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A Beacon of Light in Dark Times: the Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders

A Beacon of Light in Dark Times: the Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders

Andrew Anderson, Executive Director of Front Line Defenders opens the Dublin Platform at Dublin Castle on 26 October 2022. Credit: Kamil Krawczak for Front Line Defenders Opinion by Andrew Anderson (dublin, ireland) Wednesday, November 02, 2022 Inter Press Service DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov 02 (IPS) – Before she was murdered in Honduras …

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Man and his wife are arrested after two women are tortured and beheaded as part of ‘black magic human sacrifice ritual’ in India

Man and his wife are arrested after two women are tortured and beheaded as part of

A man and his wife have been arrested after two women were abducted, tortured, and beheaded as part of what has been described as black magic human sacrifice ritual in India.   Bhagaval Singh, a traditional healer and his wife Laila, and Mohammed Shafi, an ‘occult practitioner’, were detained in Kerala after …

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Court jails 22-year-old woman for human trafficking in Rivers

Court jails 22-year-old woman for human trafficking in Rivers

A Federal High Court sitting in Portharcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced a 22-year-old woman, Blessing Iniedem, to two years imprisonment for human trafficking.   The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in a statement on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, said Iniedem was convicted for attempting to …

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Forcing workers to turn cameras on for Zoom calls breaches human rights, Court rules

Forcing workers to turn cameras on for Zoom calls breaches human rights, Court rules

A court has ruled that asking employees to constantly keep their webcams on while working remotely, could constitute a human rights violation.   The ruling which happened in the Netherlands comes after an American software company, Chetu, fired a Dutch employee working remotely for refusing to keep his webcam on …

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Herbalist breaks into Osun cemetery and steals human head and intestines

Herbalist breaks into Osun cemetery and steals human head and intestines

A 28-year-old herbalist has been arrested for allegedly stealing a female corpse’s head and intestines at the Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, in Ede, Osun State.   Ismail Adewuyi was arrested on Saturday, September 17, by men of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service.   Adewuyi, armed with charms, stormed the cemetery in …

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