Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents at the regular press briefing in New York, that during the clashes, two rockets landed close to the UN peacekeeping base in Kimoka, about four kilometres northwest of Sake town, in North Kivu. No casualties on the UN side were reported, he said. The UN mission, MONUSCO, “remains deeply concerned by…
Twenty-two-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini was arrested and forced into a van by Iran’s so called “morality police” in the capital Tehran on 13 September last year. Authorities alleged she was not in conformity with the country’s strict laws on mandatory veiling. She died on 16 September reportedly after suffering a heart attack. Her family, however,…
McMurdo: Incidents of sexual harassment have become common in cities or villages, but in an isolated region like Antarctica, when such incidents begin to happen, women have to take it upon themselves to protect themselves. According to the world news agency AFP, 35-year-old Monahon is one of many women who were sexually harassed by the…
More than 100 employees of the famous American fast food chain, which makes burgers in the UK, have complained about sexual abuse, harassment and a racist environment at work. According to the report of the British Broadcasting Corporation, some of these employees are less than 17 years old. According to the report, the broadcaster launched…
David Warburton is the third Conservative MP to resign this month; Photo: File London: UK Member of Parliament David Warburton has resigned as a member of Parliament following allegations of sexual harassment of female MPs and the rampant use of cocaine. According to the British newspaper, Conservative MP David Warburton resigned as a member of…
Photo courtesy of Indian Media In India, former Director General of Police Rajesh Das was sentenced to 3 years in prison for sexually harassing a fellow officer. According to Indian media, a court in the state of Tamil Nadu found a suspended police officer guilty of sexually harassing a female officer. According to reports, the…
File photo Australia’s main opposition Liberal Party has called for the resignation of a senator facing allegations of sexual harassment. According to foreign media, there have been several complaints of sexual harassment against Liberal Party senator David Vaughan, and an inquiry in 2021 found that one in three people working in parliament had been sexually…
New Delhi: Several top Indian wrestlers like Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia and Sakshi have been arrested by the police for accusing the wrestling federation chief of sexual harassment. According to international media reports, Indian women wrestlers are demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for sexual harassment and…
File photo Facing allegations of sexual harassment by female athletes in India, Wrestling Federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has said that the demand for my resignation is not a big deal for me but I will not act like a criminal. According to Indian media, he said that the demands of the wrestlers are…
—File photo The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in the European Parliament has said that harassment cases in Parliament should be dealt with more quickly and transparently. The committee has also called for tougher sanctions to be imposed on Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who do not complete anti-harassment training. These views…
