This week, more than 40 organisations working on health justice around the globe put out an urgent call to the global health and human rights community. In an open letter, we issued a call to global health bodies, health institutions, professional associations and the World Medical Association (WMA) to take…
Six children have died from dehydration and malnutrition at hospitals in northern Gaza, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian territory has said, as the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave worsens. Two children died at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the ministry said on Wednesday. Earlier it reported…
Widow of the Russian opposition leader unsure whether his funeral will pass off peacefully after Russia blocked memorial service plans. The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will be held in Moscow on Friday, his family and spokesperson…
A new law that gives immunity from prosecution for most offences committed during Northern Ireland’s decades of sectarian violence is not compliant with human rights, a judge in Belfast has ruled. The British government’s Legacy and Reconciliation Bill, passed in September, stops most prosecutions for alleged killings by armed groups…
Rights activists condemn the law that would punish LGBTQ people as well as those who promote gay rights with years in prison. Ghana’s parliament has voted to pass a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights, in a move that has been condemned by rights activists. A coalition of religious…
On February 28, 2021, just after 9pm, nine Muslim men removed their shoes, lined up in single file, and knelt quietly for Isha, their faith’s mandatory night prayer, inside a Missouri state prison in the small city of Bonne Terre. Their action was neither unusual nor provocative. The men had…
The body of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother, his spokesperson has said. “Alexei’s body was given to his mother. Thank you to everybody who demanded this with us,” Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said on X. The details of his funeral arrangements are yet…
Lyudmila Navalnaya says investigators are trying to set conditions on where, when and how the prominent Kremlin critic should be buried. The mother of Alexey Navalny has said Russian authorities are pressing her to bury the opposition leader’s body in “secret”. Speaking in a video message posted on YouTube on…
Israel denies accusations it is blocking aid deliveries as UN says people are at risk of starvation in the besieged strip. Before Israel’s war, most of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza were already dependent on humanitarian assistance. After four and a half months of a total siege, compounded…
Cameron promises to hold those responsible accountable, as Navalny’s mother takes legal action to recover his body. The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on six officials overseeing the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny died. The sanctions, announced by British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Wednesday, target…
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