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    ‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears

    Focusing on developments in 2023, the report builds on previous findings in the aftermath of large public protests which erupted in 2020 following a...
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    CPJ calls on Senegal’s presidential candidates for press freedom reforms as 5 journalists freed

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Dakar, March 19, 2024—Presidential candidates in Senegal’s elections on Sunday should commit to decriminalizing journalism and dropping all legal...

    Children of Gaza spread joy for Ramadan, despite the war

    While ceasefire talks failed to end the five-month-long conflict that has killed nearly 32,000 Palestinians – most of them women and children – the...
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    Russia jails journalist over plane crash coverage, detains another during election

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, March 19, 2024—Russian authorities must drop all charges against journalist Sergey Kustov, release him, and stop prosecuting...
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    Istanbul police harass reporters at Kurdish Newroz celebration

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Istanbul, March 19, 2024 – The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Turkish authorities to investigate reports of police harassment...
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    Hong Kong passes security law that further crushes the media

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Taipei, March 19, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Hong Kong legislature’s hasty passing of a national security...

    Journalist Padam Prasad Pokhrel attacked while covering alleged police assault in Nepal

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, March 19, 2024—Nepali authorities must swiftly and impartially investigate the attack on journalist Padam Prasad Pokhrel and...

    Hong Kong: Rushed adoption of new security law a ‘regressive step’ – UN rights...

    “It is alarming that such consequential legislation was rushed through the legislature through an accelerated process, in spite of serious concerns raised about the...

    Annual profits from forced labour amount to US$ 236 billion, ILO report finds

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). © ILO GENEVA (ILO News) – Forced labour in the private economy generates US$236 billion in illegal profits per...

    Women’s History Month Snapshot: AnnaMarie Bena

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). We sat down with AnnaMarie Bena, Senior Vice President at USCRI, to discuss her career, how she ended up...

    World News in Brief: Haiti aid delivery continues, South Sudan violence, pandemic treaty talks...

    Rampant gang violence has created a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean country, whose Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, resigned last week. UN children’s agency UNICEF reported...
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    Poland detains 4 Ukrainian journalists reporting at the border

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). New York, March 18, 2024—Polish authorities should refrain from detaining members of the press reporting on topics of public...

    Iran: Repression continues two years after nationwide protests

    Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran – a group of Council-appointed independent experts - said that Ms. Amini’s...
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    CPJ, others call on Slovakia to withdraw repressive media bill

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). The Committee to Protect Journalists and seven other international press freedom organizations have called on Slovakian authorities to immediately...
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    Witnesses: IDF assaulted, detained Al-Jazeera journalist in hospital raid

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Beirut, March 18, 2024 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that Israeli soldiers assaulted Al-Jazeera...
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    Vantage Point: Dr. Brenda Greene

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). March 11, 2024Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point On this Women’s History Month edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels...

    First Person: Southern Madagascar, where girls are sold into marriage before they are born

    The arranged marriage typically involves the exchange of a highly prized and culturally important Zebu cow for teenage girls as young as 13 years...
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    March 21st Forum/Rally: Resolving the Critical Crisis in Haiti

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Events » March 21st Forum/Rally: Resolving the Critical Crisis in...
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    Haiti PM Ariel Henry resigns after gang insurrection caused days of chaos

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Henry urges people to remain calm while his government is replaced by a transitional council. By Peter Beaumont and Luke Taylor in...
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    Investing in care policies can create millions of jobs in MENA, new ILO report...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Female care workers provide childcare services in Amman, Jordan. © ILO/Jared J. Kohler BEIRUT and AMMAN (ILO News)...
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    Jennifer Jones Austin, Esq., Phenomenal Black Woman

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). March 18, 2024Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point On this Women’s History Month edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels...
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    Highway Robbery in Alabama

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous — Imagine the neighborhood your family has lived in for more than 150 years being turned into a deteriorating...

    On new guidance note for productivity measurement and analysis

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Q. What is the focus of this new Guidance Note, and for whom is it intended?As recent discussions at the ILO...
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    Congressman Jonathan Jackson calls on the U.S. and its allies to seize the moment...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Statement by Congressman Jonathan Jackson —  I welcome the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry of Haiti. This resignation was long overdue...