More: Human Rights
Gaza: Nowhere to go, as humanitarian situation reaches ‘lethal low’
UN humanitarians expressed deep concern on Friday for all civilians in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s order for the entire population there to leave...
Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza
Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.
No aid can come in...
Middle Eastern history repeats itself or maybe it doesn’t?
If there is a lesson to be drawn from the Gaza war, it is that history repeats itself: hardliners on both sides of the...
More bloodshed will never resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict
Israel’s allies and enablers — starting with the US — need to convince Netanyahu to end the military occupation and enter negotiations for a...
Droplets of Oppression: Unmasking Israel’s Weaponization of Water in Palestine
“Israeli households have access to three to five times more daily water supply than the average Palestinian household.”
Introduction
The control of water resources has long...
Afghanistan & Pakistan: An Ebbing Equation
Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has been running a countdown on platform X, announcing the ‘number of days’ left for Afghan refugees or...
Diving into the concerning state of LGBTQIA+ rights recognition globally: An interview with Francisco Urrutia
Worldwide, two-thirds of people belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community have suffered violence or abuse, and hate crimes targeting this group of individuals have escalated...
The politics of Saudi and Iranian sports
Saudi and Iranian sports have politics written into their DNA.
Little more than a decade ago, Saudi Arabia fielded three expatriate Saudi women athletes at...
Women and girls continue to be killed, based on gender alone
Continuing violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations, a UN-appointed independent expert said on...
The Vast Potential of the Human Spirit
With hope and courage, we must rise to the challenges before us. We must rise to the challenge of a world set afire by...