Tag: Human Rights
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Delegates at 2023 GIMPA Law Conference propose 10 amendments to 1992 Constitution
Ten recommendations and/or proposals have been given for consideration regarding the future of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana by participants at the 2023 edition...
World
Numerous tattooed prisoners transferred to a prison in El Salvador “won’t ever return”
A vast, brand-new prison in El Salvador has been used to house thousands of tattooed suspects of being part of gangs; there, they will...
Independent Africa
14 dead, 54 rescued off Tunisia’s migrant boat sank
Two boats capsized off the coast of Tunisia on Tuesday and Wednesday, resulting in the rescue of 54 persons. Authorities reported 14 deaths on...
Independent Africa
Human rights leader of UN mission in Mali expelled
The director of the UN peacekeeping mission's human rights section, Guillaume Ngefa-Atondoko Andali, has been given 48 hours by Mali's military government to leave...
World
Tech giants’ pivot out of China can usher in a human rights reset
For companies like Apple, decoupling from China can be an opportunity to improve their human rights record.In late November, protests erupted in a factory manufacturing Apple...
World
Indonesian president sorry for past rights abuses
Since General Soeharto's coup in the middle of the 1960s, there have likely been more than 500,000 violent deaths.The violent anti-Communist purge of the...
Business
International human rights lawyer hails government for ‘gold-for-oil’ policy
John Philpot, an international human rights attorney from Montreal, Canada, has commended Ghana's 'gold-for-oil' strategy, which Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia recently developed and...
Independent Africa
Women’s rights group: Tunisia’s law is ineffective at protecting women
A leading human rights organization claims that a domestic abuse law adopted in Tunisia five years ago has not succeeded in protecting women.
In a...
Entertainment
20-year-old woman to be lapidated over adultery
A 20-year-old woman accused of adultery has been sentenced to death by stoning.
However, human rights activists are making all efforts possible to prevent the...
News
Boost civilian protection in Mali – rights group
Human Rights Watch has called for the Malian security forces and UN peacekeepers to offer more protection in the north of the country following...