Amnesty International on Friday expressed concern for rights guarantees under a constitutional reform in El Salvador, whose president has been waging a brutal war on criminal gangs. The Central American country’s unicameral legislative assembly — dominated by allies of President Nayib Bukele — approved a reform Monday to the country’s founding law that will make it…
WASHINGTON: A winner of seven Olympic gold medals, a leader of the Mississippi civil rights struggle and a pioneer of television’s tabloid talk show genre are part of this year’s class of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.U.S. President Joe Biden will extend the highest U.S. civilian award to 19 people…
An Israeli incursion in Rafah would put the lives of hundreds of thousands of Gazans at risk and be a huge blow to the aid operations of the entire enclave, the UN humanitarian office said on Friday, as the World Health Organization announced contingency plans for an incursion…
Ibrahim Mualeem Zikirullahi is a seasoned civil society activist and development professional with over 20 years of expertise in project management, resource mobilisation, grassroots organising, policy analysis, and advocacy. Popularly known as Comrade Zik, he is currently the Executive Director, Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED…
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerian media practitioners of the protection of their rights. Akpabio’s assertion was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, to commemorate 2024 World Press Freedom Day. He said: “On behalf of the Senate and the National Assembly…
Hundreds protested outside the US embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Friday, against Washington’s reaction to Human Rights Watch accusations of an army massacre of civilians, an AFP journalist saw…
A Saudi court has recently sentenced women’s rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi to 11 years in prison in a “secret hearing”, according to two human rights groups who denounced the ruling as contradictory to the kingdom’s “narrative of reform and women’s empowerment”. …
Warner Bros. Discovery is negotiating to retain TNT’s NBA package after 2024-25. If it can’t, reports suggest the heralded “Inside the NBA” crew would break up.