162 articles tagged "human-rights"
The Director of the Fiji Human Rights and Anti Discrimination Commission, Ashwin Raj says the US State Department’s 2020 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Fiji contains factual inaccuracies and has a scant i
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Justice, Law and Human Rights Chairman, Alvick Maharaj says about 30% of voters did not vote in the 2018 general elections and if these voters vote, then they can change a lot of thin
The Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission is awaiting a response from a shipping company in relation to allegations of serious human rights breaches involving its employees, the seven Filipino seafarers who ar
Some Bangladeshi nationals working for a local company are claiming that the company is not releasing their passports to them, they are allegedly being underpaid and the company is allegedly not giving them time to pray
The Methodist Church in Fiji has relieved the Superintendent of the Dilkusha Home in Nausori from her duties for the next three weeks. This was confirmed to fijivillage by the General Secretary of the Methodist Chu
The economic empowerment of women is one sure way to alleviate poverty and in the post COVID world, it especially holds immense strength to get economies back on their feet, according to Minister for Women, Children and
The Director of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Ashwin Raj says he does not need a lawyer-turned-politician to tell him what needs to be done. SODELPA’s Deputy Leader, Filimoni Vosarogo had po
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that he has decided to retract the Draft Police Bill consultations and Coordinator Shamima Ali says they will continue to ensure that wid
The Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission, Methodist Church in Fiji, Social Welfare Department and Police will meet this afternoon to discuss the case where children living in Dilkusha Home have been allegedly
The Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission is continuing it’s investigations after complaints of alleged human rights violations received from Bangladeshi nationals working for a construction company. Di
The Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission has today confirmed that it has received a complaint from a 50-year-old man from Sigatoka who alleged that he was verbally and physically assaulted by a group of polic
The Director of Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission, Ashwin Raj says Ben Padarath needs to wake up and have a hard look at our social spaces where children from diverse backgrounds are flourishing while Pada
The Director of Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission, Ashwin Raj says they have consciously refrained from making comments on the ongoing governance issues at the University of the South Pacific as the Commis
The NGO Coalition on Human Rights Chair, Nalini Singh is calling for stronger accountability and commitment to human rights in Fiji however the Director of Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission, Ashwin Raj say
Eight police officers who were questioned for their alleged involvement in the incident which resulted in the death of Mesake Sinu in Nadi on October 12th last year, will remain at work until the Director of Public Pros
The Human Rights Watch has welcomed Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan’s successful election as President of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan’s successful election as President of the United Nations Human Rights Council is a victory for the basic rights of all climate-vulnerable people.
The UN Human Rights Council has elected Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan to serve as its President for 2021. Khan was elected through a secret ballot
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says no doubt there is a lack of jurisprudence and that is because lawyers have not taken matters to the court. Jurisprudence is the theoretical study of the law. While spe
The Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission is urging members of the public who post incidents of alleged human rights violations on social media platforms to also report these matters to relevant authorities.
