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Weight Loss Drug Cuts Risk of Heart Problems, Maker Says
By Benjamin Mueller On August 8, 2023 A clinical trial was the first to demonstrate that a new obesity drug could also improve patients’ heart health. A new obesity drug, Wegovy, slashed the risk of serious heart problems by 20 percent in a large trial, the drug’s maker said on Tuesday, a finding that could…
China: UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders
On August 10, 2023 The experts sounded the alarm on the lack of information provided by Chinese authorities – deeming it a deliberate attempt to “make the world forget” about the individuals who are spending year after year in isolation. Between 2010 and 2019, nine environmental human rights defenders were arrested and imprisoned after they protested against allegedly illegal…
Experts: Taliban treatment of women may be “gender apartheid”
On July 11, 2023 The Taliban in Afghanistan have systematically restricted the human rights of women and girls and suffocated all aspects of their lives, UN experts said, adding such treatment could amount to “gender apartheid.” In a joint report to UN Human Rights Council, Richard Bennett, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in…
Bangladesh: Excessive Force Against Political Protesters
On August 2, 2023 Mass Arrests of Opposition Activists Undermine Conditions for Free and Fair Election (New York) – Bangladesh police indiscriminately fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons, and beat opposition party supporters with batons during protests in late July 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. In the days leading up to a major demonstration…
Number of hungry in Sudan rises above 20 million
On August 2, 2023 CAIRO, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The estimated number of people facing acute food insecurity in Sudan has risen faster than expected to 20.3 million, or 42% of the population, as a conflict between rival military factions deepens a humanitarian crisis, a food security body said. The worst hit areas include the…
Muslim mobs attack churches in eastern Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating the Quran
By Asim Tanveer and Munir Ahmed On August 17, 2023 MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran, demolishing the man’s house, burning churches and damaging several other homes, police and local Christians said. There were no immediate reports of…
Tanzania: Authorities brutally violated Maasai amid forced evictions from ancestral lands
On June 6, 2023 The Tanzanian authorities have repeatedly resorted to ill-treatment, excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and forced evictions against members of the Maasai Indigenous community, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. The report, We have lost everything: Forced evictions of the Maasai in Loliondo, Tanzania, details how the Tanzanian authorities…
Airstrike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region kills at least 26 people
On August 14, 2023 Residents say attack on town square in Finote Selam targeted ethnic Fano militia but civilians were also hit An airstrike on a busy town square in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has killed at least 26 people, in the latest instance of violence in Ethiopia’s second-biggest state, where militia have been fighting the army.…
Kidnappers in Haiti release US nurse and her young daughter nearly 2 weeks after their abduction
BY MICKENSON DUVERGÉ AND DÁNICA COTO On August 10, 2023 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Kidnappers in Haiti released a U.S. nurse and her daughter Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were snatched at gunpoint from the campus of a Christian-run school near Port-au-Prince, underscoring the severe security risks for visitors to a capital city largely controlled by…