Articles Tagged with Sigrid Kaag

Amnesty International on Thursday raised concern over the assault of prominent activist Mohamed Adel in an Egyptian prison. The urgent alert detailed that Mohamed Adel, a former spokesperson of the April 6 Youth Movement, was attacked by fellow prisoners on January 10 in Ramadan prison. According to information gathered by the organization, Adel was beaten, [...]

Independent journalist and former CNN host Don Lemon has plead not guilty to charges related to his coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church last month. Lemon, independent journalist Georgia Fort, and seven others were indicted on charges of Conspiracy Against Right of Religious Freedom, 18 USC § 241, and with violating the Freedom of [...]

Martin Chungong, head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), warned delegates at a UN conference Thursday that growing public hostility toward lawmakers could have “major implications for democracies, parliaments and human rights worldwide.” In an UN News interview, Italian MP Valentina Grippo described the pressures lawmakers face when speaking publicly, saying that if an MP’s message [...]

Amnesty International on Friday urged governments to take robust action and fulfil their obligations regarding climate change under international law. The statement follows Vanuatu’s circulation of its draft resolution to all UN member states. According to Amnesty, the draft resolution urges states to fulfil their obligations in respect of climate change following the advisory opinion [...]

Amnesty International on Friday called on European lawmakers to withdraw their call for Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, to resign. Amnesty’s statement comes following the February 11 announcement by the French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, that France will call for Albanese’s [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned the Indonesian police for the reported unlawful dispersal, physical assault, and detention of Papuan protesters in the town of Merauke, South Papua province, on January 25. Meenakshi Ganguly, the deputy Asia director at HRW, reiterated Indigenous Papuan communities’ right to protest without fear of reppresion. Ganguly stated, “Police [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on Friday nullified the result of last spring’s federal election in the riding of Terrebonne, overturning a single-vote victory by Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste, due to an addressing error by Elections Canada. The SCC ruling leaves the Montreal-area seat vacant and sets the stage for a high-stakes by-election. In [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday that interprovincial mobility is a constitutional right under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court held that Section 6 of the Charter protects the right to move freely within Canada. It follows that when the government imposes an interprovincial travel restriction, it must justify that [...]

The UK High Court of Justice ruled on Friday that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully in designating Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, and ordered the decision to be quashed. The ruling found that the Home Secretary is empowered to exercise discretion when deciding to designate a group as a terrorist organization, and the proscription [...]

In a briefing delivered to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, welcomed recent initiatives and efforts to bolster stability and improve living conditions for Yemeni citizens amid the country’s long-running conflict, while simultaneously emphasizing the need for continued development and political progress to achieve sustainable [...]