Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools
Minister for public security says decision has been taken on ‘national security’ grounds; activists decry announcement. Sri Lanka’s...
Al Jazeera
Mar 14, 2021
Colombian Official Refuses to Say if Children Were Killed in Attack on Rebels
Youths were present, the defense minister said, calling them “machines of war,” but he would not give the ages of the dead. Reports that...
New York Times 1
Mar 13, 2021
Roméo Dallaire urges Canada to act on 'genocide' in China
'Self-interest' is getting in the way of Canada's obligation to defend human rights in China: Dallaire Brennan MacDonald, Vassy Kapelos |...
CBC News
Mar 13, 2021
Top US diplomat decries ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray
Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for an international investigation into ‘ongoing’ atrocities, as well as the exit of Eritrean...
Al Jazeera
Mar 11, 2021
Philippines: UN rights office appalled over simultaneous killings of ‘red-tagged’ activists
9 March 2021 The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that it was “appalled” by what appears to be the simultaneous arbitrary...
Genocide Watch
Mar 10, 2021
Ending Pakistan’s epidemic of enforced disappearances
Thousands of Pakistan’s Baloch have been abducted by security forces. Will Prime Minister Imran Khan act to find our loved ones? Al...
Al Jazeera
Mar 10, 2021
The Uyghur Genocide: An Examination of China’s Breaches of the 1948 Genocide Convention
Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights | Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy...
Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy
Mar 9, 2021
'Deeply alarming corruption': US bill would sanction Honduran president
Group of Democratic senators introducing legislation that would suspend certain US assistance. The Guardian | Nina Lakhani February 23,...
The Guardian
Mar 8, 2021
Philippine Security Forces Are Accused of Killing 9 Activists
A rights group said the activists were killed in coordinated raids in four provinces. An official confirmed that nine people were dead....
Genocide Watch
Mar 7, 2021
'So much trauma': Mozambique conflict sparks mental health crisis
Aid groups warn of collapsed health system as traumatised people displaced by Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado seek help By Kaamil...
The Guardian
Mar 7, 2021
Colombia Seeks Justice for War Atrocities Via New Court
A court in Colombia is exposing atrocities in the country’s long civil war, trying to compile a record all sides can accept, and offering...
New York Times 1
Mar 6, 2021
India went from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in 2020: Freedom House
US-based research institute voices fear the world’s largest democracy is descending into authoritarianism under Modi. Police detain a...
Al Jazeera
Mar 5, 2021
