Justice Needed for Lasting Peace in Central African Republic
Civilians in the Central African Republic caught a break this week. The government and armed groups signed a peace accord on June 19 that...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 20, 2017
Canada announces new strategy to prevent and address gender-based violence
Many Canadians still face violence every day simply because of their gender expression, gender identity or perceived gender. It’s time...
Steve Lee | LGBT Weekly
Jun 20, 2017
Banning women from domestic work abroad raises trafficking risks
Southeast Asian governments' efforts to stop women from going abroad for domestic work are putting their citizens at greater risk of...
Reuters
Jun 20, 2017
Trump and the battle for eastern Syria
By Jonathan Marcus The battle for Mosul may be entering its final phase. The battle for Raqqa is under way. But the battle for the future...
BBC News
Jun 19, 2017
Burundi: National Observatory Disputed
The National Assembly will shortly analyze the bill on the national observatory for the prevention and eradication of genocide, war...
AllAfrica | allafrica.com
Jun 19, 2017
First, they slaughtered Myanmar Muslims. Now they block Islamic prayers
4 years ago, the military-backed, organized mob slaughtered 500 Muslims, at least. The media reports are inexcusably conservative with...
BBC News
Jun 17, 2017
Burmese Nobel Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi Has Turned Into an Apologist for Genocide Against Muslim
AUNG SAN SUU KYI IS ONE of the most celebrated human rights icons of our age: Nobel Peace Laureate, winner of the Sakharov Prize,...
Mehdi Hasan | The Intercept
Jun 16, 2017
Kazakhstan: Eight Muslim Prisoners of Conscience Sentenced
On 7 April, at the end of a closed trial, a court in the north-eastern city of Pavlodar sentenced Sunni Muslim Kuanysh Bashpayev to four...
!A Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) 1
Jun 16, 2017
Civilian Deaths in Raqqa Mount as US-led Coalition Forces Push to Reclaim City from ISIL
Since beginning a large-scale offensive campaign on 6 June, the US-led coalition has continued to advance in Raqqa, the de facto capital...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jun 16, 2017
UN Secretary-General Fails to Speak Up for Rights in Central Asia
By Hugh Williamson United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres shakes hands with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev during their...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 15, 2017
Statement by Ms. Yanghee LEE, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar at the
Agenda item 4 Geneva, 15 June 2017 Distinguished Representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for the opportunity to once again...
Genocide Watch
Jun 15, 2017
Stockton University Holocaust Center Passes Along Survivor Stories to Next Generation
Photo taken at the annual intergenerational brunch for Holocaust survivors and their families. Front: (From left) Holocaust survivors...
Jon Marks | Jewish Exponent
Jun 14, 2017
