HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS Archives - Washington Daily Report

Millions celebrate LGBTQ pride in New York amid global fight for equality

by Jahnra Cadungog | Jul 1, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News

Millions lined the streets of New York on Sunday to wave rainbow flags, celebrate the movement toward LGBTQ equality and renew calls for action in what organizers billed as the largest gay pride celebration in history. Some 150,000 parade marchers and an estimated 4...

Hell on earth: The horrors of North Korean torture camps

by Jahnra Cadungog | Jun 30, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Middle

Beatings, rape, starvation and sick public executions are a daily reality for thousands of North Koreans, according to years of witness testimony. Now, the death of Otto Warmbier has brought fresh scrutiny to the regime’s brutal torture camps under leader Kim...

The Arab world in seven charts: Are Arabs turning their backs on religion?

by Jahnra Cadungog | Jun 23, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Right

The Arab world in seven charts: Are Arabs turning their backs on religion? Arabs are increasingly saying they are no longer religious, according to the largest and most in-depth survey undertaken of the Middle East and North Africa. The finding is one of a...

Sen. Cruz: America Must Always Stand With the People of China

by Ayesha | Jun 4, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre: “Thirty years ago thousands of Chinese protestors...

Sadiq Khan Has A Strong Message For Donald Trump (VIDEO)

by Ayesha | Jun 3, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS

Today, June 3, Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, begins his three-day state visit to the UK. The state visit – which includes a welcome to British culture by way of afternoon tea with Prince William and Kate Middleton and an inspection of...

Judiciary Democrats to DHS: Don’t Conduct ‘Show of Force’ Raids on Immigrant Families

by Ayesha | May 28, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS

Washington—Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats called on the Trump administration not to conduct mass arrests of immigrant families and children, including asylum seekers, as a show of force. These arrests would likely separate families and force children to spend...