Jundi Jundoyan, an Armenian Yezidi spiritual leader poses next to dozens of blankets which preserve old relics. Credit: Andoni Lubaki/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (ardashar, armenia) Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Inter Press Service ARDASHAR, Armenia, Aug 23 (IPS) – There are those cows watching the fight in the mud of rusty Soviet…
“This colonial era law has more broadly impacted and stigmatised the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people as a whole”, said High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. She stressed that everyone was entitled to the equal protection, respect and fulfilment of their human rights, including all in the LGBTIQ+…
The experts said they are deeply concerned at the increasing arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances of members of the Baha’i faith, as well as the destruction or confiscation of their properties, “in what bears all the signs of a policy of systematic persecution”. These acts were not isolated, they added,…
Opinion by Gabriel Odima (minnesota, usa) Monday, August 22, 2022 Inter Press Service MINNESOTA, USA, Aug 22 (IPS) – Once again, Kenya finds itself at a crossroads. The current events in Kenya illustrate how and why electoral malpractices and not democracy and human rights are the leading form of governance in…
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a prison sentence spanning more than three decades handed down to a Saudi woman charged with following and retweeting so-called dissidents and activists. Doctoral student Salma Al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in jail, followed by a 34-year travel…
Opinion by Saber Azam (geneva) Friday, August 19, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Aug 19 (IPS) – After the horrendous tragedies of 9/11 in the year 2001, the US intervened in Afghanistan. Promising statements such as “we are going to smoke them out” and “we are after ending terrorism” received warm…
“I have helped women survivors of violence regain their strength and resilience for the past 20 years. Each time I supported a woman, I felt victorious. I always wanted to do more and help even more women. Now, I feel like every day new barriers are standing in my way,…
On Thursday morning, Israeli Forces broke into, searched and sealed the offices of seven Palestinian human rights and humanitarian organizations³ in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Their property was confiscated and destroyed and military orders closing the offices were left at the premises. The attempted closures of the 7…
Only artisanal fishing is allowed in the waters surrounding the Galapagos Islands, where it is possible to catch large, valuable fish. The area is a marine reserve, a nursery of species for the eastern Pacific and is off-limits to industrial fishing. But its continental shelf is increasingly under siege by…
“I told myself that I should travel to Kabul and buy additional equipment, including a fridge, before I expanded my bakery business. This dream never came true as my country fell into the hands of the Taliban. I used to run a business in my province. I employed five women…
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