Sierra Leone’s women are now guaranteed 30 percent of all political positions in national and local government, the civil service and in private enterprises that employ more than 25 employees. Credit: Annie Spratt/Unsplash by Francis Kokutse (freetown) Monday, February 13, 2023 Inter Press Service FREETOWN, Feb 13 (IPS) – Sierra Leone’s…
“A street of local markets in a residential area in North Syria that has been blocked by the ruins of collapsed buildings.” Credit: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) by Sania Farooqui (new delhi, india) Monday, February 13, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Feb 13 (IPS) – Almost over 33,000 people…
Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 10 (IPS) – Thulani Maseko knew speaking out in Eswatini was a risky business. An activist and well-known human rights lawyer, he’d previously spent 14 months in jail for criticising the country’s lack of judicial independence. Now…
Keenan Anderson died in Los Angeles after being repeatedly tased by police following a chase resulting from a traffic stop, according to news reports, and Tyre Nichols in Memphis, died after being severely beaten as he lay on the ground, by five officers in Memphis, Tennessee, who have since been…
The development would represent a key measure to tackle past injustices and create a more inclusive society, said UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Cali Tzay, in a statement at the end of a 10-day visit to the two countries. Inuit people comprise nearly 90…
“The findings of this report are horrifying,” said Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, during a visit to Haiti this week. “It paints a picture of how people are being harassed and terrorized by criminal gangs for months without the State being able to stop it. It…
War damage at a children’s facility in Ivanivka, Kherson. Investigators want changes in the way war crimes are investigated and prosecuted. Credit: Nychka Lishchynska by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Feb 10 (IPS) – As plans are announced to set up an international centre in…
Opinion by Purnaka de Silva, Geetika Chandwani (new york) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Feb 10 (IPS) – The opioid addiction crisis in the United States is an acute public health emergency and a profound threat to national security – which is caused by the over-prescription, misuse,…
As Zimbabweans head to the polls once again, civil and religious organisations have called for tolerance in the run-up to the elections. Credit: Commonwealth by Ignatius Banda (bulawayo) Thursday, February 09, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Feb 09 (IPS) – With political violence escalating in Zimbabwe, national elections slated for later…
Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection with several search-and-rescue missions conducted between 2016 and 2017. Those accused include four crew members of the Iuventa, a former fishing trawler credited with saving some 14,000 migrant lives in…
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