Human Rights

MONTEVIDEO, Sept 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Uruguay will withdraw from the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, also known as the Rio Pact, because it is being wrongly used against Venezuela’s government, Uruguayan Foreign Minister, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, said.

The announcement came a day after 16 of the 19 pact members voted to employ the pact to impose sanctions against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, accusing him of criminal activities including drug trafficking and money laundering.

24 Sep 2019; MEMO: An Israeli court yesterday upheld a travel ban for Palestinian footballers from the occupied Gaza Strip, accepting the position of military and security officials who made the original decision.

24 Sep 2019; MEMO: The British Labour Party yesterday voted in favour of a motion which could see Britain cease trade with Israel if it doesn’t comply with international human rights laws.

The motion, titled “Ethical Foreign Policy” was proposed by Hove Constituency Labour Party (CLP) and Birkenhead CLP, and would only come into effect if the Labour party wins the next general election and the motion is passed by parliament.

24 Sep 2019; MEMO: A legal rights centre has told a United Nations committee that Israel has failed to comply with its 2012 recommendations to reverse racially discriminatory practices.

24 Sep 2019; MEMO: Six members of the Istiqlal Party in Egypt were arrested at dawn today as Egypt moves to crackdown on anyone supporting recent demonstrations in the country, Ahmed El-Attar, a rights activist working for the the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), has told MEMO.

New Delhi; GANASHAKTI: When the Indian mainstream media was going ballistic over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-hyped mega event, in Houston, US, that ended up virtually helping Donald Trump’s election campaign, massive protests were going on outside the venue – predictably blacked out by the Indian media.

However, the media in the US did cover the protests, with CNN commenting that Trump and Modi were “two side of the same coin”.

Banda, Sep 24 (PTI) A two-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man while she was alone at her home in the district, police said on Tuesday.

The minor, daughter of a labourer, was allegedly raped on Monday by her neighbour Buddhlal (19), SP Ganesh Prasad Saha said.

When the parents reached home, they rushed her to hospital, Saha said.

An FIR has been lodged and the accused arrested, the SP said, adding that the girl was serious and undergoing treatment.

New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) Carrying messages of non-violence and peace, 200 tribal and Dalit activists, writers, thinkers and eminent Gandhians will begin a year-long march from New Delhi to Geneva on Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary on October 2.

Bhawanipatna (Odisha), Sep 23 (PTI) A college student was allegedly gangraped inside a forest in Odisha's Kalahandi district and a probe has been launched to apprehend the culprits, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on the afternoon of September 14 near Junagarh, 25 km from here and the police swung into action after the woman lodged an FIR late on Sunday night, Kalahandi superintendent of police B Gangadhar said.

Jammu, Sept 23 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Monday pitched in for restoration of the state's special status and full statehood, besides its Constitutional structure, saying that it would be the best tribute to the last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh.