More: Human Rights
‘Not forgotten, but ignored’: campaigners take Sudan’s war back to the Human Rights Council
Human rights organizations used the opening week of the UN Human Rights Council's 63rd session to press delegates on a conflict they say has...
Amnesty, States, and the Argument Both Sides Keep Missing
Every few months, somewhere in the world, a state expels or threatens to expel a category of foreign nationals, and the exchange that follows...
NAZA: Israeli Whistleblowers Reveal Gaza Civilian Toll in Venice Film
A documentary titled "NAZA," directed by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, reveals that mass civilian deaths were systematically included in Israeli military...
The West Bank’s Ultra-Apartheid (and the Collusive International Silence)
Today, the West Bank is a nightmare of vicious settlement expansion, land seizure, economic strangulation, settler violence and forced displacement.
With the collusion of the...
US aims new sanctions at Sudan’s military junta over its use of chemical weapons
The United States has barred aircraft linked to Sudan’s military junta, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), from operating in its airspace and is tightening...
The Story We’re Not Telling About El-Obeid: SAF’s Human Shields and Trapped Civilians
The battle for El-Obeid is being framed almost exclusively as a story of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) encirclement, but an honest reckoning also requires...
Dushanbe trades a limited amnesty for the closure of its UN case
The UN Human Rights Council has ended its confidential review of the situation in Tajikistan after Emomali Rahmon's government reported unspecified “measures and commitments.”...
Will Trump Cut Ties With the UN Refugee Agency?
The Trump administration is weighing whether to sever ties with the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), triggering an intense behind-the-scenes diplomatic effort to preserve...
From Putin Ally to Critic: Ilya Remeslo Arrested in Russia
The detention of Russian blogger and lawyer Ilya Remeslo marks another significant moment in Russia's tightening restrictions on freedom of expression, illustrating how public...
Utah Man Charged After Alleged Religion Motivated Stabbing of Muslim Worker
A 48 year old man has been arrested in Utah after allegedly stabbing a Muslim kiosk worker multiple times inside a shopping mall in...