Sheffield United have condemned the racist abuse received by Mason Holgate in the wake of Sunday’s game against Brighton. Holgate was sent off in the 13th minute for a reckless thigh-high challenge on Kaoru Mitoma, with the VAR advising referee Stuart Attwell to upgrade an initial yellow card to red. Brighton went on to win […]
The Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian foreign ministers have condemned Russia’s intention to hold presidential “elections” in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Source: Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania on Russia’s upcoming presidential elections Details: In their statement, Latvia’s Krišjānis Kariņš, Lithuania’s Gabrielius Landsbergis and Estonia’s Margus Tsahkna declared that the […]
Leaders at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and called for its immediate end. Moussa Faki, chairman of the African Union Commission, said Israel’s offensive was the “most flagrant” violation of international humanitarian law, and accused Israel of having “exterminated” Gaza’s inhabitants. Mr Faki […]
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Leaders at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and called for its immediate end. Moussa Faki, the chair of the African Union Commission, said Israel’s offensive was the “most flagrant” violation of international humanitarian law and accused Israel of […]
France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs will summon Alexei Meshkov, Russia’s ambassador to France, on Monday, 5 February, to express its condemnation of the Russian strikes that killed two French humanitarian workers in Ukraine last week. Source: BFMTV channel, citing a diplomatic source, as reported by European Pravda Details: Paris “will also condemn any […]
Hours before a nationwide march in Kenya against the rising cases of femicide and other violence against women – a clip was posted on social media that captures how entrenched misogyny is in the East African nation. At a site in the capital, Nairobi, where some young women were gathering for the protest last weekend, […]
Asbestos victims, their families and attorneys are claiming a Koch Industries-owned company and its lawyers are using a controversial bankruptcy maneuver to avoid paying millions in compensation to its former employees. Workers at Georgia-Pacific, a paper and building products company, have been locked in a years-long battle with a company over claims asbestos in its […]
Thousands of people rallied across Slovakia as protests intensified against a plan by the new government of populist prime minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The protests came hours after President Zuzana Caputova voiced her strong opposition to the changes, saying they could jeopardise the rule of law. The plan approved by […]
Senate Democrats underscored their commitment to abortion rights in a press conference on Wednesday, ahead of the 51st anniversary of Roe v Wade. The now-overturned supreme court case provided American women with a constitutional right to abortion for nearly 50 years. Experts at the briefing described Republican-backed abortion bans across the country as “cruel”, “extreme” […]
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. experts in international law on Tuesday condemned the killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri and other fighters in drone strikes on Lebanon, saying this amounted to the crimes of extrajudicial killings and murder. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied that it assassinated Arouri but his demise came a month after […]
Bujar Osmani, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Ian Borg, Malta’s Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade, and Helga Maria Schmid, Secretary General of the OSCE, have condemned Russia’s large-scale air attacks on Ukraine. Source: joint statement by the OSCE heads Quote: “The new year has depressingly begun […]
“It’s on all of us — government, international organizations, civil society and businesses — to forcefully condemn the sexual violence of Hamas terrorists without equivocation. Without equivocation, without exception,” he added. Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and captured some 240 hostages on Oct. 7. Since the attack, stories have continued to emerge of sexual assault and […]