UN report show Israel demolishes or seizes 26 Palestinian structures in only two weeks

United Nations, March 21 (RHC)-- Israel demolished or seized 26 structures belonging to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds in only two weeks, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.... More

France, Poland and Ukraine impose new lockdown measures

Paris, March 21 (RHC)-- Poland, France and Ukraine have introduced partial lockdowns as they battle surging coronavirus infections.  Residents in Poland, parts of France, including Paris and the Ukrainian capital Kiev faced new restrictions on Saturday, with most shops shut and people urged to work from home.... More

Prosecutor calls for Jair Bolsonaro's resignation over pandemic

Brasilia, March 21 (RHC)-- The Public Ministry of Brazil requested to the Court of Auditors of the Union (TCU) the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro by the vice president, Hamilton Mourão, during the management of the pandemic.... More

World Bank rolls out COVID vaccine funds for poor Asian nations

Washington, March 20 (RHC)-- The World Bank has announced financing for Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal to vaccinate their populations against COVID-19.... More

Pew study shows COVID pushed 32 million Indians out of middle class

New Delhi, March 20 (RHC)-- A year into the pandemic, the numbers of those in the middle class in India has shrunk to 66 million, down a third from a pre-pandemic estimate of 99 million.  “India is estimated to have seen a greater decrease in the middle class and a much sharper rise in poverty than China in the COVID-19 downturn,” the Pew Research Centre said, citing the World Bank’s forecasts of economic growth.... More

Pentagon chief threatens U.S. "ready to fight tonight" with North Korea

Washington, March 20 (RHC)-- Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has threatened North Korea with a war after Pyongyang denounced the resumption of drills between the U.S. and South Korea.  "Our force remains ready to ‘fight tonight,’ and we continue to make progress toward the eventual transition of wartime Operational Control to a [South Korea]-commanded, future Combined Forces Command,” Austin said at a press conference.... More

France imposes lockdown in Paris as COVID-19 variant cases rise

Paris, March 20 (RHC)-- France has imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of the north amid a rise in the number of coronavirus variant cases.... More

Damascus says U.S. loots Syria’s oil resources like pirates, controls 90% of crude reserves

Damascus, March 20 (RHC)-- Syria's oil minister says the U.S. and its allied Takfiri terrorist groups are plundering oil resources in the war-stricken Arab country, revealing that Washington controls 90 percent of crude reserves in oil-rich northeastern Syria.... More

Over 550 organizations urge UN Human Rights Council to end Israel’s impunity

Geneva, March 20 (RHC)-- More than 550 international human rights organizations have jointly called upon the UN Human Rights Council to recognize and denounce the Israeli regime’s racist policies against the entire Palestinian population, which include home demolitions and violation of the right of Palestinians to self-determination.... More

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in occupied West Bank

Ramallah, March 20 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man during another round of anti-settlement protests in the occupied West Bank.  According to a statement by the Palestinian Health Ministry, the deadly incident occurred on Friday when Israeli soldiers opened live fire on the Palestinians who were holding a protest rally in the village of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus City.... More

Bolivia says that investigating coup perpetrators is duty of the State

La Paz, March 20 (RHC)-- Bolivia's presidential spokesman, Jorge Richter, said Friday that the investigation and clarification of the violent events that took place in 2019 is a debt owed by the State to the victims.... More

Call for end to killings of Colombian activists

Bogota, March 20 (RHC)-- Human rights organizations in Colombia demanded this Friday an end to the murders of social leaders in the country at the hands of paramilitary armed groups in a trend that, they denounce, is on the rise in this year 2021.... More

Women victims of Uruguayan dictatorship denounce rape before IACHR

Montevideo, March 20 (RHC)-- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) reported on its Twitter account about the public hearing held with women imprisoned by the Uruguayan dictatorship, denouncing sexual torture during the repressive military rule.... More

Thousands of Yemeni patients on verge of death 

Sanaa, March 20 (RHC)-- Humanitarian activists have held an event in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, where the representatives of international organizations called on the international community to help end the suffering of the patients in the conflict-ridden country. ... More

UK and EU quarrel over vaccine exports

London, March 19 (RHC)-- The post-Brexit war between the UK and the EU over COVID-19 vaccines is taking its toll.  Emotionally charged accusations and clarifications have been exchanged between Britain and Brussels over the past few weeks, as the EU ushers in a third wave of the virus.  The bloc blames its sluggish vaccine rollout on lack of supply, casting doubt on whether export contracts will be honored.... More

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