Mosul: UN rights chief urges civilian protection as sniper fire, airstrikes kill dozens
A family climbs out of their destroyed home to flee minutes after an ISIS suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle on the street outside...
Genocide Watch
Mar 28, 2017
'My wounds still hurt and I am very afraid': Yemen's civil war in the words of its forgo
As MPs prepare to debate the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the tragic suffering of some of the conflict's youngest victims has...
The Independent
Mar 28, 2017
UN urges political dialogue between warring parties to avoid famine in Yemen
The United Nations (UN) under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Stephen O’Brien has called upon the warring parties in Yemen to...
The Express Tribune
Mar 27, 2017
Yemen: Attack on Refugee Boat Likely War Crime
Body of a Somali refugee, killed in an attack by a helicopter while travelling in a vessel off the coast of Yemen, is carried at the Red...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 26, 2017
Goodbye, Islamic State. Hello, Anarchy.
On a quiet morning in late February, a convoy of black SUVs and pickups tore through the outskirts of east Mosul, at times nudging 75 mph...
Campbell MacDiarmid and David Kenner | Forgine
Mar 24, 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
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
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
As we work to eradicate ISIS, Iraq's Christians, Yizidis need our help now more than ever
Three years ago ISIS began attacking Iraq's Christians and Yizidis in an onslaught of rape, murder and ruin that was properly designated...
Nina Shea | Fox News
Mar 17, 2017
Advocacy Coalition, Legislators Call on Trump to Act on IS Genocide
By Arman Tarjimanyan Bahzad Farhan Murad points to a list of missing and killed Yazidis to The Associated Press in the small office where...
VOA (Voice of America)
Mar 17, 2017
On the Ground in Iraq’s Battle with the Islamic State—Civilians Caught in the Crossfire
The city of Mosul has been in the news lately as the Iraqi central government and Kurdistan Regional Government, with the support of a...
Belkis Wille | The Progressive
Mar 17, 2017
Human rights abuses and international humanitarian law violations in the Syrian Arab Republic, 21 Ju
Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s...
Genocide Watch
Mar 14, 2017
