Human RIghts
World
Girls in Afghanistan Sold to Strangers as Country Devolves into Chaos
Girls in Afghanistan are now being openly sold to complete strangers as a result of the chaos that has reigned there since the Taliban retook the country in August of this year.
Although the practice of selling child brides, or...
USA
Taliban Announces Hardline Interim Government
The Taliban announced the formation of a hardline interim government for Afghanistan on Tuesday, with some main posts taken by veterans of the militant group and their allies in the Haqqani Network, based in North Waziristan, Pakistan.
A Taliban spokesman...
Greece
A Refugee’s Success Story in Greece Thanks to the Home Project
The HOME Project is a group that helps some of the most vulnerable groups of all in Greece -- unaccompanied young migrants and refugees.
Politics
Malliotakis, Menendez Call for Free Elections, Human Rights in Cuba
Greek-American Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis is voicing her support for the burgeoning demonstrations in Cuba, which began recently.
Greek News
Amnesty Blasts Greece for Using Pandemic to Crush Protests
Amnesty released a report on Greece saying that the police is using the pandemic as an excuse to impose blanket bans on protests.
Africa
Meet the Greek-Congolese Model Empowering Girls in Africa
Noella Coursaris Musunka was born to a Greek Cypriot father and a Congolese mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Basketball
NBA Pro Kanter Presented with Inaugural AHEPA Human Rights Award
Enes Kanter, of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and an outspoken critic of Erdogan's Turkey, received the 2021 AHEPA Human Rights Award.
Greece
Greek Man Devotes Life to Feeding the Hungry
Konstantinos Polychronopoulos, founder of charity "The Other Human," works tirelessly feeding the hungry in Greece in the wake of disasters.
Greek News
Greece Criticized on Migrant Policy in US State Department Report
The US State Department’s annual report on human rights has criticized Greece over its treatment of migrants and asylum seekers.
Greek News
US Senate Urges Biden to Press Turkey on Human Rights
The US Senate urged the Biden Administration on Tuesday to apply pressure on Turkey regarding the country's human rights record.
A bipartisan letter signed by 52 senators cited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for marginalizing domestic opposition, silencing or coopting...