British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced £15.5m of UK aid money would be given to help Ethiopia run transparent, free and fair elections at the opening ceremony of the 26th celebration of World Press Freedom Day. During his speech, he also announced a new Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship programme, providing opportunities to 60 African … Read more →
The UN has been in serious talks with China at the Belt and Road Forum, an international conference that saw 37 world leaders converge on the Chinese capital of Bejing. Despite China’s efforts at collaboration, leaders from the UK, France, Germany, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada chose to not attend the talks. … Read more →
With only four years left until kick off at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, violations of workers’ rights are still a key concern for the international human rights community. FIFA aims to expand the tournament from its current eight stadium, 32-team tournament, to a 48-team tournament. This planned expansion would require the building … Read more →
The US has put women’s rights in jeopardy after weakening a UN measure on sexual violence. The Security Council resolution was adopted on 23 April 2019 after a heated debate in which members debated for over 3 hours on Resolution 2467. The resolution was adopted, but excluded references in the text to sexual and reproductive … Read more →
The funeral of the murdered journalist Lyra McKee – the first journalist to be shot and killed in the UK in 20 years – took place in Belfast on 24 April. It was attended by political leaders from Belfast, Dublin and London including Theresa May, the President of Ireland, the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) and … Read more →
On 15 April, the Extinction Rebellion group began a protest against climate change in London which is now entering its second week. Since the start of the protest, more than 1,000 people have been arrested and over 50 have been charged, in what organisers have described as the biggest civil disobedience event in recent British … Read more →
An International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) statement on the whereabouts of the New Zealand nurse, Louisa Akavi, 62, indicated that “Our latest credible information indicates that Louisa was alive in late 2018” after her abduction five years ago. Akavi was with two Syrian drivers, Alaa Rajab and Nabil Bakdounes, from the ICRC delivering … Read more →
Even with the international community calling for the Sudan government to refrain from hostilities, the fourth day of the protests in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, according to anti-government groups, stated that Tuesday’s protests were the most extreme. Pro-demonstration groups described how security forces from the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) and Islamist militias violently … Read more →
Since Thursday General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) forces have marched to attack Tripoli. With fighting raging on the outskirts of the city with thousands of refugees caught in between the crossfire. A UN report, on Sunday, called for a two-hour truce between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. in Wadi Al-Rabeea, Al-Kayikh, Qasr bin … Read more →
The UN condemned Brunei this week for the legislation of the punishment of whipping for theft and stoning to death for the acts of sodomy, adultery, and rape. The kingdom, with a Muslim-majority population of around 400,000, first adopted these elements of Islamic law in 2014, and they have been rolled out in phases since then. However, homosexuality has … Read more →
