Saturday 28 May, 2022
The Australian former world number one is heading the new LIV Golf Invitational Series which is heavily backed by Saudi financing.
The findings come as the Government reviews Ireland’s equality laws.
Speaking at the Fifa Congress in Doha, Lise Klaveness said the 2022 finals were awarded ‘in unacceptable ways, with unacceptable consequences’.
On Friday, human rights’ group, Reprieve, said a further 16 people have been killed in the country since the mass execution of 81 men on 12 March.
Saudi Arabia said Saturday it had executed a record 81 people in one day for terrorism-related offences.
Thousands of Ukrainians displaced by Russian attacks have been arriving in Lviv and waiting days to board trains and buses travelling to Przemyśl.
The broadcaster lends his support to a group of NGOs seeking an end to EU trade with Israeli settlements in occupied territories.
The governments of Hungary and Poland had argued that such action lacked a proper legal basis.
Human Rights Commission says current law disproportionately impacts minority groups.
The woman says she suffered abuse and witnessed the beating of children and a pregnant woman.
The UN report said that, in addition to the political killings, women’s freedoms and the right to protest had also been curbed.
Russian authorities have in recent months mounted pressure on rights groups, media outlets and journalists, naming dozens as foreign agents.
The group has spent years cataloguing atrocities committed in the Soviet Union.
Trócaire’s Paul Healy tells of a different Christmas in Somalia this year, among those struggling to stay alive.
The report detailed allegations of torture, rape and inhumane treatment.
The country joins the US in the boycott, over concerns around China’s human rights record.
China has accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit.
Noteworthy’s Maria Delaney and social care worker Anne Marie Quilligan tell Susan Daly about the conditions faced by Traveller children in the country’s education system.
Minister for Equality Roderic O’Gorman will lead the Irish delegation and deliver a speech at today’s hearing.
The army seized power in February from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, but has failed to quell the widespread resistance.
The world’s leading human rights organisation wants the club to look into the issue following the club’s controversial acquisition.
As China jails Canadian Michael Spavor, human rights lawyer and professor Teng Biao catalogues China’s brazen stance on the international stage.
Many Palestinian children will face violence at the hands of Israeli soldiers and settlers as they return to school.
The MEP says the EU must reach an agreement on a solidarity mechanism to help Afghan refugees.
The security expert looks at the fall of Afghanistan and how it all plays out on a global stage.
Hungary has passed a bill that bans sharing content that “promotes” being gay to children and teenagers.
Only citizens with papers granting them a “permanent stay in a foreign state” are allowed to leave Belarus.
The extent to which we protect and defend human rights tells us who we are as a society, writes Anthony Moore SC.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will report to the EU today.
Qatar has faced criticism for its treatment of migrant workers, many of whom are involved in World Cup preparations.
The t-shirts read ‘Human rights, on and off the pitch’ in support of migrant workers and were donned prior to their win over Gibraltar.
UNICEF’s Ettie Higgins and Claire McKeever share the stories of many refugees displaced by the war in Syria, ten years on.
Meath man Derek O’Rourke is GOAL’s Middle East Security Advisor. He outlines the challenges faced by NGOs as they navigate Syrian regions devastated by war.
The MEP says China’s holding of Richard O’Halloran against his will is an outrageous breach of human rights.
Senator McDowell says Ireland can no longer ignore the “clear challenge” of the Chinese Communist Party.
There are currently 20 countries on the ‘category 2′ list.
NUIG historian Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley says the recent Commission report into mother and baby homes needed to have a deeper look at Protestant institutions and the neglect of children like Derek.
Andrew Anderson of Front Line Defenders says Ireland can play a pivotal role at the UN Security Council by improving international relations at a difficult time.
A charity has submitted a formal complaint about the ESB allegedly breaching its human rights commitments.
The three women from Dublin, Cork and Meath had sought damages from the State.
