“I am deeply troubled by the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, arrests, detentions, police violence, surveillance and disciplinary measures and sanctions against members of the educational community exercising their right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression,” UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed said, in a statement at the end of…
“The Government must loosen tight restrictions on assemblies and associations to bring laws and practice into conformity with the national Constitution and international human rights law”, said Clément Voule, Special Rapporteur on the right to assembly, in a statement at the end of a 10-day official visit to Algeria. He was there as the country…
The demonstrations began over what many Kenyans view as unfair tax hikes and rising inflation in the country, according to news reports. OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurance issued a statement condemning the violence, expressing concern over “allegations of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force, including the use of firearms, by police”. Reports estimate the number of people…
Paris: Demonstrators in France set fire to the mayor’s house, violent protests have entered the fifth day. According to the details, the streets of France remained a battlefield against the French police for the death of a 17-year-old youth for the fifth day, the burning and looting continues. Another 700 shops and banks were affected…
Pristina: Violent protests against the Albanian mayor in the Serb community area of Kosovo have also left 30 NATO-led peacekeeping force personnel injured. Serbs tried to seize the offices of a municipality in northern Kosovo where Albanian mayors took office last week. Some of the clashes took place in the municipality of Zvicin, 45 km…
The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, said in a statement that the executions on Friday of Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi, were “profoundly concerning in view of the reported involvement of these individuals in the protests that commenced in Iran on 16 September 2022, and allegations of their having been convicted and sentenced through confessions obtained under torture.”…
The Iranian judiciary has announced amnesty to 22,000 people arrested last year during the protests against the death of Mahsa Amini, a girl in custody over the issue of hijab. The head of Iran’s judiciary, Gholam Hossein Mohseni, says that 22,000 people arrested during the protests have been pardoned. He did not say in what…
A tractor working at the training center was set on fire by the protestors, police personnel are also present. Dozens of people stormed the police training center in the US state of Atlanta on Sunday evening. The protestors pelted stones at the training center, burst firecrackers, threw bricks and bottle bombs, the police arrested dozens…
A police officer and two civilians were injured during clashes between protesters and police in Mersey, England. According to foreign media, the police arrested 15 people after the clashes. Police say that some protesters pelted stones at the police van, the situation is now under control. According to news agencies, the police were providing facilities…
