Five UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Tuesday for Türkiye to stop using counter-terrorism legislation to intimidate human rights defenders and to immediately release Sebnem Korur Fincancı, a senior medic and anti-torture expert.
In a report issued on Tuesday, UN human rights experts outline how discrimination affects black boys and girls worldwide to the extent that they are not considered children, even in the eyes of the law.
Brussels has warned the US against electric car subsidies that favor domestic manufacturers Read Full Article at RT.com
The GOP is poised to retake the US House, but the overall winner in the Senate in still undecided Read Full Article at RT.com
The world’s 125 richest people are each responsible for a million times more greenhouse emissions than the average person, Oxfam says Read Full Article at RT.com
The US has urged Australia against signing a landmark treaty seeking to ban all nuclear weapons Read Full Article at RT.com
India is expected to become the world’s third largest economy by 2027, with GDP reaching $8.5 trillion Read Full Article at RT.com
Hollywood star Sean Penn has once again visited Kiev and exchanged gifts with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky Read Full Article at RT.com
NEW YORK, Nov 08 (IPS) - Calling it “so disappointing and disheartening” in social media on 17 October, Dr. Rosie James, a British medical expert, announced that “I was sexually assaulted by a World Health Organization (WHO) staff tonight at the World Health Summit.”
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 08 (IPS) - The COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh has triggered a negative fallout for Egypt’s authoritarian regime which stands accused of human rights abuses -- and has been widely condemned for its longstanding repressive campaign against dissidents and civil society organizations (CSOs).