India using pellet guns to blind Kashmiris
Islamabad
January 3, 2021
Indian severity in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir is anything but a new phenomenon however, the use of pellet guns (a type of shotgun) has added another dimension to it. Pellet guns are not used elsewhere on the planet accept in IIOJK which obviously shows the Indian mentality of using it as an instrument of torment to suppress the voice of the Kashmiris.
Being marked for the third time since it was officially designated by the UN General Assembly, the World Braille Day on January 4, 2021 brings issues to light of the significance of the tactile global communication system, which empowers blind and visually impaired people, to understand their full human rights. It is assessed that roughly 2.2 billion individuals have vision impairment or visual deficiency, as indicated by the Worth Health Organisation (WHO), a billion of whom have either not had their condition tended to, or whose impedance might have b
English By VOA News Share on Facebook Print this page BANGKOK - Thai authorities January 1 made their 38th arrest of a pro-democracy activist in recent weeks under the country’s tough lèse majesté law as authorities crack down on the country’s unprecedented protest movement.
That law, Section 112 of the Thai criminal code, forbids defamation of the king and provides for three to 15 years’ imprisonment for violations.
The law had been dormant since King Maha Vajiralongkorn succeeded his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in 2016. The Thai government, though, is now using it to try to stamp out continuing protests calling for the government to resign, a new constitution and reform of the monarchy.
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Approving $3.21Â Billion Budget, General Assembly Adopts 25Â Resolutions, Decisions from its Main Committees, Concluding Main Part of Seventy-Fifth Session
Concluding the main part of its seventy-fifth session, the General Assembly approved $3.21 billion for 2021 and adopted 22 resolutions and 3 decisions recommended by its Main Committees.
Adopting a range of drafts recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the Assembly approved resources for 2021, the Organization s second annual budget in nearly 50 years, by a recorded vote of 168 in favour to 2 against (Israel, United States) and no abstentions. The 2021 budget was greater than the $2.99 billion budget proposal unveiled by Secretary-General António Guterres in mid-October. Up slightly from last year s $3.07 billion appropriation, the 2021 budget keeps the Organization s doors open and its staff working amid a global pandemic
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Examples of Prior Activities Funded Under the Julia Taft Project
Here examples of previous Taft projects throughout the world:
Improve the mental health of the migrant community.
Build a playground for refugee children.
Start an income-generating cooperative for returnees.
Support livelihoods training and sports programs.
Support a transit center for unaccompanied minor refugees and asylum seekers.
Provide a shelter for 150 women and girls from migrant communities who are survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).
Support a vocational training program for refugees.
Support returnees with manufacturing of liquid soap.
Train refugees in gardening and running small businesses.
Support an income-generating project and provide health care to disabled residents.
Donald Trump Broke International Law With Blackwater Pardons, UN Human Rights Experts Say
United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday claimed that Donald Trump s decision to pardon the Blackwater mercenaries involved in the 2007 Nisour Square, Baghdad, massacre broke international law.
In a statement released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Jelena Aparac, Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries, argued that Trump s pardons were an affront to justice as well as to the victims of the massacre and their families. The Geneva Conventions oblige States to hold war criminals accountable for their crimes, even when they act as private security contractors. These pardons violate US obligations under international law and more broadly undermine humanitarian law and human rights at a global level. Aparac argued that ensuring accountability for crimes of this nature is crucial for both humanity and the community of n