Follow AllAfrica News: Human Rights, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-human-rights Fri, 24 Mar 2023 02:32:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByh26aHYtXsKgaB2UxGNFpJ [ANGOP] Dundo -- The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Angola, Vito Trani, on Wednesday praised the Angolan government's support, through its public policies towards the socio-economic inclusion and protection of refugees.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:34:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByh26aHYtXsKgaB2UxGNFpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBySW3p3NKwwsum6srrLMsqK [The Point] Magistrate Muhammed Krubally of the Banjul Magistrate's Court, who doubles as the Chairperson of the Gambia Federation of the Disabled (GFD), has called for the support of The Gambia government and stakeholders to ensure effective participation, inclusion and non-discrimination of disabled people, especially women, in The Gambia.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:54:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBySW3p3NKwwsum6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxh0XiF1IwwXQBC78OgjhDM [New Republic] As the Liberian Leader, President George M. Weah has left the Country for international engagements both in the United States of America and the United Arab Emirates , the State Department of Liberia's longtime-ally, America, has published its 2022 Human Rights Report highlighting several human rights' abuses, including "politically motivated killing."]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:24:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxh0XiF1IwwXQBC78OgjhDM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByq__oB5Mjuk1w3HFUzDTIP [Ghanaian Times] Youth Advocates Ghana (YAG) with support from Planned Parenthood Association, Ghana, last Friday engaged senior high school students on sexual and gender-based violence in Commemoration of the International Women's Day.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:23:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByq__oB5Mjuk1w3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByq__oB5MjukwSngkwrdsok [Egypt Online] Egypt denounced Wednesday Israeli Knesset's approval of lifting ban on entering four West Bank settlements evacuated in 2005.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:12:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByq__oB5MjukwSngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzcm-oBTzr3TaJCIqJppjfU [Namibian] THE Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA) has slammed the Namdia Foundation's lack of support with regards to hosting a genocide remembrance slated for 21 and 22 April at Shark Island, at Lüderitz in the ||Kharas region.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:05:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzcm-oBTzr3TaJCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzcm-oBTzr3Td6jHbRcHw3s [Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) will complete its mandate on March 31st in conformity with the second extension granted at the end of last year, said the Commission in a press statement on Thursday.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:59:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzcm-oBTzr3Td6jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzcm-oBTzr3TWW0GqTRQSgk [AI London] Dubbed the '2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill', the law even criminalises those who 'promote' homosexuality or 'attempt to commit the offence of homosexuality']]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:48:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzcm-oBTzr3TWW0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByulUG_q3l2LkTXPGaG87AR [Africa Renewal] The plan is to bring these issues to policy and governance processes.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:18:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByulUG_q3l2LkTXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxNqBRhRIu9ixhSCv31NykC [IPS] London -- Human life is sacred and every individual deserves an equal chance in life. We have a common desire, we all want to lead a free, fulfilling existence, with dignity, where our basic needs are met, with opportunities to advance and equal treatment under the law. These are fundamental human rights, protected by international law, which we all have a shared responsibility to protect.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:03:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxNqBRhRIu9ixhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxNqBRhRIu9i-GrEXdXG_66 [Premium Times] Monrovia, Liberia -- "He (Massaquoi) used to catch people and put them in the house and burn them," said Soldier 13.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:02:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxNqBRhRIu9i-GrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxNqBRhRIu9i_9M7fKGWt0o [allAfrica] Johannesburg -- South Sudan, as the world's youngest country, faces many challenges and uncertainty in achieving peace. Shortly after gaining independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, a civil war broke out in December 2013, and again in July 2016. Citizens are still feeling the effects of these events while South Sudanese women, activists, and women-led organizations are pushing for peace and equality in their societies.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:58:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxNqBRhRIu9i_9M7fKGWt0o https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwkra-Vi7kaCnHnycKeoCpf [New Zimbabwe] A US Embassy report on Zimbabwe's human rights situation has described government as not willing to reform, involved in massive disregard for basic tenets of democracy and continuously repeating mistakes highlighted by observers five years ago.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 07:11:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwkra-Vi7kaCnHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBw7hPzQ6GN1xBKeetMRuZbW [Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Independent Medico-Legal Unit, a human rights group has expressed its dissatisfaction over the delay by the courts to prosecute Pangani cop Ahmed Rashid who is facing murder charges.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:25:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBw7hPzQ6GN1xBKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBw7hPzQ6GN1xHMq2h3ehXEp [Capital FM] Nairobi -- A Human rights lobby has condemned what they described heavy handedness by police during Monday's anti-government protests led by Opposition stalwart Raila Odinga.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:22:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBw7hPzQ6GN1xHMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzi1Ei7DC2B-lLv-B9hV9S2 [allAfrica] On International Women's Day, Human Rights Watch (HRW) hosted a Twitter Space meeting looking at the impact of food scarcity on women. Eating Last and Eating Least: The Food Crisis is a Women's Right Crisis put into context the food crisis exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war through the lens of women and girls, especially in the Global South.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:44:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzi1Ei7DC2B-lLv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwYXrYpj3P5FZNaYRWadcX6 [New Dawn] --In 2022 report on Liberia]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:31:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwYXrYpj3P5FZNaYRWadcX6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwYXrYpj3P5FYvmyuk5fxzE [SAnews.gov.za] Government has reaffirmed its pledge and determination to strive to ensure that all people exercise human rights to their fullest.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:30:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwYXrYpj3P5FYvmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxWAVli_eCEjMqq6eZJzUh9 [SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on public servants to serve the people of South Africa with love, dignity, respect and not violate their rights as the country celebrates Human Rights Day.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:29:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxWAVli_eCEjMqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxWAVli_eCEjJ8v71dCn6bG [AI] Amnesty International offices around the world will today deliver petitions signed by more than 200,000 people to Israeli authorities, calling on them to put an end to the demolition of Palestinian homes as a first step towards dismantling apartheid. Amnesty International's petition, Demolish Apartheid, Not Palestinian Homes, is addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and has been signed by people in at least 174 countries.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:26:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxWAVli_eCEjJ8v71dCn6bG