World Union of Jewish Students Recognizes the Armenian Genocide
The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) recently formally recognized the Armenian Genocide at its 44th World Congress in Israel....
The Armenian Weekly
Jan 8, 2018
U.N. rights investigator calls for pressure on China, Russia over Myanmar abuses
By Hyonhee Shin The United Nations’ independent investigator into human rights in Myanmar has called for international pressure on China...
Reuters
Dec 28, 2017
Gays Hide, Flee Ex-Soviet Republics As LGBT Crackdowns Turn Brutal
BAKU -- Niko, a 27-year-old gay epileptic from Baku, recalls being beaten, tortured with electric shocks, and raped by four police...
‘Jews out’ and ‘toasting the Holocaust’ daubed on Jewish buildings in Odessa, Ukraine
Anti-Semitic graffiti and slogans painted onto the city’s synagogue, Holocaust museum and community centre Unidentified individuals...
The Times of Israel
Dec 27, 2017
China, Russia oppose UNGA resolution
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution urging Myanmar to end the military campaign against Muslim Rohingyas. It also called on...
Daily Star
Dec 26, 2017
Ukraine: Will the Centre Hold?
What’s the issue? While the war in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbas rumbles on, the regions of Polissya and Zakarpattya in the...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 21, 2017
Can Peacekeepers Break the Deadlock in Ukraine?
What’s the issue? In September 2017, Moscow proposed the deployment of UN peacekeepers along the line dividing Ukrainian from separatist...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 15, 2017
RSF partners receive French human rights award
The two NGOs that are receiving the French Republic's Human Rights Prize in the "Freedom of Information, Press Freedom and Journalism"...
Reporters without Borders 1
Dec 12, 2017
Ukraine genocide curriculum to be developed for schools
The Michigan Governor’s Genocide Studies Council will pursue developing a curriculum to educate students about the genocide through...
Jameson Cook | Daily Tribune
Dec 11, 2017
U.S. caused troubles in Middle East region, Sudan’s Bashir tells Putin
Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Thursday Castigated the U.S. policy in the Middle East region and praised Russia for its support for...
Sudan Tribune
Nov 24, 2017
Opportunities and Challenges Await Kyrgyzstan’s Incoming President
Sooronbai Jeenbekov will be inaugurated as Kyrgyzstan’s fifth president on 24 November, the victor of a tight, unpredictable, contested...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 23, 2017
Trump abandons US commitment to press freedom while in Asia
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores US President Donald Trump’s treatment of the press while on a ten day trip to Asia, which...
Reporters without Borders 1
Nov 14, 2017
