Edmonton police receive human rights award for work with Syrian families

Global News

The Edmonton Police Service has received a human rights award for its efforts welcoming Syrian families who arrived in the city earlier this year.

Opinion: Canada defeats bill saying unborn baby is a human being when a pregnant woman is killed

Life News

Members of Parliament Wednesday voted 209 – 76 against Bill C-225, also known as “Cassie and Molly’s Law.” This bill would have made it a crime to injure or kill a woman’s pre-born child during the commission of a crime against the mother.

CHRI launches report with Tanzanian stakeholders on better policing

CHRI

CHRI, in cooperation with Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) and other members of Haki na Usalama Forum launched a position paper entitled “The Police and the Executive: Roles and Responsibilities” in Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania.

MPs task DPC to explain suspects’ deaths

All Africa

The Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday tasked the Adjumani DPC Ojokuna Elatu to explain the death of two suspects.

HRW slams SA's decision to withdraw from ICC

Timeslive

South Africa’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is disappointing for a country “long seen as a global leader on accountability for victims of the gravest crimes”‚ Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

South Africa set to withdraw from the International Criminal Court

Telegraph

South Africa has told the United Nations it wan ts to withdraw from the International Criminal Court amid perceptions that The Hague-based tribunal focuses too much on African prosecutions.

iMdev target 130 journalists nationwide on ethical child reporting

Awoko

The Initiatives for Media development (iMdev) have trained over 30 journalists in the north. The training targeted journalists from the five districts in the north and is part of the organization’s ongoing training of one hundred and thirty (130) journalists nationwide to be equipped with major ethical issues relating to reporting on children’s issues.

Crackdown on judges

All Africa

Justice Okoro is one of the two Supreme Court justices and five High Court judges, whose homes were invaded by operatives of the DSS, penultimate week, over alleged graft.

General Abubakar claims Nigerian army is most disciplined

All Africa

The Defence spokesman, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar has said the Nigerian Armed Forces is one of the most disciplined in the world. He explained that most of the cases leveled against the military are out of context as criticisms are one sided and insisted that the military respects the human rights of persons.

Patience Jonathan sues SERAP over alleged ‘breach of human rights'

All Africa

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has been sued over alleged “campaign of calumny against Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan using online, print and electronic media to publish to the public unfounded and malicious allegations that she stole $15m (US) and ought to be prosecuted.”