UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe: UN officials

UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe: UN officials

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a joint statement calling on the UK Government to reconsider its plan to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda. This arrangement seeks to shift responsibility for refugee protection, undermining international cooperation, Mr. Grandi added. “The new legislation marks…

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Prayers at the official residence of the newly elected head of the Scottish Government

Prayers at the official residence of the newly elected head of the Scottish Government

— Photo: AFP London: Pictures of the newly elected head of the Scottish government, Hamza Yusuf, offering prayers at the official residence of Pakistani origin have gone viral. According to the foreign news agency ‘AFP’, on March 27, the Parliament of Scotland named Hamza Yusuf as the first minister to replace Nicola Sturgeon, who is…

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Newly announced prison terms in Belarus signal ‘ongoing repression’

Newly announced prison terms in Belarus signal ‘ongoing repression’

“The prison sentences delivered today in Belarus against four human rights defenders, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, are deeply troubling and indicative of the ongoing repression in the country,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN human rights office, OHCHR. UN human rights chief Volker Türk has called for an end to the…

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