Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Sunday, December 10, 2023 Inter Press Service Human Rights Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif NEW YORK, Dec 10 (IPS) – Today we mark a milestone in history: the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As people around the world commemorate Human Rights … Read more
Brazil’s leader faults US President Biden’s apathy towards Gaza ‘genocide’ despite influence on Israel. Brazil, renowned for its cultural diversity and vast rainforests, is experiencing significant political transformation. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s return to power marked a departure from Jair Bolsonaro’s conservative government. This shift heralds a renewed focus on social welfare, poverty reduction, … Read more
Efforts to renew the Israel-Hamas lapsed truce are continuing, mediator Qatar has said, as Israel resumed its bombardment of Gaza, killing dozens. Qatar, which led the talks that produced the weeklong truce that ended on Friday morning, said it will persist in seeking a renewed agreement, but warned that the resumption of hostilities is complicating matters. … Read more
Russia‘s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as “extremists”, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions. The presiding judge announced that he had endorsed a request from the justice ministry to ban what it called “the international LGBT social movement.” … Read more
Salehi was first arrested after publicly backing anti-government protests over Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody. Iranian authorities have rearrested rapper Toomaj Salehi, less than two weeks after his release on bail following his detention over supporting last year’s anti-government protests. Salehi, 32, was initially arrested in October 2022 after publicly backing the wave of … Read more
Juchitán, Mexico – Felina Santiago was cutting hair in her salon when she heard that one of her oldest friends, Oscar Cazorla, had been stabbed to death at the age of 62. “I was paralysed with pain,” she recalled. “I knew we had lost a pillar of our community that day.” Santiago and Cazorla both … Read more
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. Issued on: 30/11/2023 – 14:52Modified: 30/11/2023 – 15:00 3 min In a statement announcing a lawsuit filed to the court earlier this month, the Justice Ministry argued that … Read more
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a claim by the Ministry of Justice that the so-called “international LGBT movement” was committing acts of “an extremist nature” and “inciting social and religious discord”, in violation of the country’s law on countering extremism. Any organisation designated as extremist faces immediate dissolution, and its leaders could receive up … Read more
by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Wednesday, November 29, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (IPS) – This week in New York, nuclear arms and the efforts to abolish these weapons will reign paramount. Since its adoption in 2017 and its subsequent implementation in 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has … Read more
Northern night in Kirkenes, 400 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. This Norwegian town on the Russian border has become home to four exiled Russian journalists. Credit: Elizaveta Vereykina/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (madrid) Wednesday, November 29, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Nov 29 (IPS) – At 400 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, Russian journalist Giorgi … Read more