Dec 09, Bangkok — Thailand’s prime minister announced Monday she will dissolve the lower house of Parliament and call early elections in an attempt to calm the country’s deepening political crisis. The surprise move came as 100,000 protesters vowing to overthrow her government marched through the streets of Bangkok for a “final showdown.” It was […]
Dec 08, – Johannesburg: South Africans of all races and religions united in an outpouring of prayer and song for their beloved Nelson Mandela on Sunday, hearing calls to keep his dream of a Rainbow Nation alive. Churches, mosques, temples and synagogues across the country rang out with hymn and homily — a nationwide day […]
Dec 06, – Buenos Aires, Argentina — You can hear the “All of us are crazy for tango” program before you can see it: Just follow the orchestra’s plaintive chords through the labyrinthine passageways of the Hospital Borda. There, in a dance hall deep inside the public hospital where mentally ill men have been treated […]
Nov 27, – Riyadh: Saudi authorities are reassessing a controversial ban on the right for women to drive in the ultra-conservative kingdom, activists said on Wednesday, citing the interior minister. “Rest assured that the issue is being discussed, and expect a good outcome,” Prince Mohammad Bin Nayef said, according to Aziza Al Yousuf who met […]
Nov 27, Cairo — An Egyptian court has handed down heavy sentences of 11 years in prison to 21 female supporters of the ousted Islamist president, many of them juveniles, for holding a protest. The court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria issued the ruling Wednesday, weeks after the women were arrested during a protest […]
Nov 23, – Egypt has told the Turkish ambassador to leave the country, a day after the Turkish leader called for ousted President Mohammed Morsi to be freed. Relations with Ankara would be lowered to charge d’affaires, officials said. On Friday, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated his criticism of the July overthrow of Mr […]
Aug 10, – The US says 18 of the 19 diplomatic missions recently closed due to security threats will reopen on Sunday. The state department says its embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa will stay closed “because of ongoing concerns”. The US closed 19 diplomatic missions in the Middle East and Africa last Sunday in […]
Aug 01, BAGHDAD — More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq in July, the highest monthly death toll in five years, the U.N. said Thursday, a grim figure that shows rapidly deteriorating security as sectarian tensions soar nearly two years after U.S. troops withdrew from the country. Violence has been on the rise all […]
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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment
Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]
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