Noboa, a 36-year-old businessman and son of the country’s richest man, surprisingly won Ecuador’s presidential election in October last year. After taking office in November, he welcomed a country mired in violence and controlled by gangs. Paradoxically, the gangs exercised their power from the prisons, whose cell blocks the authorities did not dare to enter. … Read more
The security and paramilitary forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran killed hundreds of people following orders from the authorities. They also detained, imprisoned, tortured or subjected to forced disappearance, among other “inhuman acts”, numerous Iranians during the repression of protests against the regime that began on September 16, 2022, when Yina Mahsa Amini, a … Read more
The repression of the last embers of the Hirak revolt (movement, in Arabic) in Algeria—the outbreak of which has now been five years—has thrown dozens of opponents and dissidents behind bars, according to Amnesty in its latest report. . While the opaque Maghreb country has witnessed a rare opening to the world in recent days … Read more
The Russian justice system this Tuesday sentenced veteran activist Oleg Orlov, leader of the human rights organization Memorial, to two and a half years in prison for an opinion column titled They wanted fascism and they had it. After hearing the ruling, law enforcement officers handcuffed Orlov, 70, and put him in a police van … Read more
The Sahrawi activist Aminatu Haidar will be able to stay in Spain, for the moment, due to “exceptional circumstances”, as stated in additional provision 1.4 of the Immigration Law. The Secretary of State for Migration contacted the affected woman last November, shortly after she publicly denounced that she had been denied a residence permit for … Read more
When the Saudi Arabian Tennis Federation announced that its new ambassador would be Rafael Nadal, he declared the following about the country: “Wherever you look, you can see growth and development there.” Meanwhile, Abdullah al Derazi and Jalal Labbad, aged 27 and 21, have been in prison for years, awaiting their respective death sentences. The … Read more
2023-12-21 16:37:04 Human rights and neutrality oblige us to work for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza Vienna (OTS/SK) – “Can we still stand by and watch massive area bombings with around 19,000 deaths? As a human rights spokesman, I can’t and don’t want to look away anymore. Just as I condemn the Hamas terror of … Read more
2023-12-14 00:26:50 Komeito Top / News / p329805 December 13, 2023 High school tuition fees temporarily no longer payable School lunch expenses: 1/2 divided by ward/municipality Proposal by Councilor Matsuba in response to a question from a representative of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Councilor Matsuba asks a question = 12th Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly At the … Read more