Rights

UN denounces Bangladesh pre-election violence

Geneva — The United Nations on Friday called on Bangladeshi police to refrain from excessive use of force amid... Read more

4 Aug, 2023

Johannesburg – Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya Wednesday hailed the decision of the European Court of Human Rights which... Read more

12 Jul, 2023

Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya on Tuesday won her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to... Read more

11 Jul, 2023

Geneva — UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday up to 40 aid workers have been killed... Read more

6 Jul, 2023

Kanana – Schools across rural South Africa have perilous and degrading pit latrines – a heritage of the apartheid... Read more

5 Jul, 2023

Geneva — Climate change threatens to deliver a “truly terrifying” dystopian future of hunger and suffering, the United Nations’... Read more

3 Jul, 2023

Mexico City — A Mexican judge on Monday ordered the further detainment of eight military personnel taken into custody... Read more

27 Jun, 2023

Mbabane – Eswatini’s top court on Friday ruled in favour of an LGBTQ group seeking official recognition, in a... Read more

18 Jun, 2023

Beijing — Millions of Chinese students sit for notoriously tough college entrance exams on Wednesday, the first since the... Read more

7 Jun, 2023

Harare – Zimbabwe’s parliament approved a controversial law that ostensibly promotes patriotism but has been denounced by the opposition... Read more

1 Jun, 2023