and human rights activist. He is currently completing his cardiology fellowship in Boston, USA. Kashif is a strong proponent of […]
Source: Reuters By Jon Herskovitz A U.S. Muslim civil rights group said on Thursday it was monitoring reports of several incidents targeting Muslims in the United States since Republican Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday and called on the president-elect to denounce the attacks. The reports included at least two assaults […]
Source: Time By Mark Sherman and Alanna Durkin Richer Gavin Grimm was prevented from using the boys’ bathroom at his high school (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court will take up the […]
Source: Time By Jennifer Duggan / Dublin, Ireland A young, secular population helped pass same-sex marriage in Ireland last year and wants abortion restrictions overturned — but the fight is proving […]
Source: Religion News Service By Hannan Adely/ USA Today Network WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — Federal law enforcement officials, under fire by civil rights groups, have dropped an effort to create counseling […]
Source: BBC By Beth Blair 20 October 2016 Airline seats have been one-size-fits-all since the beginning. Today, those 16.5 to 18-inch wide seats are anything but. According to the World […]
His Majesty receives 2015 human rights report By JT – Oct 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah receives the 2015 human rights report from NCHR President Mohammad Al Bakhit (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday received a copy of the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michael E. Miller Howard County Sheriff James F. Fitzgerald is resigning over allegations that he made racist, sexist and anti-Semitic remarks and bullied those who […]
Oct 13,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The military campaigns in Syria and Yemen have been characterised by non-stop brutality and indiscriminate attacks from the air that killed and injured huge numbers of civilians. Not only have we witnessed the deaths of hundreds of thousands in Syria and thousands […]
Source: MSN The UN’s rights chief warned Wednesday that Donald Trump’s statements pointed to a “dangerous” figure emerging on the world stage if he won the US presidency. At a […]
Source: Time Parliament closed a loophole that allowed “honor” killers to go free (ISLAMABAD) — Pakistani lawmakers have passed a law that stiffens the penalty for convicted “honor” killers and […]
Source: Pew Research Center Two-thirds say employers should provide birth control in insurance plans, but public is split over same-sex wedding services and use of public bathrooms by transgender people The U.S. public expresses a clear consensus on the contentious question of whether employers who have religious objections to contraception […]
Source: Clarion Project By John Goddard The result? The teacher’s guide depicts Canadian society as practicing a “terrorist ideology of hate” against Muslims. The Canadian Red Cross has funded a […]
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Kailash Satyarthi; Nobel Laureate, 2014 I once met a boy working on a cocoa farm whose only dream was someday to taste the rich brown […]
Source: BBC Russia is moving towards banning “baby boxes” – the hatches introduced in many countries where desperate mothers can safely abandon an unwanted infant. But there has been sharp […]
By JT – Sep 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on Jordan to remove blasphemy charges from the Kingdom’s legislation in a statement condemning the murder of Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar. “Jordan’s new Cabinet should take immediate steps to introduce legislation to […]
September 21, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | Iran has slammed the decision by United Nations to appoint Asma Jahangir as special rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and called her out as a ‘Qadiani’, a derogatory term used for members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Sect. Pakistani Lawyer and Human […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Barack Obama conceded Tuesday that the United States and other world powers have limited ability to solve the most profound challenges facing the world, while […]