Stability in the West Bank is vital to the prospects of peace in Gaza, UN Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland said over the weekend, warning against further escalation. He also said civilian attacks, including settler violence, need to end. Meanwhile, the new Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Muhannad Hadi, visited Gaza for the first…
Achieving peace is neither automatic nor a vision, Mr. Guterres said in a video message to a special event on youth for peace. “Peace is the result of action. Let us commit to build, drive and sustain peace for all,” he emphasized. The event showcased the actions and commitments of young people – in their…
GN Saibaba, a former English professor at Delhi University, was arrested in 2014 and accused of links to banned Maoist groups, according to media reports. He was sentenced to life imprisonment three years later for multiple offences under the country’s Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. ‘Shameful’ detention “GN Saibaba is a long-standing defender of the rights…
Lucknow: An angry activist threw ink on the face of a political leader who left the Samajwadi Party and joined the BJP in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to Indian media reports, Dara Singh Chauhan, a local leader in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, had arrived in a town of Mau district…
The young social media activist girl weighed 187 kg; Photo: File Beijing: A 21-year-old social media activist in China died while trying to meet a 90 kg weight loss ‘challenge camp’ goal. According to the New York Post, China’s leading social media activist joined a weight-loss challenge camp in his home province of Shaanxi that…
File photo U.S. forces captured key ISIS operative Huzaifa Al-Alimni along with two of her associates during an operation in Syria. According to the statement of the American Central Command, the American forces detained Huzaifah Al-Alimni along with two companions during a helicopter raid in the eastern region of Syria. The Central Command said the…
“I am the daughter of a housewife and a car painter” is how Nicaraguan activist Ms. Mesén describes herself, while sitting behind her office desk in San José, the capital city of Costa Rica, where she is now living. Born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a condition that causes bones to break easily and damages hearing, muscles,…
In Belarus, Nobel Prize-winning human rights activist Alice Bialitsky was sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to a foreign news agency, Alice Bialitsky has been convicted of tax evasion and financial aid. “I was convicted for political reasons,” says Alice Bialitsky. Note that Alice Bialitsky was assigned the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. setTimeout(function(){…
