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human rights

  1. danieldemol

    Iran: More than 100 protesters believed to be killed as top officials give green light to crush

    Iran: More than 100 protesters believed to be killed as top officials give green light to crush protests 'Verified video footage, eyewitness testimony from people on the ground and information gathered from human rights activists outside Iran reveal a harrowing pattern of unlawful killings by...
  2. danieldemol

    Youtuber Atta Halilintar Reported to Police for Alleged Blasphemy

    ‘Jakarta - Indonesian renowned Youtuber Muhammad Attamimi Halilintar, famously known as Atta Halilintar, has been reported to the police for his video that is considered to be blasphemous and makes fun of Islam's prayer movement. The report was filed by a person named Ruhimat on Wednesday...
  3. danieldemol

    Greece Scraps Reinstatement of Blasphemy Law Following Public Outcry

    ‘Greek Minister of Justice Costas Tsiaras announced on Tuesday that the government is now withdrawing its decision to reintroduce the criminalization of blasphemy in Greece. Following a public outcry and a massive wave of ridicule across social media, the Greek government made a major U-turn...
  4. danieldemol

    Italian Who Compared Catholic Church to Masochism Club Convicted of Blasphemy

    ‘During a radio interview with La Zanzara (“The Mosquito”) in 2014, famed Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani discussed a hypothetical situation in which an alien landed in the country and walked into a Catholic Church for the first time. Oblivious to religious beliefs, he said, the alien...
  5. danieldemol

    Silencing dissent (And criminalising the mentally ill)

    Pakistani man jailed for blasphemous Facebook post ‘A Pakistani court Friday sentenced a man to five years jail and hard labour for a blasphemous Facebook post, in what is believed to be one of the first such cases under controversial cybercrime laws. Sajid Ali was charged with posting...
  6. danieldemol

    Ugandan LGBTIQ+ activist murdered amid calls to revive death penalty for gay sex

    ‘Human rights groups have called on Ugandan authorities to "thoroughly investigate" the "horrific, brutal murder" of an LGBTIQ+ activist, as some in the African nation push to revive the death penalty for gay sex. Brian Wasswa, who was gay and gender non-conforming, was attacked at his home in...
  7. danieldemol

    Arrest of Iranian-American journalist's family an attempt to intimidate, rights groups say

    Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad. Source: Getty Images The family of a prominent Iranian women's rights activist are reportedly being detained at an unknown location. Three family members of an award-winning Iranian-American journalist and activist have been detained in an attempt to...
    • danieldemol
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    • human rights intimidation iran masih alinejad white wednesdays
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    • Forum: Religious News
  8. danieldemol

    Forced organ harvesting: What can the UN do about it?

    ‘Representatives of a tribunal set up to investigate allegations of forced organ harvesting by Chinese authorities have urged the United Nations to act immediately to stamp out the practice.’ Source: Organ harvesting of ethnic and religious minorities happening on a 'significant scale' So what...
  9. danieldemol

    Council of Europe presses Chechnya on alleged gay torture

    ‘A Council of Europe official tackled Chechen officials about reports of the torture and detention of gay people, during a rare visit to the Russian republic on Saturday. Frank Schwabe, a member of the Council's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) raised the issue with officials in Moscow and in the...
  10. danieldemol

    Saudi Government Denies Medicine to Religious Prisoner of Conscience

    ‘WASHINGTON DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns Saudi Arabia’s intensified mistreatment of religious prisoner of conscience Raif Badawi. The Saudi government has denied Badawi access to books and to crucial medicine, and he has declared a hunger...
  11. danieldemol

    Pakistan blasphemy riots: Dozens arrested after Hindu teacher accused

    ‘Dozens of people have been arrested in Pakistan after a teenager accused his Hindu headteacher of blasphemy, sparking riots. The principal, who owns the school, was accused of making comments about the Prophet Muhammad in Sindh province. A large mob then allegedly attacked a Hindu temple...
  12. danieldemol

    Australia does not rule out handing over human rights lawyer to Indonesia

    ‘Australia has refused to rule out handing over a well-respected human rights lawyer, who specialises in West Papuan matters, to Indonesian authorities. Veronica Koman is being threatened with an Interpol red notice, which is due to be issued Wednesday, if she doesn’t turn herself in to an...
  13. danieldemol

    Jokowi's Amnesty Last Hope for Indonesia’s #MeToo Icon

    'Jakarta. The fate of Baiq Nuril Maknun, who was charged under Indonesia's notorious electronic information law for recording sexual advances by her boss, now rests on a possible amnesty from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo after the Supreme Court dismissed a review of her case on Friday. Nuril...
  14. danieldemol

    child sacrifice is on the rise in Uganda

    ‘The mutilation and death of children at the hand of witch doctors is on the rise in Uganda. But thanks to help from Australia, many victims are fighting for justice against this disturbing modern crime.’ Read more here: Why child sacrifice is on the rise in Uganda
  15. danieldemol

    Death Penalty Sought For Islamic Researcher Hassan Al-Maliki

    ‘HassaIn October 2018, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began its prosecution of the prominent Islamic researcher, Sheikh Hassan al-Maliki, in the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh, which was specially established in January 2009 to handle cases of terrorism and national security. The official...
    • danieldemol
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    • death sentence hassan al- maliki human rights saudi arabia
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    • Forum: Religious News
  16. danieldemol

    Four detained female activists have been freed by Saudi Arabia

    ‘Saudi Arabia on Thursday released at least four more detained women activists pending trial, campaigners said, bringing the total number of women provisionally freed to seven.’ ‘The activists, some of whom have accused interrogators of sexual abuse and torture during nearly a year in custody...
  17. danieldemol

    Protests after teenager's brutal killing in Bangladesh

    “Dozens of protesters took to the streets in Bangladesh's capital to demand justice for an 18-year-old woman who died after being set on fire for refusing to drop sexual harassment charges against her Islamic school's principal. Nusrat Jahan Rafi told her family she was lured to the roof of her...
  18. idav

    UN Human Rights US Withdraw

    What do people think of the US wanting to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council. Nikki Haley says they are unfair and bias toward Israel for not wanting Israel to bomb Palestine. What are your thoughts? Is there a “chronic anti-Israel bias”? Should the US withdraw from the Human Rights...
  19. Tmac

    Human Rights

    I have often wondered what life would have been for me if I had a lawyer advise me of my rights before I began considering my first thought but then I would have had to already begin to believe in those rights to listen to counsel. Our rights are violated from day one, society (religion is but...
  20. Lorgar-Aurelian

    So about Trump.

    I had tried to defend Trump for awhile now, not because I thought he was great but just because I didn't think he was the antichrist. Of course he had to do something I couldn't defend though or well a lot of things lately. He gave 100 billion dollars to Saudi Arabia. That was about the straw...
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