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Singapore to hang first woman in nearly 20 years during executions set for this week: rights groups
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more on this: https://sc.mp/gjys Singapore is preparing to hang two drug traffickers this week, including the first woman to be executed in the city state in nearly 20 years, according to rights organisation Transformative Justice Collective. The group identified the 45-year-old woman as Saridewi Djamani, who was sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking about…
‘Rights crisis’: Amnesty report documents abuses in Nicaragua
Nicaragua has barred the European Union’s ambassador after the bloc condemned “systematic repression” of dissent by the government. President Daniel Ortega has been accused of cracking down on opponents since 2018, when hundreds of people were killed and many more imprisoned during anti-government protests. Now, rights campaigners say he is using a new tactic to silence his critics. Al Jazeera’s Latin America editor Lucia Newman…
Who will hold human rights abusers in Libya to account? | Inside Story
United Nations investigators say security forces and armed militia groups in Libya have committed a wide range of war crimes and crimes against humanity. They say they have evidence of abuses carried out against Libyans and migrants stranded in the country. Commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council, the panel also accused the European Union of ‘aiding and abetting’ abuses by sending support to Libyan…
Margaret Atwood on gender, women's rights, and Roald Dahl revisions – BBC News
Booker prize winner Margaret Atwood describes herself as an “observer,” but in her many novels she has often offered us a portal to understanding, be it about totalitarianism, or the idea of other forms of life, future and past. In her latest book, Old Babes in the Woods, she navigates death and the loss of loved ones, in short stories which are both acerbic and…
Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘has struck a victory’ for children’s’ rights
Angeles T. Arredondo Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation Mike Gonzalez says parents are engaged to stop their children ‘being used as cannon fodder.’ #FoxNews Subscribe to Fox News! https://bit.ly/2vaBUvAS Watch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxnews.com Watch Fox News Channel Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one…
Al Jazeera speaks to senior UN official on visit with Taliban over women's rights
Top United Nations officials visiting Afghanistan have held talks with the Taliban-led administration to discuss women’s education and work, weeks after authorities banned most women from working at NGOs and female students from attending universities. Al Jazeera speaks to UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out…
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An animated video released by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party was taken down from Instagram after it sparked a backlash for demeaning Muslims. The removal put a spotlight on [...]
