Activists say the Marianne was intercepted by Israel’s military around 100 nautical miles from Gaza’s shore. 29 Jun 2015 17:35 GMT | Human Rights, Politics, Gaza, Israel Israel has boarded […]
Madani says limits of freedom of expression need to be ascertained to determine where it ends PUBLISHED: 17:18 JUNE 4, 2015 WAM Jeddah: More 90 experts on human rights, law, politics and minorities, including UN special procedures as well as representatives of UN Member States, met at the OIC headquarters […]
WAR & CONFLICT From Eritrean child soldier to Swedish parliamentarian Arhe Hamednaca is a member of Sweden’s parliament, but his commitment to social justice began as a child fighter. Fatma Naib | 27 May 2015 10:10 GMT | Arhe Hamednaca with a group of Palestinian youth in Tulkarm, the West Bank […]
There was so much hope for her as a moral leader in Myanmar, but power (or politics) has changed her ZAFAR SOBHAN 03.23.15 TOMAS MUNITA/THE NEW YORK TIMES In the face of scathing criticism from international human rights groups, supporters of the sainted Aung San Suu Kyi are left with […]
RIYADH: SAUD AL-AMMARI Published — Thursday 19 March 2015 Last update 19 March 2015 2:26 am After receiving a kind invitation from Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, the Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom, I attended the Global Law Summit in London as part of the Saudi delegation. The summit attracted […]
Female members of Shoura Council during a meeting. RIYADH: MOHAMMED AL-JATHLANI Published — Wednesday 18 March 2015 Last update 18 March 2015 1:56 am | | A A Centuries before the International Declaration of Human Rights was formulated, our Prophet (peace be upon him), spoke about the true and […]
TERRORISM Human rights under threat, says foreign minister By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAR 2, 2015 – 12:01 Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter urged the international community to root out terrorism (Keystone) The fight against terrorism was the focus of the opening speech by Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter at the […]
Source: Arab News BERLIN: Germany’s top human rights official has urged Israel to cooperate with the International Criminal Court probe into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories. After the […]
Posted: 04/09/2014 10:37 BST Updated: 04/11/2014 10:59 GMT HUFFINGTON POST Four million people are discriminated against in a land of 180 million. The Second Amendment of the constitution is devoted to enshrining the legal basis to do so. Thesecond; a religious ruling as constitutional law. It reads: 1- Short title and commencement. […]
By Rana Tanveer Published: December 27, 2014 THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE LAHORE: A religious organisation has postponed the staging of a protest demonstration in Rabwah by 15 days after district authorities […]
Israel on Friday condemned Switzerland’s plan to host a conference on respect for international human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, charging it was a deviation from the country’s traditional neutrality. Switzerland has announced a December 17th conference in Geneva, in response to a recommendation from the UN General Assembly […]
Miko Morelos Thursday, October 30 2014 The government of newly-elected Indonesian President Joko Widodo says it has begun the groundwork for ensuring protection of minorities in the country. Indonesia’s religious […]
From Twitter: An Ahmadi Latif Alam Butt Sahib has been shot dead near his home coming back from his shop in Kamra (Attock) at 7.30 pm this evening. 15th October 2014
Kids Behind Bars: Israel’s Arbitrary Arrests of Palestinian Minors By Julia Amalia Heyer Jonas Opperskalski / DER SPIEGEL Last year, approximately one thousand Palestinian children were arrested by Israeli forces, […]
THE SOUTH ASIA CHANNEL Pakistan’s Original Sin BY USMAN AHMAD OCTOBER 13, 2014 The fields of Hampshire are usually associated with blazing crops of rapeseed and fragrant lavender. But on the final weekend of August, over 30,000 Ahmadi Muslims from all over the world converged on Oakland Farm in East […]
Added by Mehssen Macary on 23 septembre 2014. The huge area of dry grasslands and rich fertile river plains, with many different types of climate and landscape, the Middle East was the natural home to the first agricultural agglomeration. The region where large parts are covered by desert or grassland; […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Israel of committing war crimes by attacking three UN-run schools in the Gaza Strip in fighting in July and August, killing Palestinian […]
by Jordan Times | Sep 06, 2014 AMMAN — HH Prince Zeid on Thursday took the oath before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the UN high commissioner for human rights. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the UN headquarters in New York, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Prince […]
KARACHI: Chairperson Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Zohra Yousuf has said the Geo Tv program ‘Aalim Online’, hosted by Amir Liaqat Hussain, was spreading religious disharmony in the country, ARY News reported Tuesday. Addressing a symposium at a local hotel in Karachi, Ms Yousuf said minorities were demeaned and murdered […]
Published time: March 04, 2014 13:41 RIA Novosti / Maksim Blinov The head of the lower house committee for family issues has described a new set of legislative amendments protecting the values shared by basic religions, and inspiring young people to choose marriage over cohabitation. MP Yelena Mizulina of […]