by admin_HRWF | Dec 23, 2020 | Human Rights in the World
CSIS (22.12.2020) – https://bit.ly/38zJa4e – The South Korean National Assembly last week approved legislation that imposes stiff fines and jail terms for sending leaflets, USB sticks, Bible verses, and even money across the 38th parallel into North Korea...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 13, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Irina Slavina’s last message was: ‘For my death I ask you to blame the Russian Federation.’ By Eva Hartog POLITICO (09.10.2020) – https://politi.co/3lInVlK – Before the pallbearers walked out there was a protracted silence. Then, as Irina...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 23, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By Luiza Ilie Reuters (17.06.2020) – https://reut.rs/2Z0qSoa – Romanian human rights groups and universities on Wednesday condemned a blanket ban on gender identity studies voted through by lawmakers, which they said would legitimise discrimination...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
– On 29 January, two days after his release, Prof. Mahmoud Jama Ahmed-Hamdi called HRWF for help after spending ten months and seven days in prison On 30 April 2019, Mahmoud Jama Ahmed-Hamdi, a university lecturer in the Northern Somali city of Hargesia, capital...