Qatar - Gianni Infantino Says World Cup Made $1bln More Than Expected but Still Ignores Migrant Workers' Compensation Claims[press release]
AI London
Responding to comments made today by FIFA President Gianni Infantino that the organization has made record revenues from the World Cup in Qatar, Stephen Cockburn, Head of Economic…Read more »
South Africa Should Bring its Nationals Home From Syria - Human Rights Watch[press release]
HRW
"I'm an 'accidental terrorist,'" Khadija, a 54-year-old South African woman, told me with a rueful laugh. She was seated in a battered tent in Roj, a detention camp on a windswept…Read more »
Child Trafficking, Forced Labour Push Thousands to Work On Tobacco Farms - UN Experts
UN News
Large numbers of children working on tobacco farms in Malawi are missing school, 13 UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Wednesday, urging the Government and…Read more »
TM Pick n Pay Pressed to Publicly Sanction Abusive Manager or Face Boycott
New Zimbabwe
Retail giant, TM Pick n Pay has been put on notice to publicly sanction its Westgate Branch male employee believed to be a manager, who was last Wednesday captured on video…Read more »
Minister Mtambo Pleads for Tougher Punishments for Mob Justice Perpetrators
Nyasa Times
Minister for National Unity Hon Timothy Mtambo has pleaded with the courts to start meting out stiffer punishments on perpetrators of violence against the elderly in the country.Read more »
Female Genital Mutilation Rates Peak During School Holidays - an Alternative Option Offers a Solution[analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Female genital mutilation is a practice deeply rooted in cultural traditions around the world. The World Health Organisation defines it as comprising all procedures that involve…Read more »
How Killing of Professor Unfolded, Led to U.S.$2 Billion Lawsuit Against Meta
Addis Standard
Meareg Amare Abreha, 60, a father of four children, and a full-time Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Bahir Dar University, was shot dead in front of his residence around midday…Read more »
ZCTU Bemoans Shrinking Civic Space - Accuses Govt of Smuggling Back 'Repressive Colonial Laws'
New Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has bemoaned enactment of "colonial era like repressive laws" that have shrunk civic space and worsened the plight of struggling…Read more »
Strengthening Legislative System, Ensuring Means to Protect Children's Rights
Algerie Presse Service
The first national conference on "the state of childhood in Algeria," which ended Tuesday evening in Algiers, resulted in several recommendations stressing the importance of…Read more »
Beer and Boycotts - Why FIFA's Corporate Sponsors Should Back Rights Reforms After World Cup[press release]
HRW
The 2022 World Cup final in Qatar was one for the history books, with Lionel Messi lifting the gold tournament trophy for Argentina and fans worldwide cheering the achievements of…Read more »
在改变命名为新椅子of Ethiopia Commission
Daily News
FORMER Chief Justice of Tanzania retired Judge Mohamed Chande Othman has been named the Chairperson of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia by Human…Read more »
记者精神达到30年高点
FrontPageAfrica
Dramatic rise in arrests makes Iran world's worst jailer of journalists in 2022Read more »
Sierra Leone - No Diamond Is Worth the Life of a Community[press release]
AI London
The Sierra Leone government must continue to ensure that the human rights of people living close to the diamond mine exploited by Meya Mining in eastern Kono district are…Read more »
Digital Treatment of Genetic Resources Shakes Up COP15
IPS
In addition to its nutritional properties, quinoa, an ancestral grain from the Andes, also has cosmetic uses, as stated by the resource use and benefit-sharing permit…Read more »
Amnesty Urges Senegal to Take Strong Action Over Abuse in Koranic Schools
RFI
An Amnesty International report published on Monday found that many children in Senegal's Koranic schools continue to face multiple abuses as well as financial exploitation through…Read more »