The Netherlands Needs to Stay Vigilant Against Homophobic Violence
A gay couple was walking home in a provincial town, holding hands. They encountered a group of youths who started shouting homophobic...
Human Rights Watch
Apr 4, 2017
Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says
By Andrew E. Kramer MOSCOW — First, two television reporters vanished. Then a waiter went missing. Over the past week, men ranging in age...
New York Times 1
Apr 1, 2017
Inside the “perfect storm” of famine
Like the four countries facing extreme hunger crises today, the famine that gripped Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985 struggled for attention...
IRIN News
Apr 1, 2017
Refugees from Chechnya unsuccessfully seek refuge in Poland
Attorneys refused access to their refugee clients’ interviews with the Border Guard. Photo: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights On a...
Euronews
Mar 31, 2017
Pakistan wants millions of Afghan refugees gone. It's a humanitarian crisis waiting to happen
© Fayaz Aziz/Reuters In the bustling border town of Peshawar, Pakis In the bustling border town of Peshawar, Pakistan, the lines form...
PRI
Mar 31, 2017
Chios: Syrian refugee critical after 'self-immolation'
More than 60,000 refugees are stranded across Greece [File: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters] CHICOS, Greece— A Syrian refugee is in critical...
Al Jazeera
Mar 31, 2017
Central African Republic: Armed Groups Using Schools
UPC fighters outside a kindergarten in Ngadja, Ouaka province. The fighters have used the building as a base since October 2014. © 2017...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 24, 2017
Beauty and the Beast: Malaysian film censors back down in 'gay moment' row
Country’s censorship board approves 13-plus rating after previously demanding Disney cut gay scene from live-action remake before release...
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Mar 23, 2017
Kenya: Protect Somalis Facing Conflict, Abuses, Drought
Kenya should protect and assist Somali refugees and asylum seekers facing ongoing conflict and a humanitarian crisis in Somalia, Human...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 23, 2017
The Portuguese denied citizenship in their own country
Members of Afro-descendant communities, rendered 'foreigners' due to a discriminatory nationality law, are speaking up. By Ana Naomi de...
Al Jazeera
Mar 23, 2017
UN report decries Israeli settlements' 'alarming pace'
srael plans to build 6,000 new housing units in Palestinian areas [Mikkel Bahl/Danwatch] The UN's special rapporteur on the occupied...
Al Jazeera
Mar 22, 2017
Refugees fear harsher treatment under Hungarian law
A new law states that all asylum seekers are to be kept in camps. Just a year ago, Hungary put up razor-wire fences along the country's...
Al Jazeera
Mar 22, 2017
