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
Rape, abuse, death of girls at Guatemala home burned by fire
ILE - In this March 17, 2017 file photo, Shirley Palencia weeps during the burial service for 17-year-old sister Kimberly Palencia Ortiz,...
Associated Press 1
Mar 22, 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
Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave
The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and dumped the bodies of possibly hundreds of detainees at a site near Mosul, Human...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 22, 2017
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding past genocides, and for other purpose
115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 220 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding past genocides, and for other...
H Res 220
Mar 22, 2017
LGBT community top target for hate acts in Boston
Mason Dunn of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition spoke at a February rally to support transgender students. One-third of...
Kay Lazar | The Boston Globe
Mar 21, 2017
White man traveled to New York to kill black men and ‘make a statement,’ police say
A white man from Maryland who told police he traveled to New York to kill black men turned himself in on Wednesday, about 24 hours after...
Washington Post
Mar 21, 2017
U.S. skips regional human rights panel examining reports of abuse by U.S. officials
(Associated Press) The Trump administration did not attend a regional human rights hearing that examined how U.S. policies are hurting...
Los Angeles Times
Mar 21, 2017
It Can Happen Here: Assessing the Risk of Genocide in the US
It Can Happen Here: Assessing the Risk of Genocide in the US - Dr. James Waller, Keene State College The Center for the Development of...
Dr. James Waller |The Center for the Development
Mar 20, 2017
Rohingya newborns offer frail hope in face of Myanmar violence
Asmot Ara, 18, holds her seven-day-old unnamed daughter as she poses for a photograph inside their shelter in Balukhali unregistered...
Antoni Slodkowski and Mohammad Ponir Hossain |
Mar 20, 2017
