While the eyes of the world are on Myanmar's northern Rakhine and Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, more than 60,000 Rohingya children remain nearly forgotten, trapped in appalling camps in central Rakhine where who have fled across the border into Bangladesh, 60,000 Rohingya children remain “almost forgotten,” trapped

Domestic media outlets under strict government control have ignored the anti-government protests in more than “After disrupting Internet access and blocking social networks, the Islamic Republic of Iran is using media outlets by putting pressure on Iranian journalists based abroad and on their families still in Iran Iran is ranked 165th out of 180 countries in RSF's 2017 World Press Freedom Index. https://rsf.org/en /news/iran-tries-censor-coverage-protests-media-based-abroad (c) 2018 Reporters Without Borders

Klerk Foundation agrees with President Ramaphosa’s recent statement that South Africa’s democratic transition South Africa’s transition to constitutional democracy is one of the most notable examples in recent - solemn agreements and constitutions for the long-term assurance of their fundamental rights - rather than to international peace would be to show the world that the solemn agreements on which our democratic transition

That Iran has been in compliance with its JCPOA obligations is beyond dispute. ’s military facilities, and that Iran furthers its missile program). between the U.S. and its allies on the one hand, and Iran on the other, remain high. In that spirit, the EU could signal its intent to facilitate financial transactions with Iran by expediting What they should not do is become unwitting accomplices in the White House's all-too transparent effort

More than 647,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh since August, MSF says. The military crackdown began on 25 August after Rohingya Arsa militants attacked more than 30 police Among the dead children below the age of five, MSF says more than 59% were reportedly shot, 15% burnt

The Condemned: Women and Children Isolated, Trapped and Exploited in Iraq reveals widespread discrimination They are trapped in camps, ostracized and denied food, water and other essentials. have issued orders that block the return of women and children with perceived ties to IS, leaving them trapped See the report: Iraq: The condemned: Woman and children isolated, trapped and exploited in Iraq (c) 2018 /en/latest/news/2018/04/iraq-women-children-with-perceived-ties-to-is-denied-aid-sexually-exploited-trapped-in-camps

Here is important to recall the egregious reporting failures—over more than a decade—of this failing decline in quality and quantity (the statistics cited by Guterres are virtually all from UNAMID and are transparently governments are genuinely committed to combatting conflict-related sexual violence and are willing to translate Darfuri refugees in eastern Chad (see the UN chart, reflecting UNHCR’s figure, in Appendix B)—more than the Tabarat Massacre There have been few examples more revealing of UNAMID impotence and cowardice than

Two traditional foes, Turkey and Iran, have found themselves on the same side of a bitter regional dispute Turkey and Iran directly back opposing factions in Syria's civil war, but have a common interest in backing In response, both Turkey and Iran have defied Saudi Arabia's blockade by sending crucial assistance to Shortly after Saudi Arabia's ban was announced, unlikely ally Iran stepped in to to provide emergency with Iran, one of the reasons that Saudi Arabia initiated the blockade in the first place.

of Mathilde Dorcadie) Helping young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) people Brazil holds the unenviable record of having the highest number of homophobic and transphobic murders Rede Trans Brasil (the Trans Brazil Network) says 144 transsexuals were murdered in the same year, not “It is at least as important as helping a young gay or transsexual person. This story has been translated from French. (c) Equal Times 2017

It stipulated the creation of transitional justice mechanisms to address conflict-era abuses and facilitate The transitional justice process, however, has been marred by delays . Both have been criticized for their lack of transparency, and for failing to properly investigate the

Sudanese women journalists, who described climate of fear they faced reporting under Bashir, & before 2020 transition Pulitzer Prize-winning book on genocide landed Saturday in Sudan, aiming to support the country’s fragile transition head of the ruling sovereign council, and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, the civilian face of Sudan’s transitional Government’s partnership with Sudan’s transitional leaders and citizens, explore how to expand USAID’ s support for Sudan’s transition to a civilian-led democracy,” USAID said.

financial means for its functioning; and demands that all parties work towards a genuine political transition , including through the establishment of an inclusive transitional governing body with full executive written report during an interactive dialogue at the thirty-ninth and fortieth sessions; and decides to transmit Qatar reiterated the transparent manner in which the text was drafted. crimes, and stood ready to continue to support the country’s democratic transition and its peace and