Human Rights Rapporteur Urges Expulsion of Israel from United Nation
In a new report submitted at the recent session of the UN General Assembly, the organization’s Special Rapporteur on…
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Julian Assange Speaks for First Time Since Release: ‘I am not free today because the system worked’
At a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday morning, Julian Assange addressed…
The Non-Aligned Countires Are Fed Up With Sanctions: NATO Isn’t
GENEVA, Switzerland. April 4th, 2023. The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution condemning the use of…
Barcelona Mayor Breaks off Civic Relations With Tel-Aviv over “Apartheid State”
In a rather unique act of local government action, paired only in scale perhaps by the Ben & Jerry’s…
African Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Ogiek People On Reparations and Land Rights in Kenya’s Forests
Story at a glance… An African human rights court ruled in favor of the Ogiek people of Kenya against…
One Year Later and Biden Considering Rejoining Quest for Yemen Extermination
PICTURED: King Salman and US President Joe Biden discussed strengthening partnership during phone call. PC: Reuters. Fair Use. WASHINGTON…
U.S. Inaction Puts More 28 Million People at Risk of Starvation in Syria and Yemen
PICTURED: A makeshift aid and water treatment center in south Yemen. WASHINGTON D.C., October 13th, 2021. In a joint-press…
Afghanistan Four Days Later: Girls Return to School and First Official Presser
PICTURED: Taliban official spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid gives a press conference in Kabul. PC: Reuters. Fair Use. Story at a…
Human Rights Watch Report Says Israeli Guilty of Apartheid — Recommends ICC Investigation At Least
PICTURED: A screen capture taken from an embedded video in a HRW official tweet. A report from Human Rights…
Wracked by Decades of War Mosul Museums and Monuments Try and Rebuild
When war came to the country of Iraq in the 21st century, it would arrive in a land that…
Secret Documents Show That Lofty Ideals And International Authority Can’t Save Uighurs
Washington, July 2009. PICTURED: American Uighurs rally outside the White House in an anti-China protest following the Urumqi riots…
Senate Urges EU To Join US Maximum Pressure Campaign In Venezuela
August 8th 2019. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has written Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign…
Venezuela To Share Cuba’s Fate As Sanctions Turn To Embargo
Washington, August 6th, 2019. President Trump has signed an executive order placing the once sanction-gripped South American country of…
UN Resolves That US Sanctions Are A Human Rights Violation, But Needs To Take Action On Their Criminality
Geneva, Switzerland, July 15th, 2019. The 41st session of the United Nations Council on Human Rights adopts a resolution…