Taliban dissolve Afghanistan’s Human Rights Commission, other key bodies
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former US-backed government, including the country’s Human Rights Commission, deeming them unnecessary in the face of a financial crunch, an official said on Monday. Afghanistan faces a budget deficit of 44 billion Afghanis ($US501 million) this financial year, Taliban authorities said on Saturday […]
UN chief urges equality fight, US slams China for “murder” of baby girls
New York City, USReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday of a recent pushback against gender equality and women’s rights and urged people to fight back as the United States slammed China and the world body for “the murder of millions of baby girls.” World leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor […]
South Africans go online to document police brutality
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Strict enforcement of South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown by police and the army has placed the spotlight on official brutality, a cause of anger among the majority Black population for decades. Now a coalition of human rights organisations called C19 is seeking to document those abuses, hoping the data gathered will […]
AFGHANISTAN: AFTER FOUR DECADES OF WAR, WIDOWS BATTLE FOR HOMES
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the post-war struggle of widows to rebuild their lives…
SIGHT-SEEING: FOCUS ON OUR OWN FREEDOMS PUTS US ON A VERY DANGEROUS PATH
NILS VON KALM reflects on the ‘alternative kingdom’ of Jesus Christ…
Fight climate change by granting indigenous rights to forests – report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Granting forest dwellers legal rights to their traditional lands helps fight deforestation and climate change, but the vast majority of the world’s forests remain under government control with limited access for communities, researchers said. Only about 14 per cent of forests, or about 527 million hectares, were legally owned or designated for […]