Articles Tagged with DACA

Human Rights Watch (HRW) noted in a press release on Monday that Burundi is set to win re-election to the UN Human Rights Council in a vote on October 13, with no competition. Addressing the effects of the lack of competition on the council’s initiatives to improve human rights conditions worldwide, Louis Charbonneau, UN Director [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday condemned Senegal’s harsh crackdown on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, warning that mass arrests, forced HIV testing and punitive laws are violating basic rights and fueling fear and stigma. The group urged the government to bring to a halt these abuses immediately, especially as Senegal prepares to [...]

A US district judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Sunday that directs the Trump administration to immediately stop its series of taxpayer-funded pro-Trump television ads. Judge Jennifer Rochon of the District Court for the Southern District of New York also barred any future ad purchases by the administration or anyone working in concert [...]

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents on Monday searched the Washington DC-area home of US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. While officials speaking on the condition of anonymity provided initial details to reporters, the Department of Justice (DOJ) subsequently confirmed in a statement to outlets that agents executed a “judicially [...]

Ethiopian federal police deployed across the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle on Friday, using loudspeakers to urge residents to help law enforcement restore civil order and establish a transitional administration after local forces of the the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) withdrew. Federal officers patrolled main transit corridors alongside members of the government-allied Tigray Peace [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing Koldo Casla warned Friday in an end-of-mission statement that Ghana’s commercial construction boom is failing to address the country’s housing shortage, urging the government to prioritize working-class affordability and end unlawful evictions. Concluding a 12-day official visit to the West African nation, Casla emphasized that commercially [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Friday that livestreaming a planned execution by firing squad in the US would amount to a public execution and breach the absolute prohibition on torture. The statement follows the Pentagon’s confirmation that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist [...]

Amnesty International, in a joint statement with over 100 human rights and humanitarian organization issued Friday, condemned Israel’s persistent violations of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, and warned that such violations render the ceasefire meaningless. Amnesty called for the ceasefire to be respected, and demanded accountability: The persistent failure to hold Israel accountable and press Israel [...]

The Delhi Police increased restrictions and heightened security measures on Friday, including the closure of metro stations and disruptions to travel routes, ahead of major protests scheduled for the next day. Delhi is preparing for a large-scale demonstration to demand the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid irregularities in the Election Commission’s [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem on Thursday called for stronger protections for older women, warning that ageism and sex discrimination continue to leave violence, exploitation and neglect largely invisible in laws, policies and support systems. Alsalem’s Report A/81/133, entitled “Violence against older women,” highlighted persistent gaps in legal protection, [...]