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The continual failure of governments to adequately address the climate crisis constitutes a violation of children’s rights and Pacific youth know this better than most.

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Human rights advocates warn that new laws in some Australian states are targeting climate protesters for disproportionate punishment.

Responding to the trial of Lebanese comedian and activist Shaden Fakih, who will appear on Friday before the Military Court on charges of insulting and harming the reputation of the Internal Security Forces (ISF), Diana Semaan, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “The case of Shaden Fakih is […]

The authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are disproportionately punishing climate protesters in violation of their basic rights to peaceful protest.

New Brunswick has released its annual “state of the child report” which offers five recommendations and looks at some challenges faced by children with disabilities.

It is alarming that the military authorities are taking steps to carry out Myanmar’s first known executions since the late 1980s.

Like  every new invention which comes with opportunities and challenges, when residents of Alapere/Ketu, lagos,  got the news about the state Government decision to  reconstruct/expand the Demurin/Agidi road, a major road within the community, it elicited two sets of reactions.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has caused serious harm to judicial independence in the country by granting himself the absolute authority to dismiss judges summarily by decree and quickly firing 57 of...

Tunisian President Kais Saied dealt a deep blow to judicial independence on June 1, 2022, by granting himself, via decree, absolute power to fire judges summarily, and by promptly dismissing 57 judges.