Human Rights

Eight children among 21 killed in Syria Idlib strikes: monitor

Beirut - Emiratesvoice

Air strikes by regime and Russian aircraft on rebel positions in the northwestern province of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians, including eight children, a monitor said Monday. The strikes conducted on Sunday on targets near the town of Sinjar in the southeast of the province, the last one to escape government control, killed 11 members of the same family,Read more

Fighting in northwestern Syria kills 66

Beirut - Emiratesvoice

Clashes pitting mainly jihadist and rebel fighters against regime forces backed by Russian warplanes killed at 66 people on the edge of Syria's northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said Friday. Among the victims were at least 19 civilians killed by air strikes, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that the casualties were over 24 hours of fightingRead more

N. Korean defector pleads to return

Pyongyang - Emirates Voice

A North Korean defector interrupted a United Nations human rights press conference in Seoul on Thursday to plead tearfully to be allowed to go back to her relatives in Pyongyang. More than 30,000 North Koreans have fled poverty and repression in their isolated homeland to move to the South. But they often struggle to make a living in the capitalistRead more

Vietnam’s compulsory drug rehab centers

Vietnam - Emirates Voice

During four years of compulsory rehab in Vietnam, Trung spent his drug-free days gluing together false eyelashes as part of what authorities billed as valuable ‘work therapy’ for his heroin addiction. But critics say the work of Trung and tens of thousands of others is tantamount to forced labor that rarely helps users extinguish their addiction. Police sent Trung toRead more

Israel arrests Human Rights Defender Abdullah Abu Rahmah

Bethlehem - Emirates Voice

Human rights activist Abdullah Abu Rahmah will be brought before an Israeli military judge in the Ofer military base today after being arrested again during yet another raid to his home on Sunday. In a statement by The Colonization and Wall Resistance Comission they wrote that over a dozen military Jeeps invaded Bil’in village and stormed several homes. Abdullah, wasRead more

NIHR welcomes UNICEF partnership

Manama - Emirates Voice

The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) has welcomed the UN Children Fund (UNICEF)’s return to Bahrain, as part of the strategic partnership signed recently with 16 UN agencies. Dr. Khalifa bin Ali Al Fadhel, NIHR Secretary-general expressed aspiration for close cooperation with the UNICEF on boosting the rights of children in the kingdom. He stressed that Bahrain was deeplyRead more

Optimising services for people with special needs discussed

Manama - Fana News

President of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) Maria Khouri received a delegation from Bahrain Federation for the Disabled, led by Fethi Abdulrahman Matar. The meeting was attended by NIHR Vice President Abdullah Al Derazi, Head of the Economic, Social and Cultural Committee Dr. Aisha Mubarak and member of the committee Hamid Hussain. NIHR President hailed the delegation’s visit,Read more

NIHR: Bahrain land of tolerance

Manama - Emirates Voice

The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) has backed the UN’s call to celebrate the International Day for Tolerance, which is observed worldwide each November 16, and to adhere to the principles of tolerance which are embedded in the UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance. In a statement marking the occasion, the NIHR affirmed that the concepts of religious toleranceRead more

NIHR-ICRC cooperation discussed

Manama - Emirates Voice

The National Institution of Human Rights (NIHR)’s president Maria Khoury has received the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)’s representative to the Kingdom of Bahrain, James Liner. Khoury praised the ICRC’s role of consolidating and spreading the culture of human rights, developing the skills and capacities of workers in this field. She affirmed the National Institution’s keenness on bolsteringRead more

Death toll in Syria market air strikes rises to 53: monitor

Beirut - Emirates Voice

The number of people killed Monday in air strikes on a market in a rebel-held town in northern Syria has risen to 53, a monitor said, revising an earlier toll of 29. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not immediately clear if Syrian warplanes or those of Damascus's ally Russia were responsible for the raids onRead more