Day: March 9, 2017

Amal Clooney today urged Iraq and the world’s nations not to let Isis “get away with genocide”, reports The Independent. The human rights lawyer, who represents victims of Isis rapes and kidnappings, told a UN meeting that what’s “shocking” is not just the group’s brutality but the “passive” response by the world’s nations to the…

Countries around the world are being urged to act now to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief, by a United Nations expert. The appeal by the Special Rapporteur, Ahmed Shaheed, was made at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, where Mr. Shaheed has been setting out his priorities for the…