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UN rights experts criticize US failure to unequivocally reject racist violent events

New York, Aug 23(Just Earth News): The United Nations body monitoring implementation of the global convention on prohibiting racial discrimination has called on high-level politicians and public officials of the United States to unequivocally and unconditionally reject and condemn racist hate speech and crimes in Charlottesville and throughout the country. more

Saudi Arabia: Teenager arrested for dancing Macarena on busy street

Riyadh, Aug 23 (JEN): Saudi authorities have nabbed a 14-year-old boy whose video of dancing the Macarena on a busy street in the city of Jeddah went viral, reports said.

UN human rights chief welcomes rape law reform in Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan

New York, Aug 22(Just Earth News): Today, the top United Nations human rights official welcomed the repeal of laws in Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan that allow rapists to avoid criminal prosecu ...

'No sign of positive evolution' in Burundi, says head of independent UN rights probe

New York, Aug 22(Just Earth News): Ahead of next month's presentation to the United Nations Human Rights Council, an independent panel on Monday said that the human rights situation in Burun ...

Following El Salvador visit, UN right expert urges authorities to protect people from gangs

New York, Aug 21(Just Earth News): El Salvador is suffering a 'hidden tragedy' due to gang-related violence, an independent United Nations human rights expert on Monday said, urging national ...

UN rights experts warn new EU policy on boat rescues will cause more people to drown

New York, Aug 18(Just Earth News): The European Union's new policy on Mediterranean Sea rescues threatens life and breaches international standards, two United Nations independent human expe ...

UN rights chief urges Kenyan leaders to act responsibly, avoid further violence

New York, Aug 16(Just Earth News): Calling on the Kenyan authorities to avoid violence, the United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday urged the Government to make an immediate announcemen ...

Charlottesville: HRW says Trump should reverse decision to eviscerate US civil rights institutions

Washington, Aug 15 (JEN) Human Rights Watch (HRW), an American-founded international NGO that conducts research and advocacy on human rights worldwide said in the wake of Charlottesville vi ...

Rape, kidnapping, conversion: Pakistan is no country for Hindu girls now?

Mushrooming of madrasas, kidnapping and rape of young Hindu girls and their forced conversions to Islam and nikah (marriage) to Muslim men are rising in pockets of Pakistan. A recent Dawn in ...

UN rights expert urges restraint in security operation in Myanmar's Rakhine state

New York, Aug 12(Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm over reports that an army battalion has flown into Rakhine state in western Myanmar to help local ...