Ukraine: deliberate destruction of culture must stop, say rights experts

Ukraine: deliberate destruction of culture must stop, say rights experts

According to humanitarian workers, at least six people were killed on Tuesday after Russian missiles struck a busy street in the city of Kherson. Most of the victims were standing at a bus stop, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that day.   Identities and shelters targeted  The UN-appointed independent rights experts…

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A request was filed to stop the Prime Minister from appointing judges in Gilgit-Baltistan

A request was filed to stop the Prime Minister from appointing judges in Gilgit-Baltistan

Islamabad: An application was filed in the Supreme Court to prevent Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from appointing judges in Gilgit-Baltistan. In the petition filed by Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Khalid Khurshid, it has been requested that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif be stopped from appointing judges without consulting the elected government of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Supreme Court issued…

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Nigeria: $1.3 billion drive to stop ‘ticking time bomb’ of child malnutrition

Nigeria: $1.3 billion drive to stop ‘ticking time bomb’ of child malnutrition

“The large-scale humanitarian and protection crisis shows no sign of abating,” said Matthias Schmale, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria. “An estimated 2.4 million people are in acute need – impacted by conflict, disaster and disease – and require urgent support.” Warnings of catastrophe The “ticking time bomb” of child malnutrition is escalating…

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Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea

Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea

Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection with several search-and-rescue missions conducted between 2016 and 2017.  Those accused include four crew members of the Iuventa, a former fishing trawler credited with saving some 14,000 migrant lives in the Mediterranean Sea, and human…

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Charlie Hebdo didn't stop with Islamophobia, making fun of thousands of deaths from the earthquake

Charlie Hebdo didn’t stop with Islamophobia, making fun of thousands of deaths from the earthquake

Photo: Anadolu Agency Paris: French magazine Charlie Hebdo has once again published a controversial cartoon mocking earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. According to the foreign news agency Al Jazeera, a drawing by artist Pierre-Join shows collapsed buildings amid piles of rubble and reads, “There is no need to send tanks.” Social media users are…

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Attempt to stop the documentary film made on Modi, America's position came out

Attempt to stop the documentary film made on Modi, America’s position came out

File photo The statement of the United States against the ban on showing the documentary film made by the British Broadcasting Corporation about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India and against it came out. According to foreign media, the 2-part documentary film (India: The Modi Question) of the British Broadcasting Corporation has claimed that the…

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