Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Events

Land Day

Gaza, Malak border area: Ceremony organized by Hamas and other factions near the Gaza-Israeli border.

30 March, 2023

UN/Qatar, Doha LDC5

It is an occasion to speed up sustainable development in the places where international assistance is needed the most – and to tap the full…

8 March, 2023

Women’s Day 2023

First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken host the annual ceremony recognizing women who have shown courage and leadership in advocating women’s…

8 March, 2023

UN  holds the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) Conference in Doha

There are 46 LDCs – countries with poor human development indicators and average earnings per person of about $1,000 per year.

5 March, 2023

Rabbani Brothers released from Guantánamo Bay

“For once, miscarriage of justice is the wrong term,” said  Clive Stafford Smith Director of the non-profit 3DCentre. “He never got any justice at all.…

26 February, 2023

African cinema and culture of peace

The selected films are made up of feature-length documentaries, short films, animated films, and television series, among others.

26 February, 2023

NHS workers strike in UK

Nurses and ambulance workers have already announced there will be further strikes in February and March.

6 February, 2023

International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

On November 15, reports said that the U.S. Department of Justice informed its counterpart in Israel that the FBI is opening an investigation into Shireen’s…

29 November, 2022

5-Shireen’s assassination/100 days on …

In the early morning of 11 May 2002, Shireen Abu Akleh, along with colleagues from Aljazeera went to the occupied West Bank city of Jenin,…

18 August, 2022

4-Shireen’s assassination/100 days on …

On 11 May a statement was issued by the Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, condemning all attacks against journalists and stressing that…

18 August, 2022

3-Shireen’s assassination/100 days on …

A journalist is killed every five days according to UNESCO.

18 August, 2022

2-Shireen’s assassination/100 days on …

Impunity for crimes against journalists and media professionals threatens the right to know, the right to press freedom and UN human rights-based efforts to promote…

18 August, 2022