Greenland women seek justice over forced contraception
Birkerød – Henriette Berthelsen was separated from her family at 11 and forced to wear a contraceptive coil, a trauma... Read more
3 May, 2024
UNICEF says SA should prioritise children’s protection
Cape Town — The United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has called on South Africa’s government to make protecting the... Read more
27 Apr, 2024
Eswatini arrests wife of murdered rights activist
Mbabane – The widow of an anti-monarchist opposition activist murdered last year has been arrested and questioned in Eswatini,... Read more
29 Mar, 2024
Australia says writer given suspended death sentence in China
Sydney – Australia’s government said Monday writer Yang Jun has been given a suspended death sentence in China, describing it... Read more
5 Feb, 2024
Former Zimbabwe opposition chief Job Sikhala convicted of incitement
Harare – Prominent former Zimbabwean opposition parliamentarian Job Sikhala, who has already been in jail for one-and-a-half years, was... Read more
25 Jan, 2024
Iran executes man for killing policeman during 2022 protests
Tehran – Iran executed a man Tuesday after convicting him of killing a policeman and wounding others during nationwide... Read more
23 Jan, 2024
Brazil’s Indigenous Yanomami again face illegal mining-linked crisis
Boa Vista – The Yanomami Indigenous group are again facing a severe humanitarian crisis blamed on illegal gold miners,... Read more
18 Jan, 2024
S. Korea parliament to vote on banning dog meat trade
Seoul – South Korea’s parliament is expected to vote Tuesday to ban eating dog meat and its trade, a... Read more
9 Jan, 2024
ANC to take legal action against MK over logo and name use
Cape Town — The ANC is looking to take legal action against the newly-formed uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party,... Read more
23 Dec, 2023
Chinese dissident doctor and AIDS whistleblower dies aged 95
Washington – A dissident doctor who became China’s most outspoken and celebrated AIDS campaigner, spending years under government pressure... Read more
12 Dec, 2023
