Human Rights
Let’s Fight Mob Justice Beyond Talk
The Executive Director of the Ark Foundation, Ghana, Angela Dwamena-Aboagye, has said to fight the menace of mob...
Rights Groups Denounce Egypt NGO Law
Eight watchdogs, including Human Rights Watch, on Friday denounced Egypt's adoption of a contentious new law to...
Ghanaians Must Stand Up Against Mod Justice
Pressure group, Occupyghana, has issued a statement condemning the lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama by a mob in...
The Middle East Forced Labour Bandits and the Polemic of Slavery Conventions
The Middle East forced labour bandits and the polemic of slavery conventions The recent countless images and voice...
Jailed UAE Lawyer Awarded Major Human Rights Prize
A UAE lawyer sentenced to 10 years in 2013 for plotting against the regime was on Saturday awarded a major human rights...
Australia Declares Game-Up For ‘fake Refugees’
Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boatpeople until October to prove they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the...
Promoting and Protecting Child Rights In Ghana
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted in 1989 By George Ofosu Oti The United Nations...
Kenya Government ‘hostile’ To Rights Activists
The government of Kenya is hostile towards human rights activists and organisations, according to a report issued...
Top Human Rights Prize Names Finalists
An El Salvadoran transgender advocate, five detained Cambodian activists and an Egyptian legal scholar were nominated...
Russia Court Outlaws ‘extremist’ Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia's Supreme Court has accepted the government's request to designate Jehovah's Witnesses as an outlawed religious...
Syria Evacuations Resume After Deadly Bomb Attack
The evacuation and transfer of thousands of Syrians from four besieged areas resumed on Wednesday, according to the...
UN Says 17 Mass Graves Found In DR Congo
The UN said Wednesday it had found a further 17 mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai region,...
Syria Evacuations Resume After Deadly Bombing
The evacuation of civilians and fighters from besieged Syrian towns resumed on Wednesday after a weekend bombing at a...
Taiwan Denies Political Asylum Request From Chinese Tourist
Taiwan said on Wednesday it has rejected a political asylum application from a Chinese tourist, reportedly an...
‘At Least 68 Children Among 126 Killed’ In Bus Bombing
At least 68 children were among 126 people killed in Saturday’s bomb attack on buses carrying evacuees from besieged...
PNG To Investigate ‘drunk Rampage’ At Australia Refugee Camp
Drunk soldiers "went on a rampage" and fired shots in the air at an Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea,...
Huge Bomb Kills Dozens of Evacuees In Syria
A huge car bomb has blasted a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from government-held towns in Syria, killing at least...
US-Backed Forces Reach Edge of IS-Held Syria Town
US-backed fighters have reached the outskirts of a key jihadist-held town in northern Syria as part of an offensive...
US Envoy Says Syria’s Assad Must Go After ‘chemical Attack’
Washington's UN ambassador said that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad cannot stay in power after a suspected chemical...