Human Rights

Extradition looms for Assange after UK Supreme Court refuses to hear his appeal

Mar 20, 2022 17:13

The British judicial system has erected still another barrier to Julian Assange’s freedom. On March 14, the U.K. Supreme Court refused to hear Assange’s appeal of the U.K. High Court’s ruling ordering his extradition to the United States.
Kuwait’s parliament speaker slams intl. double standards, demands Israel’s expulsion from IPU

Mar 20, 2022 08:34

The Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, Marzouq al-Ghanim, has condemned the international community for exercising double standards vis-à-vis the world’s ongoing conflicts, calling for the expulsion of the Israeli delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
'Stop state crimes': French protesters rally against racism, police brutality

Mar 20, 2022 08:01

The French have staged protest rallies against racism and police brutality across the country, calling for an end to "state crimes."
Dozens injured in new West Bank clashes between Zionists & Palestinians

Mar 18, 2022 08:37

Dozens of people have been injured in new clashes between Palestinians and Zionist regime forces who raided towns and villages across the West Bank, amid soaring tensions over Israeli regime plans to forcibly evict Palestinian families from their homes in the occupied al-Quds and frequent desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Iran: UN rapporteur’s ‘biased’ report would only undermine human rights

Mar 18, 2022 07:46

Tehran has denounced as “politicized” and “biased” the UN rapporteur’s report on the country’s human rights situation, saying such an approach would only undermine human rights in Iran.
Report: Saudi Arabia has executed 100 people since start of current year

Mar 18, 2022 03:06

Saudi Arabia has executed 100 people since January, a report said after the execution of four more people in the wake of the widely-condemned mass execution of more than 80 people earlier this month.
Kremlin: US has bombed civilians for long, has no right to lecture Russia

Mar 17, 2022 12:22

Russia says the United States with its long history of bombing civilians around the world has no right to lecture Russia, denouncing as “inexcusable” US President Joe Biden’s claim that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is “a war criminal.”
Protest breaks out against Saudi executions in Pakistan

Mar 17, 2022 09:55

Pakistanis have taken to the streets in the port city of Karachi to condemn a recent mass execution by Saudi Arabia in the oil rich region of Qatif to suppress the voice of dissent.
Pollution on tap in Gaza

Mar 16, 2022 15:55

Access to water is among the many issues examined by Amnesty International in its recently published report documenting how the Zionist regime runs an apartheid system.
'Brutal display of impunity': Saudi regime executes 81 people in single day

Mar 16, 2022 15:45

The Saudi judicial system is notoriously unfair, frequently wielding its authority to silence and punish political dissidents.