Friday, 12 March 2021, 6:55 am
Iraqi citizen Jaseb Hattab, father of kidnapped activist
Ali Hattab, has been killed by gunshot in Amara city in the
Maysan governorate, southern Iraq, the Euro-Mediterranean
Human Rights Monitor said in a statement today warning of
targeting activists’ families and its implications on the
social peace.
At about 7 p.m. on Wednesday 10th of
March, two gunmen on a motorcycle shot Jaseb directly while
he was walking in Al-Maa’ard street in downtown Amara city
in the Maysan governorate. Prior to his assassination, Jaseb
had been participating in a memorial service for
assassinated activist Abdul Quddus Qasim, which yesterday
GENEVA (11 March 2021) – UN human rights experts have called on President Biden to do everything in his power to end executions in the United States, at both the federal and state level. “The death penalty is an abhorrent practice. It serves .
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 9:20 am
Technology is rapidly evolving and emergent technologies
have an increasingly important part to play in modern
policing.
Today, Police announces its next step in
ensuring that any potential significant new technology is
well considered first – through a new, independent, expert
panel.
“In September 2020, we
announced the development of a Police policy to ensure
appropriate consideration ahead of the trial or use of new
technology capabilities.
We also committed to
establishing an independent expert panel to advise on
technology matters.
A six-member panel has now been
established,” says Mark Evans, Deputy Chief Executive
Insights and Deployment.
The panel will be chaired by
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that it was “appalled” by what appears to be the simultaneous arbitrary killings of nine activists in the Philippines during police-military operations in provinces surrounding the metropolitan area .
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 9 march 2021 Subject: (1) Philippines (2) Central African Republic 1) Philippines We are appalled by the apparently arbitrary killing of nine activists .