Time to revoke death penalty for social media dissent, UN experts urge — Global Issues

Time to revoke death penalty for social media dissent, UN experts urge — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Mr. Al Ghamdi was arrested by the Saudi security services on 11 June 2022 and charged with criminal offences for opinions he expressed on social media platforms X and YouTube. The charges included “betrayal of his religion, country, and rulers;” “spreading false rumours with intent to disrupt public order and…

The End of a Dictatorship and the Beginning of Another? — Global Issues

The End of a Dictatorship and the Beginning of Another? — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Credit: AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 13 (IPS) – On 26 August, Gabon went through the motions of an election. Official results were announced four days later, in the middle of the night, with the…

Women Lured by Promise of Jobs, Sold as Brides — Global Issues

Women Lured by Promise of Jobs, Sold as Brides — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Women walk in a village in Indian-administered Kashmir. Women here often find themselves lured by the promise of a job into unsuitable marriages. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS by Athar Parvaiz (budgam, india) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service BUDGAM, INDIA, Sep 13 (IPS) – It has been over a decade since…

UN humanitarian chief in Ukraine condemns ‘brutal and relentless’ pattern of port attacks — Global Issues

UN humanitarian chief in Ukraine condemns ‘brutal and relentless’ pattern of port attacks — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“There has been almost one attack every other day hitting vital port and grain facilities in Ukraine,” said Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown, in a statement on Wednesday. Assault on grain exports A Russian drone attack early on Wednesday damaged infrastructure at Ukrainian grain-exporting facilities on the Danube River….

UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys — Global Issues

UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

More than 5,000 people have reportedly died, many of them residents of Derna, which was struck by a torrent of water from two dams which burst, sweeping away whole neighbourhoods of the port city. “Search and rescue operations are actively underway, led by national agencies, military, the Libyan Red Crescent…

The Perspective of Global Governance for Achieving the SDGs<br>From the viewpoint of sociology of domination. — Global Issues

The Perspective of Global Governance for Achieving the SDGs<br>From the viewpoint of sociology of domination. — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Sotaro Kusumoto Opinion by Osamu Kusumoto, Sotaro Kusumoto (tokyo, japan) Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Inter Press Service TOKYO, Japan, Sep 12 (IPS) –   1. SDGs and global governance Sustainable development is the challenge of how to build a society in which humanity can live with dignity in this global environment….

Human rights ‘in a state of collapse’, warns Türk — Global Issues

Human rights ‘in a state of collapse’, warns Türk — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“Human rights in Afghanistan are in a state of collapse,” he told the Human Rights Council, before sounding the alarm over ongoing reports of extrajudicial killings, torture and ill-treatment and arbitrary arrests and detentions, as well as serious violations against former Government officials, as documented in a new human rights…

Urgent response needed to uptick in fighting, economic crisis — Global Issues

Urgent response needed to uptick in fighting, economic crisis — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

In its latest report, the UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) body found that attacks on civilians, escalating fighting, economic decline and human rights violations persist, despite the country’s re-admission to the League of Arab States. The continued war in Syria is a “monument to the failure of diplomacy” said Inquiry…