by admin_HRWF | Jan 18, 2019 | Human Rights in the World
With diplomatic relations between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the EU at an all-time low, the country’s election crisis will be a litmus test as to whether the EU has serious intentions about renewing its relationship with Africa, explain Willy Fautré...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 14, 2019 | Human Rights in the World
European Court of Human Rights (10.01.2019) – https://bit.ly/2sqr2VZ – In today’s Chamber judgment[1] in the case of Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan (application no. 65286/13) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 14, 2019 | Human Rights in the World
Bangkok – Toronto: Canada’s swift action to snap up asylum-seeker Rahaf Al-Qunun and to fly her true north as Australia contemplates is sure to annoy Saudis – Social media and high visibility played a significant role but other asylum-seekers have not been...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 9, 2019 | Human Rights in the World
Latest Count: Vietnam Holds 244 Prisoners of Conscience VietnamPoCS (03.01.2019) – https://bit.ly/2LZCe4R – Press release: According to the Now! Campaign, an initiative involving 14 international and Vietnamese civil society organizations, the government...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 17, 2018 | Human Rights in the World
468 Yemenis denied refugee status By Lee Suh-yoon The Korea Times (14.12.2018) – https://bit.ly/2BsCC6T – Just two Yemeni asylum seekers ― a tiny percentage of the 484 on Jeju Island seeking asylum this year ― were granted refugee status in a...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 11, 2018 | Human Rights in the World
The Economist (24.10.2018) – https://bit.ly/2Sf8bJ3 – China is the world leader in facial recognition technology. Discover how the country is using it to develop a vast hyper-surveillance system able to monitor and target its ethnic...
