File photo. Former Chief Minister of Occupied Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has said that she wanted to go to the Martyr’s Graveyard but she was put under house arrest. In her statement issued from Srinagar on Kashmir Martyrs’ Day, Mehbooba Mufti said that the Indian government is saying in the Supreme Court that everything is fine…
A resolution was passed in the European Parliament on human rights violations in India. A resolution passed by the European Parliament in Brussels condemned ethnic and religious violence in India. The resolution of the European Parliament further asked the Indian authorities to stop ethnic and religious violence and provide protection to religious minorities. The European…
The rains broke a 45-year-old record of water level in the Yamuna river. Due to heavy rains in India, the water level in Yamuna river is continuously increasing. According to the Indian media from New Delhi, a water rail from the Yamuna river entered New Delhi. After which all educational institutions of the city have…
That’s the message from UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to ending the epidemic, which said on Thursday that truly eradicating it boils down to a “political and financial choice”. The agency’s Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, said that today’s leaders have the opportunity to save millions of lives and be “remembered by future generations” as those…
According to the experts, hundreds of Eritreans were also subjected to summary deportations at the end of June. “Collective expulsions are prohibited under international law,” the experts, including Mohamed Babiker, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, said in a news release issued by the UN human rights office (OHCHR). “Deporting migrants,…
The agency plans to reach and assist over one million vulnerable farmers and their families, estimated at around five million people. Combatting the crisis The fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, originates from the collapse of a 2022 power-sharing agreement between the two, that has impacted millions…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is in the Belgian capital to participate in the second high-level dialogue between the global body and the European Union (EU). The two days of talks will centre around issues that include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its ripple effects worldwide, climate change, and the promise and perils of the digital…
Cities and towns have become the drivers of economic growth and now account for more than 80 per cent of global GDP. Yet, in 2020, over one billion inhabitants of urban areas were still living in slums or informal settlements, predominantly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. As urban populations grow, slums expand even faster, UN…
Briefing the Security Council, Prosecutor Karim Khan, said that the mandate of his office, pursuant to resolution 1593 referring the situation in Darfur to the Court in 2005, was clear. “[Our mandate is] ongoing with respect to crimes within our jurisdiction, the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes; and any individual who…
“The continuous decline in water quality due to increased salinity levels in its composition is alarming. This situation significantly impacts vulnerable groups, such as children and adolescents, pregnant women and people suffering from chronic diseases,” they said in a statement. Water privatization fears Although health authorities have urged vulnerable groups to purchase bottled water, “this may…
