DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The UN high commissioner for human rights expressed deep concern Wednesday over allegations of extrajudicial killings, torture in police custody and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh. Michelle Bachelet, the first UN rights chief to visit Bangladesh, told journalists at a press conference in the capital Dhaka,...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Rohingya refugees have urged visiting UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to create a conducive environment in Myanmar for the sustainable repatriation of the persecuted minority to their home country. Bachelet’s visit marked the first time a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has visited Bangladesh ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Human rights groups and Muslim representatives expressed outrage on Tuesday over the release of 11 men serving life sentences for gang rape and murder during the 2002 Gujarat riots, which killed around 2000 people, the majority of whom were Muslims. The 11 convicts in the case of gang rape survivor Bilkis […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The UN human rights chief arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday on a 4-day official visit to assess the state of human rights in the South Asian nation and monitor the plight of the persecuted Rohingya community. Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen received Michelle Bachelet at the Dhaka airport. This is...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday called for ending Israeli “crimes” in the occupied territories. The call came after an Israeli court ordered the demolition of a Palestinian school in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. The school is in Area C in West Bank, which is under Israel’s full […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A 10-year-old Palestinian girl died on Thursday of her injuries that she suffered in an Israeli offensive on the blockaded Gaza Strip last week, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. “Our crews are working to transport the body of Lian Al-Shaer after she died of wounds she sustained during the recent aggression on […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Evidence of crimes against humanity in Myanmar is piling up with women and children severely impacted, a fresh report by the UN has revealed. “Crimes against humanity continue to be systematically committed in Myanmar,” said the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar in its annual report. The report was released ...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union welcomed on Monday the truce between Israel and the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad following three days of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. “The European Union welcomes the announced cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which should bring an end to the violence in and around Gaza,” t...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian officials on Monday called for rebuilding Gaza and ending Israel’s 15-year-long blockade. The call came one day after an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire came into force to end three days of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and retaliatory rocket fire. At least 45 Palestinians were killed and over 360 others injur...
Soweto, South Africa – (AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a three-nation African trip Sunday paying tribute to the Soweto Uprising, a student protest whose tragic ending galvanized the world against the apartheid regime. His visit comes as Washington scales up diplomacy to counter Russian influence on the continent an...
