Spain violated inclusive education right of child with disabilities, independent committee finds
Sep 22, 2020, at 03:03 pm
New York: Spain violated the right to inclusive education of a child with disabilities, an independent UN human rights committee has found, calling on the country to end any educational segregation of students with disabilities in both special education and mainstream schools.
Almost dozen participants in Anti-Government demonstrations in Israel arrested: Reports
Sep 21, 2020, at 03:10 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik: - Nearly a dozen people were arrested during anti-government demonstrations in Israel, where a new coronavirus-related lockdown has been introduced, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reports.
Belarusian police arresting protesters in Minsk
Sep 21, 2020, at 12:53 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Police in the Belarusian capital of Minsk began conducting arrests among people who gathered for a rally in the city center close to the presidential palace, Natallya Hanusevich, a spokeswoman for the police department of the Minsk City Executive Committee, told Sputnik on Sunday.
UK Health Minister tells public to follow COVID-19 rules or face national lock down
Sep 21, 2020, at 12:34 am
London/Sputnik: UK Health Minister Matt Hancock urged people on Sunday to follow social distancing restrictions to avoid another national lockdown, as the United Kingdom is on the brink of a second wave of COVID-19.
Facebook fears ban on sending EU user data to US will halt Europe operations : Reports
Sep 21, 2020, at 12:21 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Facebook has told Ireland’s High Court that not being able to send data on EU users to the United States, as per a regulator order, might endanger its operations in Europe, the Sunday Business Post reported, citing court papers.
Colombia reopens international flights amid COVID-19
Sep 20, 2020, at 01:52 pm
Bogota/Xinhua: Colombian President Ivan Duque announced the reopening of international flights on Sunday after five months of closure due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Sep 19, 2020, at 02:37 pm
New York: While deep distrust persists among warring parties in Syria, a “faint but real ray of hope” emerged with the convening in Geneva of the Constitutional Committee after a nine-month hiatus, the top UN envoy helping chart a path out of the near decade-long conflict, told the Security Council on Friday.
Belarus crisis under the spotlight at Human Rights Council
Sep 19, 2020, at 02:31 pm
New York: The Belarus Government should end “violent crackdowns” and “increasing repression” against protesters who are still contesting the result of last month's Presidential elections, UN deputy rights chief Nada Al Nashif told the Human Rights Council on Friday.
UN rights chief calls for Turkey to probe violations in northern Syria
Sep 19, 2020, at 02:13 pm
New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Turkey to launch an immediate independent investigation into violations and abuses committed in parts of north, northwest and northeast Syria, which are under the control of its forces and affiliated armed groups.
Sep 19, 2020, at 03:35 am
Wellington: After India, New Zealand has warned that collection of information on New Zealanders by a Chinese company could hit national security of the nation.
Sep 18, 2020, at 11:56 pm
The United Nations is marking the first ever International Equal Pay Day, on Friday, drawing attention to the gender pay gap – the difference between what a woman earns compared to a man, for work of equal value – and the systemic inequalities it is rooted in.
Sep 18, 2020, at 11:48 pm
New York: The global hunger crisis caused by conflict – and now compounded by COVID-19 – is moving into a dangerous phase, the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, stressing that without resources, a wave of famine could sweep the globe, overwhelming nations already weakened by years of instability.
‘Tens of millions of Yemenis’ devastated by unabated war and COVID-19
Sep 18, 2020, at 11:18 pm
New York: More than five years of war have “devastated the lives of tens of millions of Yemenis”, with experts estimating that up to one million may have been affected by COVID-19, the UN chief told the General Assembly on Thursday.
Bolster fragile world to emerge stronger, UN chief urges, marking Peace Day
Sep 18, 2020, at 11:06 pm
New York: A Japanese principle that finds beauty in broken things, should serve as guidance for today’s fractured world as we navigate out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday during the annual ceremony at UN Headquarters to mark the International Day of Peace on 21 September.
Human rights violations continue in Burundi under new Government: UN report
Sep 18, 2020, at 10:21 pm
New York: UN-appointed investigators have issued fresh warnings about ongoing rights violations and impunity in Burundi, since the death of former President Pierre Nkurunziza, who ran for a third term in 2015, in a move deemed by opposition to be unconstitutional.
COVID pushes millions more children deeper into poverty, new study finds
Sep 18, 2020, at 09:44 pm
New York: The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty – deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water – a new UN study has found.
Venezuela abuses amounted to crimes against humanity: UN-appointed panel
Sep 18, 2020, at 02:34 pm
New York: Grave rights violations against anti-government protesters in Venezuela, “amounted to crimes against humanity”, UN-appointed rights investigators said in their first report on abuses inside the Latin American nation.
Governments urged to protect poor against modern slavery, step up development financing
Sep 18, 2020, at 02:26 pm
NewYork: Unless governments act now, millions of the world’s most vulnerable people could be pushed into contemporary forms of slavery and other exploitation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN independent human rights expert has said.
Gunmen kill 2 senior police officers in NW Nigeria attack
Sep 18, 2020, at 01:53 pm
Abuja/Xinhua: Two senior police officers were shot dead on Friday and another seriously wounded as gunmen invaded a town in Nigeria's northwestern state of Sokoto, police said.
Greece: 30 illegal Pakistanis held captive in Crete
Sep 18, 2020, at 04:56 am
Athens: As many as 30 Pakistanis, who were living illegally in Greece, have been held due to their 'aggressive behaviour', media reports said.
UK Prime Minister congratulates Japan's Suga on election as Prime Minister
Sep 16, 2020, at 11:20 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday congratulated Yoshihide Suga on winning the race for the position of Japan's new prime minister and expressed hope to cooperate and further develop relations between Tokyo and London.
Large fire breaks out in Italian port city
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Rome/Xinhua: A huge blaze broke out in the northeastern Italian port city of Ancona early Wednesday morning, local media reported.
Barbados intends to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:32 pm
Barbados: Caribbean Island nation Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth as its head of state.
China’s failure to push around the Indian troops in LAC will have a consequence: Opinion Writer
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:09 pm
Author Gordon G. Chang has said China’s failure to push around the Indian troops in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) will have a consequence as President Xi Jinping will now pick up the pace of replacing adversaries in the armed forces with loyal elements.
Famine threat returns to Yemen, amid upsurge in fighting
Sep 16, 2020, at 03:06 pm
New York: The spectre of famine has returned to Yemen as donor countries fail to make good on their 2020 pledges, amidst an upsurge in fighting, fresh hurdles for aid deliveries, and ongoing efforts to nail down a nationwide ceasefire, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
Syria: Bombshell report reveals ‘no clean hands’ as horrific rights violations continue
Sep 16, 2020, at 02:56 pm
New York: Despite a reduction in largescale hostilities since a ceasefire in March, the UN Syrian Commission of Inquiry reported on Monday that armed actors continue to subject civilians to horrific and increasingly targeted abuse.
UN urges a more equal, inclusive world, marking International Day of Democracy
Sep 16, 2020, at 02:43 pm
New York: The United Nations marked the annual International Day of Democracy, on Tuesday, calling on world leaders to build a more equal, inclusive and sustainable world, with full respect for human rights.
Turkish forces neutralize 11 members of Kurdish units in Syria: Defence Ministry
Sep 15, 2020, at 10:32 pm
Ankara/Sputnik: The Turkish special forces have killed 11 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and Syrian Kurdish Self-Defense Forces (PKK/YPG) in northern Syria, the defense ministry said on Tuesday.
Mulan row: US Senators urge Disney CEO to explain why it cooperated with Xinjiang authorities
Sep 15, 2020, at 06:40 pm
Washington: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to The Walt Disney Company’s Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek, inquiring about Disney’s cooperation with Xinjiang’s security and propaganda authorities in the production of the movie Mulan.
Iran: ‘Secret execution’ of champion wrestler ‘deeply disturbing’, UN rights experts
Sep 15, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New York: A group of five independent UN human rights experts have strongly condemned the summary execution in Iran on Saturday of a former champion wrestler convicted of murdering a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018.