North Korea’s Dreadful Human Rights Record? The Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and American President Trump is an extremely positive step in defusing nuclear tensions globally. On 11th June 2018, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has declared “the only outcome that the US will accept” from the summit is the complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Mike Pompeo said he raised the issue of … Read more →
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Children caught up in conflict
UNICEF: “Children are the first victims during war” Despite being protected by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), children are increasingly affected by conflicts that rage on in different parts of the globe. Whether maimed or killed by violence, suffering from starvation and disease, separated from their families, directly recruited to participate in the conflict, or indirectly prevented from accessing healthcare and education, the rights of children … Read more →
Magnitsky Amendment backed by UK lawmakers
Members of the UK Parliament backed the Magnitsky Amendment, which will allow Britain to impose sanctions on people committing gross human rights violations. Both the Conservatives and the Labour Party supported the Amendment, which passed without a vote and was added to the new Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill last week. The Magnitsky Amendment was named after the case of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. The legal adviser for London-based Hermitage Capital … Read more →
Isis’ propaganda machine hit by EU-led attack
EU police agency Europol has led an international cyber operation to shut Islamic State group’s “propaganda machine” down. The action was led by European, Canadian and American cyber specialists and coordinated by the European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) and the European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC). Among the targeted online propaganda main sources, there is Amaq, the IS’ News Agency, which has been releasing information about the terrorist group … Read more →
Brexit Withdrawal Bill Suffers Another Defeat
WILL THE EU CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS REMAIN IN UK LAW? The British Government’s Brexit bill suffered a defeat in the House of Lords after peers voted to retain a crucial European Union (EU) human rights charter as part of British law. A cross-party amendment to preserve the presence of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in UK law was backed by a majority of 71 peers, with 316 voting … Read more →
Repatriation of Rohingya to Myanmar Begins
UN fears for safety of returning refugees The first Rohingya refugees out of the 700,000 who escaped a military crackdown have been repatriated to Myanmar, despite the United Nations voicing fears over the safety of returnees. Five members of one Rohingya family were temporarily resettled with relatives in Maungdaw town, an administrative centre close to the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar. This is the first instance of repatriation, in which … Read more →