UK to keep ban on asylum seekers claiming modern slavery protections
LONDON – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government will retain a ban on asylum seekers being able to claim protections under modern slavery and other human rights laws, even as its ministers have previously criticised those measures…
Delta: DSC Steel Town in darkness 16 years after successive governments – Group
A group under the auspices of the Initiative for Social Rights Concerns and Advancement, ISRCA, also known as “No Justice, No Peace,” has said that Delta Steel Township, a residential area for staff members of the former Delta Steel Company (DSC), has been in perpetual darkness for the past 16 years…
UN rights chief seeks $500 million in 2025, warning lives are at risk
In 2025, we expect no let-up in major challenges to human rights,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk tells member states in a speech at the UN in Geneva…
Bento CEO resigns, amid EFCC, LIRS probe; gives up equity
Ebun Okubanjo, CEO of Bento Africa, a Nigerian payroll and human resource management platform, has officially resigned from his position, amidst allegations of failing to remit taxes and pensions for its client…
UK Statement on Madagascar at Universal Review 48 | Mirage News
UK Statement at Madagascar’s Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Thank you, Mr Vice President, The United Kingdom thanks Madagascar for setting out its efforts to protect human rights. We urge the government to implement the new code of work, and to provide clarification that the work code also covers child
What caused the stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh festival that killed dozens?, Asia News – AsiaOne
NEW DELHI – Nearly 40 people were killed in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday (Jan 29) and several others injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela – a Hindu religious festival touted to be the largest human gathering in the world. Here are some details about the incident and
ACIG gets IA’s nod to extend capital hike approval via rights issue
Logo ofAllied Cooperative Insurance Group (ACIG) Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (ACIG) received, on Jan. 29, the nod of the Insurance Authority (IA) to extend the previously granted approval to increase the company’s capital through a rights issue for an additional six months. In a statement to Tadawul…
Afghanistan’s female cricketers reunite for a match after 3 years in exile due to Taliban ban
MELBOURNE: Cricketer Firooza Amiri says her team will “represent millions of women in Afghanistan who are denied their rights” when the side reunites after more than three years for an exhibition game in Australia on Thursday. An Afghanistan Women’s XI will play a Cricket Without Borders XI in the match at Melbourne’s Junction Oval…
Key moments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first hearing as he battled Dems, fended off attacks on vaccines, climate change and obesity
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, squared off with Democratic senators for more than four hours in a contentious confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee…