Blinken: We imposed sanctions on Syrian military intelligence officer Amjad Youssef for his involvement in gross human rights violations
1 year agoSecretary Antony Blinken:The U.S. is committed to Uzbekistan's sovereignty and values our partnership on regional connectivity. To that end, I spoke with Acting Foreign Minister Saidov today about our multilateral cooperation via C5plusUS, human rights, and U.S. investment in Uzbekistan
Guterres: The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused the largest human rights violations we know to date
The UN urged Israel to pause its judicial reform plans, saying they risked weakening human rights protections and needed opening up for wider debate and reflection
1 year agoCommission Pres von der Leyen says she's in favor of female quotas. Finnish PM Marin agrees 50% of leaders should be women
Human rights NGO, CHRDA 'strongly condemns' attack on CDC workers in Tiko "The killing of civilians is unacceptable, and all parties to the ongoing conflict in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon must ensure the protection of civilians
Khamenei: Try to be one of the country's outstanding women. How Study your lessons well, do your homework well, work, think, and read books so that, God willing, you may be one of the great women in the country in the future
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday Washington has imposed additional additional visa restrictions on some Taliban members in response to bans on women's rights
Palestinian Prisoners Club: Authorities suppress female prisoners in Damon Prison, and the prisoners decide to escalate their protest steps
A man with a criminal record kills his partner and her 8-year-old daughter in Valladolid. The perpetrator would have called his brother-in-law to notify him of the double murder perpetrated with a knife
Russian Commissioner for Human Rights: I made important proposals on a ceasefire during my meetings with my Ukrainian and Turkish colleagues
Khamenei: In the Quran 2 women are mentioned as role models for all human beings, Pharaoh's wife & SaintMary. It is the exact opposite of Western culture, which sets men as role models. Here in the Quran, women are mentioned as role models, not just for women, but for all of humankind
Khamenei: Islam sees individuals as "human beings" when it evaluates them, and there is no difference between a man and a woman in this. The equality of men and women in the field of human values is one of the principles of Islam
Khamenei: Some said unrestricted relations between men & women in the West would make men sexually indifferent & prevent sexual crimes. But it's become worse & men's appetites have grown 100 times, leading to various types of sexual corruption & them breaking all moral & human boundaries
Khamenei: The ultimate disgrace of the West is that despite the problems in their society such as sexual slavery and the female sex trade, they claim to be the flag bearers of women's rights
Khamenei: Even now women are paid less than men for doing the same work in many Western countries. Women are being misused. Under the pretext of women's emancipation in the 19th and 20th centuries, women were pulled out from their homes to work in factories with lower wages
Khamenei: In the West's capitalistic system, it was the men who were managing the economy, trade deals, & such. Thus, men have priority over women in the capitalistic system. Since capital is more in the hands of men, men have a higher priority
Khamenei: Imam Khamenei met with a number of mothers and exemplary women who are active in cultural, social, academic, and scientific fields today, days before the anniversary of the birth of Lady Fatimah Zahra (pbuh), which is Women's Day in Iran
Romanian prosecutors ask a Bucharest court to extend the detention of Andrew Tate by 30 days, after he was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group
Secretary-General of the United Nations: shocked by the Taliban's decision to prevent girls from education
1 year agoMale students in Nangarhar province tore their exam papers and walked out of their classrooms in protest against the ban on their female classmates
The Afghan authorities announce banning girls and women from studying in universities throughout Afghanistan
Khamenei: The US clearly admitted they created ISIS. Then they hold up the flag of human rights and speak about human rights & the rights of women. They have been disgraced in the Shahcheragh terrorist attack
1 year agoUN Human Rights Council president Federico Villegas has appointed the members of the recently established Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran: - Sara Hossain of Bangladesh (chair) - Shaheen Sardar Ali of Pakistan - Viviana Krsticevic of Argentina
Khamenei: In addition to Daesh who carried out the terrorist attack in the Shahcheragh shrine, the main backers & creators of Daesh, US & allies, were partners in this crime. They deceitfully hoist the flag of human rights in words, but in practice, they create dangerous terrorist groups
Federal High Court, Lagos has sentenced two women Osunabi Fatimoh and Olayinka Eniola, to two years imprisonment for human trafficking
Today, @POTUS "will sign a Presidential Memorandum on Promoting Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence to strengthen the US government's efforts to combat conflict-related sexual violence, "a too-often overlooked and underreported crime," announces the @WhiteHouse
Khamenei: Hundreds of women were killed in Qom alone during the 8-year Imposed War by the US-backed Saddam government on Iran. A number of these women were participating in a mourning ceremony for Imam Hussain (pbuh) when they were killed
Member-states of the UN Human Rights Council urge swift justice for the victims of former president Rodrigo Duterte's violent war on drugs
Taliban security officials in Nangarhar province, in eastern Afghanistan, said that a husband shot and killed his wife after cruelly torturing her
