by admin_HRWF | May 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Willy Fautré HRWF (10.05.2019) – On 11 February 2019, the Swiss Federal Court, the nation’s highest court, confirmed the eight-month suspended jail sentence of a Somali woman, who had her two daughters excised in her homeland in 2013 before immigrating...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
– Full report with statistics and charts at https://nyti.ms/2WM6sfY – By WEIYI CAI and SIMONE LANDON – NYT (03.04.2019) – https://nyti.ms/2WM6sfY – New York Times examined attacks perpetrated by anti-immigrant extremists, anti-Muslim...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
A North Korean man is suing a Dutch shipbuilder he accuses of profiting from slave labor when he was employed in a Polish shipyard. The first case of its kind, his lawyers hope it will open up more such cases. By Jo Harper Deutsche Welle (14.02.2019)...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
The German government has revealed a sharp increase in the number of anti-Semitic offences recorded last year. BBC (13.02.2019) – https://bbc.in/2IetSIe – Crime data, detailed in German media on Wednesday, says 1,646 crimes were linked to a hatred...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 8, 2019 | Uncategorized, Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Girls in Narok County will be made to reveal identities of babies’ fathers and tell police about female genital mutilation By Rebecca Ratcliffe The Guardian (04.01.2019) – https://bit.ly/2saO2YU- Plans to subject schoolgirls in Kenya to mandatory...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Jehova`s Witnesses (30.11.2018) – https://bit.ly/2PHJrqw – On November 30, 2018, authorities in South Korea released nearly all of Jehovah’s Witnesses still imprisoned as conscientious objectors. With this historic event, the government has taken a...
