Chechnya opens terror inquiry into gay men forcibly returned from Moscow
The Russian LGBT Network is concerned for their safety, citing other cases when men were brought back to Chechnya only to disappear or die.
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Feb 13, 2021
Holocaust memorial in Yerevan, Armenia vandalized
FEBRUARY 12, 2021 12:31 Image Source “The desecration of any memorial is extremely unacceptable, moreover the kind of memorials which are...
Jerusalem Post
Feb 12, 2021
Philippines: ‘Drug War’ Killings Rise During Pandemic
Upsurge in Attacks on Activists, Community Leaders, Rights Defenders Detainees sleep in an open basketball court inside the Quezon City...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 12, 2021
Widespread attacks in DR Congo may amount to crimes against humanity
At least 849 civilians were killed in ADF attacks last year in Ituri and North Kivu provinces.
Genocide Watch
Feb 12, 2021
UN: Burkina Faso on brink of protracted humanitarian crisis
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso is on the brink of becoming a protracted crisis after extremist violence displaced over 1 million...
Associated Press 1
Feb 12, 2021
Human Rights Council Intersessional Meeting on the Prevention of Genocide
Statement by Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights 10 February 2021, Geneva. Palais des Nations unies, Geneva....
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Feb 12, 2021
Q&A Central African Republic: First ICC Anti-Balaka Trial
The current climate of impunity is fueling the violence in the CAR. The first Seleka-affiliated suspect was also sent to the ICC in January.
Human Rights Watch
Feb 12, 2021
What Myanmar's Coup Means for the Rohingya
Rohingya refugees walk at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Feb. 2. Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in...
NPR 1
Feb 11, 2021
Thousands March for Justice in Sri Lanka, Despite Ban
Protesters Call for UN Action on Accountability By Meenakshi Ganguly In Sri Lanka, families like those of Mariyasuresh Easwary, whose...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 11, 2021
Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over dam opposition
by Jun N. Aguirre on 8 February 2021 The killing of nine Indigenous leaders by police during an operation in the central Philippines on...
Jun N. Aguirre
Feb 10, 2021
Genocide Emergency: Saudi Arabia and the war in Yemen
Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of the kingdom [Cliff Owen/AP] Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen has created what...
Genocide Watch
Feb 10, 2021
Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison
Thirty-one year old was sentenced in December on charges denounced as politically motivated By Martin Chulov The Saudi women’s rights...
The Guardian
Feb 10, 2021
