BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – An independent report into the Metropolitan Police (the Met) commissioned after Sarah Everard’s murder has concluded that Britain’s largest law-enforcement force is “broken” and should be abolished if it cannot change. The Met is “institutionally racist and misogynistic”, the...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Greece’s use of Ottoman-era mosques for purposes other than Islamic worship is a violation of fundamental human rights, say experts. Evaluating the current status of historic mosques in Greece, Sabri Can Sannav from the History Department at Trakya University shared that the Mecidiye Mosque was converted into the By...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Mali’s ruling junta has said that it is expelling the head of the human rights division of MINUSMA, the UN mission for Mali. The decision comes after a Malian rights activist last month denounced the security situation in the country in a speech to a UN gathering, and accused the regime’s new […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of two Armenian foundations whose properties had been taken over by the Treasury, bringing a legal battle they had been waging for years to a close. The court said the refusal of the request for the return of the properties violated the right to […]
David Coulson, a Muslim man who was imprisoned in California, has been released after two decades behind bars. The 55-year-old was arrested for stealing $14 dollars while he was homeless and sentenced to life in prison. Experts say thousands of inmates like Coulson remain in California prisons, sentenced to life due to legislation passed in [...
Israeli forces killed four Palestinians on Thursday, including an alleged attacker and Palestinian fighter, officials said. Violence flared across Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, authorities said. They were 14-year-old Mohammed...
U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday called for a moratorium on forced returns of refugees and migrants to Burma. His comments follow news that Malaysia deported two Burmese nationals who sought protection through the U.N. refugee agency on Oct. 6. More than 100 other nationals from Burma, some of whom had serious protection [&hel...
Heavy shelling from Burma along the Bandarban border district of Bangladesh has forced hundreds of families to flee for safety. Bullets from Burma again landed inside Bangladesh’s Lemuchhari and Bahirmath areas Saturday violating the border, according to fleeing locals. The shelling occurred in a roughly 12-mile area near the border in Burmese...
A Boston-based research team on Friday released a study showing a huge jump in U.S. households not having enough food. The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, focuses on food insufficiency. Researchers found ending the monthly payments “was associated with a 25% increase in household food insufficiency by early July 2022.” The g...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces on Wednesday detained a senior Hamas leader in an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, according to his son. No reason was provided for Al-Rajoub’s detention. The Hamas leader was released by Israeli forces in January after eight months in administrative detention. The policy of administrative det...
