A giant voice within the Cape Muslim community has fallen silent. Dr Anwah Nagia, one of Cape Town’s foremost human rights activists, businessman, philanthropist and a champion of the rights of the poor and disenfranchised. died at the age of 62 years old on Monday. He has spent the past month battling COVID-19 in hospital, following recent heart surgery. His death has sent shockwaves through South Africa – and his […]
Yemeni Human Rights Minister Mohamed Askar has announced that the military escalation by the Houthi forces in different areas in Yemen, including the latest offensives in Marib, Al-Jawf, and Ad-Dali provinces, is concerning and can have negative repercussions on the humanitarian situation. He explained that statistics indicate that nearly 700 civilians have been killed and wounded, and more than 11,000 families have been displaced during the last two months. Askar […]
An appeals court in Malaysia has overturned a lower court ruling sentencing 27 Rohingya men to be caned, saying their refugee status affords them international protection from persecution. Collin Andrew, a lawyer representing the refugees, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday the sentence of caning imposed in June had been "set aside" by High Court Judge Arik Sanusi, and the refugees were ordered to be released to the United Nations refugee […]
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, published his annual report on Wednesday, addressing Israel’s illegal policies of collective punishment, which the Palestinian people. Emphasizing Israel’s reliance on collective punishment as a “prominent instrument in its coercive toolbox of population control,” Lynk called on Israel to “[e]nd all measures amounting to collective punishment”. The report highlighted Israeli policies and […]
The legal team of former President Mohammed Morsi’s family is looking to charge senior members of the Egyptian regime, which ousted the country’s first-democratically elected president in a military coup. Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first-democratically elected president, passed away during a court hearing last year on June 17. Many in the top leadership in Cairo were aware he was suffering from a chronic illness and repeated calls have been made for […]
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Thursday that: “It would not be acceptable for countries to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict human rights.” Guterres confirmed in a statement that: “In the context of the growing ethnic nationalism, populism, tyranny and the decline in human rights in some countries, the crisis may be an excuse to adopt repressive measures for purposes which are not related […]
By Tauhierah Salie The South African Human Rights Commissioner, Chris Nissen led a walkabout in Bo-Kaap on Wednesday, following an engagement with the community in June over alleged human rights violations, as a result of the construction of 15 buildings in the area. Western Cape high court Judge Henney granted an order against six respondents on 6th July, to restrain anyone from committing acts of arson or vandalism, or entering […]
By Wardah Wilkinson More than 700 children and 17 000 Turkish women have been imprisoned in Turkish jails as a post-coup crackdown continues. Currently there are more than 150 children under twelve months old in jail with their mothers. The Turkish government has launched a sweeping crackdown across the country, detaining more than 120,000 and jailing some 50,000 over alleged links to the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. This was […]
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, is determined that the perpetrators of the horrors committed against the Rohingya face justice. He's the head of the UN's watchdog for human rights across the world, so his opinions carry weight. It could go right to the top - he doesn't rule out the possibility that civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the head of the armed forces Gen Aung Min Hlaing, could find […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
