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Visa refusal for UN human rights staff in Palestine part of wider ‘worrying trend’
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has deplored Israel’s refusal to grant visas for her staff in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to...
Kashmir as a Humanitarian Issue
Kashmir is suffering through brutal fight of terror since 1990, but India has failed to crush the right of self-determination of Kashmir. Kashmir valley...
Israeli suppression of Palestinian rights organizations ‘illegal and unacceptable’
Twenty-four UN-appointed independent human rights experts condemned on Wednesday, Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank, describing it as...
Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence: Get Educated for a Change in Society
Race, racism, and police violence are major issues in our society today. They are interwoven, expressing the problems faced by some groups of people....
Please, resolve Rohingya refugee crisis: August 25 to mark fifth anniversary of this crisis
For the past five years, various speculations have been going on about the repatriation of Rohingyas. Recently, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Saudi-Egyptian World Cup bid could make Qatar’s experience look like a cakewalk
At first glance, a potential bid by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, two of the world's worst human rights violators, together with Greece, to host...
The Intensifying War in Yemen: World’s worst Humanitarian crisis
Since the beginning of this year, the violence in Yemen's civil conflict has increased. From being the centre of the ancient Arab world, the...
Israelis and Palestinians agree on one thing: Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity
If there is one thing that Israelis and Palestinians agree on and religiously adhere to, it’s Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity as “doing the...
‘Immensely bleak’ future for Afghanistan unless massive human rights reversal
The international community must dramatically increase efforts to urge the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to adhere to basic human rights principles, a group...
Myanmar: Crimes against humanity committed systematically
Crimes against humanity continue to be systematically committed in Myanmar, with ongoing conflicts severely impacting women and children, according to a UN report released...