[ad_1] But it is certainly a popular tool today. A Human Rights Watch report published last February documented 75 cases of transnational repression reportedly committed by more than 20 countries, including Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the United Arab […]
[ad_1] Russia is currently not seeking to capture Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, President Vladimir Putin has claimed. “There are no such plans today,” he said at the end of his visit to China. But he stressed that Russian forces were advancing in the north-eastern Kharkiv region to create a “security zone” for Russia’s own […]
[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Two years ago, Illinois lawmakers tried to help students with extreme needs who had a limited number of schools available to them. They […]
[ad_1] UN experts have appealed to the Nigerian government to immediately and unconditionally release Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was convicted of blasphemy for writing a song and sharing it on a social messaging service. Mr Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging in August 2020 by an Upper Shari’a Court in Kano, North-west Nigeria, for an […]
[ad_1] NOW The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a temporary suspension on the issuance of new licences for three telecommunications categories. NCC’s spokesperson, Reuben Muoka, disclosed the suspensions in a statement on Friday, noting that the suspension commences immediately. The three categories of suspended telecommunications licences are Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), Interconnect Exchange […]
[ad_1] Mifepristone and misoprostol inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Ill. in 2021. The drugs are used after miscarriage and for bleeding and other obstetrical procedures and problems. In combination, they can also induce an early abortion. Lawmakers in New Orleans are considering a bill to reclassify the medications as controlled dangerous substances. […]
[ad_1] Monrovia — Liberian legal luminary Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe and Kenyan Law Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba point to a new revolution hitting the African Continent. –Kenyan lawyer and pan-Africanist Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba and Liberian integrity icon and Human Rights Lawyer Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe have shared a unanimous perspective on African […]
[ad_1] Tanzania, a major octopus producer in the Indian Ocean,is working on a plan to introduce measures for sustainable management and harvesting of the fishery, alongside communities and other partners. The plan is geared towards addressing existing gaps in assessing and harvesting octopus stocks to enhance conservation of the valuable resource that supports the country’s […]
[ad_1] Family members of plaintiffs in the historic Brown v. Board of Education met with President Biden to mark the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Family members of plaintiffs in the historic Brown v. Board of Education met with President Biden to mark the 70th […]
[ad_1] The UN’s top court is hearing Israel’s response to a case brought by South Africa seeking an emergency halt to its offensive in Rafah. South Africa has also accused Israel of genocide in the Gaza war. Israel, which has called South Africa’s case “wholly unfounded” and “morally repugnant”, responded on Friday accusing South Africa […]