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# human-rights - Saturday 20 June, 2020
Hyperinflation, uncertainty and awakening from lockdown: Life in the Syrian-Kurdish resistance city of Kobani
Today is World Refugee Day and Cameron Weymes and Nishtiman Haji Murad share the stories of the people living in this once besieged city.
# human-rights - Tuesday 9 June, 2020
'I live in Direct Provision and our kids are not immune to racial discrimination'
Owodunni Ola Mustapha tells her own story and that of the children in DP who have suffered racist abuse.
# human-rights - Saturday 6 June, 2020
Opinion: 'Conditions for Travellers have been difficult in the Covid-19 shutdown'
Bernard Joyce of the Irish Traveller Movement says more needs to be done to protect Travellers during this pandemic and beyond.
# human-rights - Friday 1 May, 2020
Simon Harris to extend emergency Garda powers until 18 May
The health minister said he would sign the updated regulations tonight.
# human-rights - Monday 27 April, 2020
Human rights watchdog calls for more oversight into new Garda powers during Covid-19 crisis
Those convicted under the new rules could face a maximum of six months in prison or a fine of €2,500.
# human-rights - Thursday 3 October, 2019
High Court in Belfast rules Northern Ireland abortion law breaches human rights
Legislation decriminalising abortion may be introduced this month if the Stormont executive doesn’t resume.
# human-rights - Sunday 15 September, 2019
'The arts are really good for bringing people together to have difficult conversations'
A unique human rights arts festival run by Smashing Times takes place in Dublin this month.
# human-rights - Tuesday 10 September, 2019
Iranian fan dies after setting herself on fire outside court over ban on women attending matches
Sahar Khodayari, dubbed ‘blue girl’, was due to stand trial for entering a stadium to watch her favourite team, Esteghlal FC.
# human-rights - Thursday 25 July, 2019
Inspection of mental health residences describes 'bare, musty' bedrooms
An inspection of 52 of these 24-hour staffed residences found 43% did not provide single room accommodation for all residents.
# human-rights - Monday 17 June, 2019
Opinion: The State's refusal to compensate survivors of abuse violates human rights law
In its efforts to avoid paying compensation to victims, the State has spent €1.5 million on legal fees and re-traumatised some of its most vulnerable citizens, writes Conor O’Mahony.
# human-rights - Saturday 18 May, 2019
Attacks, surveillance, moving home every six months - The life of an LGBT activist in Tunisia
Badr Baabou accepted an award for his work in Dublin this week.
# human-rights - Thursday 9 May, 2019
Opinion: The US alliance with Saudi Arabia reveals their true stance on human rights
The sad truth is that the enemies of the western powers look pretty good when compared to our close friends in Saudi, writes Diarmuid Pepper.
# human-rights - Monday 6 May, 2019
Brunei's ruler says death by stoning law for gay sex will not be enforced
Responding to the announcement, rights groups said it didn’t really change anything and didn’t go far enough.
# human-rights - Saturday 16 February, 2019
Opinion: 'Inspiration porn' trending on social media is objectification of disabled people
Stop sharing videos of disabled people attempting to walk up the aisle, or stand for their first dance – pretending to be able-bodied is far from inspirational, writes Eileen Daly.
# human-rights - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
Opinion: The critical finding of the Carrickmines inquest was not emphasised by media enough
Much of the media reporting focused on the alcohol intake of the victims but that it is not how fire inquests are normally reported, writes Jacinta Brack.
# human-rights - Thursday 24 January, 2019
Amanda Knox wins €18,400 in damages after human rights case against Italian authorities
The European Court of Human Rights said police did not provide her with a lawyer or interpreter.
# human-rights - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
Highest number of human rights activists on record killed in 2018
In total 321 people in 27 countries were targeted and killed for their work.
# human-rights - Friday 28 December, 2018
Mary Robinson 'dismayed' at media comments as she comes under fire for claiming Dubai princess is 'troubled'
Mary Robinson has come under fire for claiming that an Emirati princess who has stated she is being held against her will is “in the loving care of her family”.
# human-rights - Monday 19 November, 2018
High Court orders surrender of Polish man at centre of extradition row
Artur Celmer had claimed he could not get a fair trial in Poland.
# human-rights - Thursday 1 November, 2018
Mary Robinson appointed as chair of The Elders
Robinson is following in the footsteps of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Kofi Annan.
# human-rights - Friday 14 September, 2018
An Garda Síochána has 'never fully embraced human rights standards'
A report by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties has criticised some Garda policies and practices.
# human-rights - Wednesday 1 August, 2018
Second Irish person taking case to Europe over child abuse in Irish schools
John Allen says, ‘The insanity lies with a dysfunctional country, not a damaged child’.
# human-rights - Tuesday 19 June, 2018
US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council and labels it a 'cesspool of political bias'
The US claimed that the UN is biased against Israel.
# human-rights - Sunday 17 June, 2018
Abused aged 6: 'I was screaming and had to be tied into a buggy with a rope to be brought to school'
Thomas Hogan said that even as a child he knew the clergy ruled and that he couldn’t say anything negative about a Christian Brother.
# human-rights - Saturday 9 June, 2018
Lydia Foy: The woman at the heart of securing transgender rights in Ireland
Flac (Free Legal Advice Centres) has produced a comprehensive history of Foy’s right for justice in a report.
# human-rights - Thursday 7 June, 2018
UK Supreme Court to rule on whether the North's abortion laws violate human rights
If the court rules that it does, it could lead to Westminster legislating for abortion in the North.
# human-rights - Saturday 2 June, 2018
Myanmar is 'failing to end recruitment of child soldiers'
The military and a number of rebel groups have drafted underage soldiers for years.
# human-rights - Tuesday 22 May, 2018
John Bruton: 'Abortion ends a life. Once it has happened there is no going back'
If the State is to have a obligation to step in to protect a one-month-old baby, it also has an obligation, four months earlier, to protect its right to be born, writes John Bruton.
# human-rights - Sunday 13 May, 2018
How a trip to Cambodia turned into an almost ten year project for this Irish filmmaker
Chris Kelly’s documentary A Cambodian Spring looks at the conflict between residents and government over land in the south-east Asian country.
# human-rights - Sunday 6 May, 2018
'Three men abused me but 46 years later, I'm still fighting the State'
‘Instead of standing right beside me, the State has stood right in front of me and blocked me every way and it’s going to fight me all the way to Europe.’
# human-rights - Wednesday 25 April, 2018
UN says Ireland needs to take 'immediate action' to cut asylum waiting times
Some people are waiting over two years for a decision on their asylum application.
'I was stripped and photographed in the nude, while being held by the hair'
The 14 Hooded Men who were interned in the North in 1971 met with Tánaiste Simon Coveney yesterday.
# human-rights - Monday 16 April, 2018
Parents of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans lose legal fight to fly to Rome for treatment
Alfie is in a “semi-vegetative state” as the result of a degenerative neurological condition.
# human-rights - Friday 13 April, 2018
Hundreds protest outside UK hospital where terminally ill boy's life support to be turned off
A date to switch off the life support for Alfie Evans has been set following a legal battle.
# human-rights - Tuesday 27 March, 2018
Linda Brown, who helped end US school segregation, dies aged 76
Brown was at the centre of a major court battle that helped end widespread racial segregation in the US.
# human-rights - Saturday 24 March, 2018
Hooded Man: 'They asked me to count to ten; I refused in case I couldn’t do it'
A European court ruled that the 14 men “did not occasion suffering of the particular intensity and cruelty implied by the word torture”.
# human-rights - Tuesday 20 March, 2018
'Hooded men' to ask Irish government to appeal European 'torture' ruling
“I’ve never spoke to the European court about how we feel 45 years later,” one of the ‘hooded men’ Francie McGuigan said.
# human-rights - Monday 19 March, 2018
'Since moving to Ireland I have been born again, I want to thank the country for that'
A Sudanese journalist and painter talks about fleeing his home country after receiving death threats.
# human-rights - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
'Whenever you talk about female genital mutilation there's a backlash'
About 2,700 girls living in Ireland may be at risk of undergoing the practice.
# human-rights - Monday 18 December, 2017
Four Traveller men compensated €6,000 each after being refused service in bar
A further condition of the settlement was that the staff involved attend a course of equality training.
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THE SPOTLIGHT IS once again on Dublin City Council after plans were revealed for a €15 million sea pool in Dublin city centre.
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Opinion: Ireland is in prime position to hold social networks to account - and we must
By Paul Tweed
Eoin Ó'Broin: Now is the time for the Government to borrow and invest in public housing
By Eoin Ó Broin
Professor Ruairí Brugha: We must close the pubs again - our health workers deserve better
By Ruairí Brugha
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