Tag: Human Rights Day
‘Wasteful spending’: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s Colombia tour cost revealed
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s four-day visit to Colombia amounted to a cost of nearly £45,000 for the country, as per official figures released by…
House panel OKs motion to put India on UK’s ‘safe list’
LONDON: A motion to add India to the UK’s “safe states list” was cleared by a parliamentary committee on Wednesday despite objections from some opposition…
UK orders China to shut ‘secret police stations’ on British soil
LONDON: The UK government has ordered China to shut unofficial police stations operating on British soil, Security Minister Tom Tugendhat told parliament on Tuesday.The Foreign…
Protestors arrested at DeSantis’ Florida Capitol office
TALLAHASSEE: About a dozen people were arrested Wednesday night while protesting in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida Capitol Office, officials said. The 14 arrested were…
Singapore hangs Indian-origin man over 1 kg of cannabis
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Wednesday executed a 46-year-old Indian-origin drug trafficker, ignoring pleas for clemency from his family, human rights activists and the UN.Tangaraju Suppiah was…
EU sanctions more individuals, telecom firm over rights violations in Iran
PARIS: The European Council said in a statement on Monday it had decided to impose restrictive measures on eight additional individuals and one entity responsible…
EU sanctions more individuals, telecom firm over rights violations in Iran
PARIS: The European Council said in a statement on Monday it had decided to impose restrictive measures on eight additional individuals and one entity responsible…
Saddam: Once everywhere, Saddam’s image scrubbed from Baghdad
BAGHDAD: Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April…
Amnesty: Amnesty: West’s ‘double standards’ fuel Mideast repression
BEIRUT: A leading international rights group on Tuesday decried what it said were double standards by Western countries that have rallied behind a “robust response”…
Libya: UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya
Geneva: UN backed human rights experts said on Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity – including sexual slavery – have been committed against…