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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment

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 […]

December 3, 2016 | By | Reply More
Refugees cricket match in Norway, Sport has the power to unite, says Human Rights Observers

Refugees cricket match in Norway, Sport has the power to unite, says Human Rights Observers

Sep 26, – Two teams came to fight each other, fair play principle and mutual respect. It was a good day to talk about challenging situation that refugees find themselves in after being denied the opportunity to live a dignified life in their own country and at the same time, to describe the steps they need to […]

September 26, 2016 | By | Reply More
4 Israelis stabbed, Palestinian attacker dead as violence spikes

4 Israelis stabbed, Palestinian attacker dead as violence spikes

Nov 02, – Four Israelis were stabbed in separate attacks Monday, the first outside Jerusalem and the West Bank in 10 days, while a Palestinian teenager who tried to knife a soldier was shot dead. Israeli border police also stormed a Palestinian university in the occupied West Bank, following more than a month of violence […]

November 2, 2015 | By | Reply More
Greece says 22 die in migrant boat sinkings in Aegean Sea

Greece says 22 die in migrant boat sinkings in Aegean Sea

Oct 30, – At least 22 people drowned in two new shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea Friday as thousands of Middle Eastern refugees and economic migrants sought to reach the Greek islands in rough seas, while the death toll over the past three days has reached nearly 50. The Merchant Marine Ministry said 19 people […]

October 30, 2015 | By | Reply More
Seven children die after migrant boats sink off Greece

Seven children die after migrant boats sink off Greece

Oct 29, – At least seven children died when boats carrying migrants sank off Greece on Wednesday, as rescue workers battled to save more youngsters on the seashore in the latest desperate scenes in Europe’s refugee crisis. Three adults also died as four vessels went down on the dangerous sea crossing from Turkey and more […]

October 29, 2015 | By | Reply More
Saudi hajj disaster toll rises to 1,100 including Iran’s 465 dead

Saudi hajj disaster toll rises to 1,100 including Iran’s 465 dead

Oct 02, – The death toll from the deadly stampede during the annual Hajj has now exceeded 1,100, according to a Saudi Arabian medical source. Speaking to al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, the official said at least 1,184 died during the crush at Mina on 24 September, 467 more than the reported number who […]

October 2, 2015 | By | Reply More
Death toll hits 117 after NE Nigeria bombings, medics

Death toll hits 117 after NE Nigeria bombings, medics

Sep 22, – The death toll from a series of bomb blasts blamed on Boko Haram in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria has risen to at least 117, hospital sources said Tuesday, more than twice the official tally. Human Rights Observers counted a total of 72 dead were registered at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, […]

September 22, 2015 | By | Reply More
52 Killed, over 200 injured in suicide blast near Pakistani-Indian border

52 Killed, over 200 injured in suicide blast near Pakistani-Indian border

Nov 02, – 52 people were killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up on the Pakistani-Indian border, police said, just after a daily ceremony when troops from both sides simultaneously lower the two nations’ flags. Officials said that it was suicide attack and at least 52 people had been killed and 200 […]

November 2, 2014 | By | Reply More
Israeli police on red alert after ‘terror attack’ on Jerusalem train station

Israeli police on red alert after ‘terror attack’ on Jerusalem train station

Oct 23, – Police flooded flashpoint neighbourhoods of Jerusalem on Thursday after clashes triggered when a Palestinian rammed his car into a crowd, killing a baby in what authorities described as a “terror attack”. It was the second deadly incident involving a Palestinian driving a vehicle in three months and prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

October 23, 2014 | By | Reply More
UN chief Ban Ki-moon to set up’ possible Israeli war crimes inquiry

UN chief Ban Ki-moon to set up’ possible Israeli war crimes inquiry

Oct 22, – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he is setting up an inquiry into attacks on UN facilities during Israel’s recent offensive in Gaza. He said the independent investigation would look into most serious cases where innocent people were killed. The inquiry will also analyse the reported use of UN facilities by […]

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