Tag: Persecution
EU calls for arms embargo to end military atrocities in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar – The European Union has imposed asset freezes and travel bans on 16 individuals and entities in military-ruled Myanmar, including the energy minister, influential businessmen and senior officers, for “serious” human rights abuses in the country. Politicians and administrators in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, are also being sanctioned for their alleged involvement in […]
Once upon a time there was a family
In 1991, the Abdulla family comes to Sweden after five years on the run from Saddam Hussein’s persecution. While Trifa and her siblings quickly integrate into their new country, her parents freeze in their dreams of the homeland of Kurdistan and are marginalized. Everything culminates in the summer of 1999 when Trifa is convinced that […]
The student tried to take her own life because of the persecution
A 12-year-old girl from Hafnarfjörður was harassed and abused by a group of children of the same age. The girl has not been to school for several days, and is now in the hospital after trying to take her own life. Her mom, Sædís Hränn Samúelsdóttir, was interviewed this morning on Bitin Radio Bylgjan, where […]
The global transition will reach a record 89.3 million in 2021: UN report
and more than two-thirds (69 per cent) came from just five countries: Syria (6.8 million), Venezuela (4.6 million), Afghanistan (2.7 million), South Sudan (2.4 million) and Myanmar (1 .2 million). “Every year in the last decade, the numbers have risen,” said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Filippo Grandi. In its report, UNHCR stressed that […]
MIGRI publishes new assessment of security situation in Kabul
The suspension was due to significant changes in the security situation in Afghanistan. As of 9 July 2021, the Finnish Immigration Service has granted international protection to 433 Afghan citizens. However, some asylum seekers have had to wait for a decision because not all the necessary information has been available. These applications can now be […]
Latest developments in Ukraine: 23 May
For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flash point Ukraine. Recent developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. All times EDT: 02:00: Russian citizens can express their dissatisfaction with the way the war against Ukraine is going, the British Ministry of Defense predicted on Monday, based on the number of casualties suffered […]
Finnish Jews face discrimination, says an EU anti-Semitism expert
EU anti-Semitism watchdog Katharina von Schnurbeintold Yle that the Finnish authorities need to do more to combat hate speech, including anti-Semitic narratives. "Our research shows that one in two Europeans see anti-Semitism as a problem in their home country. This figure is 17 per cent of Finns." He said, adding that the relatively small Jewish […]
How Russian artists portrayed world history
The brutal persecution of the first Christians in the Roman Empire, the atrocities of the Turks in the Balkans and the tragedy of the Indian uprising against British rule to name a few. Such themes could not leave Russian artists indifferent. Vasily Vereshchagin. Crucifixion of the Romans, 1887. Vasily Vereshchagin Widespread in the Roman Empire, […]
How Swedish Prince Gustav traveled to Russia and never returned
The story had all the prerequisites for a romantic film: a destitute prince flees to Russia and wants to marry the tsar’s daughter. However, the story did not end so happily. And the truth itself can be more complicated. “Drunk with wine, Gustav threatened to burn down Moscow if they did not let him leave […]
Persecution – I could not stop myself
– I do not understand, why does not she want me? I had to really make sure I did not lose her or lose her. It was when Johan was working on a temporary project in a residential area that he started stalking, stalking a woman. First, they meet a few times in about a […]
UN refugee organization warns of growing violence and human rights abuses at Europe’s borders
Violence, assault and assault continue to be reported regularly at a number of entry points at land and sea borders, inside and outside the European Union (EU), despite repeated calls from UN agencies, including the UNHCR, intergovernmental organizations and NGOs to end such practices. . We are concerned about the repeated and consistent reports coming […]
Bäckman received a suspended sentence for persecuting Yle’s journalist
The Supreme Court has issued an academic Johan Backman 60-day conditional sentence for harassment of Yle reporter Jessikka Aro. Known for his close relationship with Russia, Bäckman repeatedly sent private messages to Aro on Facebook suggesting a meeting. He also published articles on Twitter and Facebook in which the court found that Aro had been […]
Fearing persecution in Pakistan, Hazara youths make dangerous trips to Australia, Europe
Quetta [Pakistan]February 15 (ANI): Fearing targeted extremism and an uncertain future in Pakistan, many Hazara youths make dangerous trips to Australia and Europe. Rafiullah Mandokhail, a Balochistan-based journalist, writes in The Express Tribune and said that the Hazara community, a minority population in Pakistan, has been subjected to a decade of unrest that has ravaged […]
Who Owns the Holocaust?
He describes the Nazis and the six million Jews they murdered as “two white groups of people.” Oddly enough, Goldberg’s structure is partially correct insofar as it follows fairly closely the modern identification of race as a “social construction”. The term “white” was born precisely to identify those who should not be considered slaves to […]
The case of Dagmar Hagelin
But Dagmar Hagelin was far from the only one who disappeared in the military dictatorship’s Argentina. The military junta carried out a systematic persecution of political dissidents and it is said that up to 30,000 people were abducted between 1976 and 1983. They were captured and tortured and most never returned. A documentary by: Fredrik […]
Finland will not join the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics
Finnish Minister of Culture and Sports Antti Kurvinen (Cen), will participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics. According to Yle, he is present to watch the closing ceremony. "This is the main winter sports event, taking place only once every four years," Kurvinen said on the phone. "It is the main event of winter sports for […]
