Strongly denied by Israel and its supporters, the claim is the first time that a U.N.-appointed rapporteur has accused Israel of apartheid in such an unequivocal way.
Tag: Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
Myanmar’s Military Committed Genocide Against Rohingya, U.S. Says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the official designation. More than 9,000 people were killed in the violence.
U.S. Says Russia Committed War Crimes, but Consequences Are Unclear
A day after President Biden’s remark, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he agreed. Experts warned of hurdles to a successful prosecution.
Peru’s Top Court Reinstates Pardon for Former President Alberto Fujimori
The court issued a ruling to release Mr. Fujimori from prison, where he has served less than 15 years of a 25-year sentence for committing human rights abuses. The government said it would appeal the ruling.
Cambodia Convicts 19 Opposition Politicians on ‘Incitement’ Charges
Critics called the trial a “witch hunt,” and the latest effort by Prime Minister Hun Sen to eliminate the last vestiges of dissenting political voices in what was already a virtually one-party state.
After Six-Year Ordeal in Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Is Freed
Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker, was arrested and detained in Tehran in 2016. She was released along with another dual citizen of Iran and the U.K. after the resolution of a longstanding British debt.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Fly Home From Iran, U.K. Lawmaker Says
The arrest and detention of the British-Iranian charity worker in 2016 roiled relations between Britain and Iran and was denounced by rights groups.
Saudi Arabia Executes 81 People
It was the kingdom’s largest mass execution in years. In many cases, the charges involved “not a drop of blood,” a rights activist said.
Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Is Freed From Prison
Amnesty International welcomed news of the release of Raif Badawi, whose case became a lightening rod for rights campaigners and reflected Saudi Arabia’s lack of tolerance for dissent.
Leaders of Sarah Everard Vigil Had Rights Violated by Police, Court Rules
The judgment comes at a particularly fraught time for London’s Metropolitan Police Service, and as Parliament considers a law that would broaden police powers to clamp down on protests.