rights campaigners
Coverage of rights campaigners in the Nexus archive.
- EU faces fierce criticism over plans to host Taliban in Brussels
EU officials are facing criticism for hosting a Taliban delegation in Brussels, as rights campaigners and MEPs argue the meeting could normalize a regime that has banned girls from attending school beyond sixth grade and marginalized women in public life. The Belgian foreign ministry issued five single-day visas to the Taliban delegation for a meeting expected on Tuesday.
- Rights campaigners challenge Israel's death penalty law at London panel
Human rights campaigners in London challenged Israel's death penalty law for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, arguing it reflects a dual legal system and undermines equality before the law. The law, passed in March, permits military courts to impose capital punishment on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank for killing Israelis.
- Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth faced condemnation for linking immigration to the D-day anniversary, with critics accusing him of desecrating the memory of Normandy soldiers. Historians and rights campaigners labeled his remarks as 'grotesque stupidity.'