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August 13 11:26 AM
PARIS, France (AFP)—Somali referee Omar Artan described taking charge of Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa in Sal...
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August 13 11:19 AM
CALI, Colombia (AFP)—Rescuers in Colombia made a last-ditch effort to locate earthquake survivors early Thursday, as the critical 72-hour window for f...
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August 13 10:49 AM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)—Veteran Cuban leader Raul Castro appeared in public for the first time in months Thursday, attending an event in Havana to mark the...
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August 13 10:41 AM
MAY PEN, Clarendon — Sixty years after its inception, the National Farm Queen Competition is being repositioned for a new generation, with organiser V...
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August 13 10:28 AM
The People’s National Party (PNP) has expressed deep concern at recent statements by President of the Senate, Tom Tavares-Finson, regarding Jamaica’s ...
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August 13 09:53 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica—A man died as a result of injuries he sustained during a two-vehicle crash on the Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000 near Porus whe...
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August 13 09:30 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A firearm, several rounds of ammunition and US$1,780 in cash was seized by members of the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division (NSA...
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August 13 08:01 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP)—Iran's military on Thursday rejected as "lies" remarks by US President Donald Trump claiming control of the Strait of Hormuz, sayin...
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July 21, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican civil society organisations are now better equipped to engage with international human rights processes following a Unite...
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June 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Opposition Spokesperson on Justice Zuleika Jess has blasted the Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck, charging that he is “delusional”, ...
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June 10, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has declared that there are no human rights problems in Jamaica. He made the declaration Wednesday a...
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Proceeds from 2025 Run for Rights 5K directed toward vulnerable children and hurricane relief
April 16, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), one of Jamaica’s leading human rights organisations, presented a cheque for $250,000 to support resid...
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April 4, 2026
WASHINGTON, United CMC – The United States human rights group, Human Rights Watch, has condemned the latest US military strike on a vessel in the Cari...
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August 11, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The UN high commissioner for human rights on Monday called on Venezuela to free human rights activist Martha Lia Grajales,...
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July 30, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados Government Wednesday pledged to work with national, regional and international partners in the fight against...
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July 27, 2025
MBABANE, Eswatini (AFP) — In the small African kingdom of Eswatini, the arrival of five men, including a Jamaican, deported from the United States (US...
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July 11, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — A new human rights report Friday warned that escalating gang violence outside the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has cla...
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June 30, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The climate crisis is threatening the right to life, the United Nations (UN) human rights chief warned Monday, as a heatwa...
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May 22, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) says it stands in solidarity with Merica Frazer, the mother of Mario Deane as it calls for the whe...
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May 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is expressing concern over the recent decision of the Court of...
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April 28, 2025
Government Senator and senior member of the Jamaica Labour Party's Communications Taskforce, Marlon Morgan is calling on Jamaicans from all walks of l...
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April 11, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families has raised questions on...
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April 10, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Two UN experts on Thursday demanded Iran halt imminent finger amputations for three jailed men, calling the punishment a ...
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April 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaicans are being encouraged to know their constitutional and human rights and to make use of the services provided by the Offic...
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January 30, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations (UN) rights chief said Thursday his office would need US$500 million on top of its regular budget to he...
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January 3, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – The United Nations top expert on human rights in Haiti has condemned the “intentional” attacks on hospitals, clinics and health...
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June 18, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than in the previous year, as overall...
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August 13, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP)—Somali referee Omar Artan described taking charge of Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa in Sal...
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August 13, 2026
CALI, Colombia (AFP)—Rescuers in Colombia made a last-ditch effort to locate earthquake survivors early Thursday, as the critical 72-hour window for f...
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August 13, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)—Veteran Cuban leader Raul Castro appeared in public for the first time in months Thursday, attending an event in Havana to mark the...
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August 13, 2026
MAY PEN, Clarendon — Sixty years after its inception, the National Farm Queen Competition is being repositioned for a new generation, with organiser V...
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August 13, 2026
The People’s National Party (PNP) has expressed deep concern at recent statements by President of the Senate, Tom Tavares-Finson, regarding Jamaica’s ...
