UN records torture, deaths of detainees in Taliban custody
Reuters The United Nations has recorded over 1,600 incidents of rights violations against people detained by the Taliban authorities, nearly half of them acts of torture and ill-treatment mostly by police and intelligence agents, a report released on Wednesday showed. The UN Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) said 18 people had also died in prisons and […]
Egypt COP27 climate summit activists concerned voices will be curtailed
Cairo, EgyptReuters The decision to hold next month’s COP27 climate summit in a highly secured tourist resort in Egypt, along with restrictions on access, is curbing civil society’s participation in the event, some prominent activists say. The 6th to 18th November summit in Sharm el-Sheikh is the first annual UN climate conference to be held […]
Afghanistan: Taliban mark year in power that has provided security but little hope
MOHAMMAD YUNUS YAWAR and CHARLOTTE GREENFIELD, of Reuters, report on what’s happened in Afghanistan in the year since the Taliban takeover…
Non-profit groups tell WTO to reverse “vaccine apartheid” before any meeting
Washington DC, USReuters More than 130 civil society groups largely from developing countries are calling for the World Trade Organization to cancel a ministerial conference next week and instead concentrate on approving an intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines. The groups, organised under a loose coalition called “Our World is Not For Sale”, said in […]
Ugandan clergy call for restraint ahead of 2021 polls
Religious leaders in Uganda have asked the government and the civil society to exercise restraint as a crackdown on civil liberties gathers momentum ahead of the 2021 general election. The Anglican Bishop of Mukono Diocese, the Rt Rev James William Sebaggala, told Sight officials in government as well as those in civil society must take responsibility for […]