Tag: Violence
Thousands protest in Turkey against domestic violence
Thousands of women in Turkey took to the streets on Wednesday to demand that the government does not withdraw from a landmark treaty on preventing…
U.N. agency to pay hotel stays to stem domestic violence in Mexico
The United Nation’s Children’s Fund will fund hotel rooms for Mexican women and kids threatened by domestic violence beginning in September, a representative of the…
Law enforcement behind half of all violence against African migrants, UN says
Nearly half of all the violence visited on African migrants during their journey to the Mediterranean coast is perpetrated by law enforcers, the United Nations…
Germany and France: Cities shocked as youths riot and attack police
Germany’s cities have seen outbursts of pent-up rage and violence in recent weeks. First Stuttgart, then Frankfurt. On both occasions, police were targeted by an…
First Person: Ending violence against women – ‘men and boys — I am talking to you’, says UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed
Men and boys who “turn a blind eye” to violence against women, must accept that they are “accomplices to violence” according to the UN Deputy…
Human Rights Council calls on top UN rights official to take action on racist violence
The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, is to spearhead efforts to address systemic racism against people of African descent by law enforcement agencies, the…
Black EU lawmaker says victim of police violence in Brussels
A black European Union lawmaker said on Wednesday she was a victim of “extremely traumatic” police violence outside a Brussels railway station, and lodged a…
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