The Supreme Court of India agreed Tuesday to review its 2013 decision reinstating an 1861 law prohibiting sex between consenting adults of the same sex. The law, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, was passed during the British colonial era and calls for a 10-year sentence for “carnal intercourse against the order of nature [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged Tunisia to reform its drug sentencing laws. According to the report, 28 percent of Tunisia’s prison population are individuals who were convicted of drug crimes related to recreational use of controlled substances. The sentencing issue arises from the 1992 implementation Law No. 92-52 on narcotics, which includes a [...]
UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein stated on Monday that Syrian factions should not offer amnesty for any committed war crimes as opposing sides meet in Geneva to discuss a possible end to the country’s ongoing civil war. Hussein stated to the press that war crimes are crimes against humanity and referenced the deliberate [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) began its review the San Francisco police department on Monday. The review was initiated in the aftermath of the filmed shooting of Mario Woods, an African American male, by San Francisco policemen in December. After the video was released, hundreds of protestors gathered last week demanding the resignation of [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Monday condemned the reinstatement of Nigeria’s senior military general, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed, who is alleged to have actively participated in the mass murder of hundreds of detainees at the Giwa barracks detention center in March 2014. The major general was said to be in charge of the 7 Division and [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday urged Turkey to investigate the shooting of unarmed civilians . The incident in Cizre , a city in the mainly Kurdish southeastern region of Turkey, occurred on January 20 and involved security officials shooting at members of the opposition Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) [...]
The Hangzhou Christian Council on Friday announced that a prominent Chinese Pastor is under investigation for corruption involving the embezzlement of state funds. The pastor, Gu Yuese, is the leader of the Chongyi Church of Zhejiang. The Chongyi Church is the largest Protestant church in the Chinese speaking world with approximately 10,000 followers. There are [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Sunday for Iranian-backed Yemeni insurgents to stop illegally confiscating aid to people in the besieged of Taiz. HRW claims that rebels have confiscated items including food, water, cooking gas and medical supplies. HRW Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Joe Stork stated that, “eizing property from civilians [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged African leaders to avoid using loopholes and undemocratic constitutional changes to “cling to power.” In his address at the twenty-sixth African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ban stated, “Leaders should never use undemocratic constitutional changes and legal loopholes to cling to power. We have all seen the [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday accused Iraqi Shiite militias of carrying out “revenge attacks” against Sunnis in wake of an Islamic State (IS) suicide bombing attack at a local cafe. The militia group has abducted and killed many Sunni residents in the central Iraq town of Muqdadiya, as well as demolishing homes, stores and [...]
