Human Rights: Myanmar Urged to Protect Rohingya Population
A United Nations (UN) expert has called for urgent action by the Government of Myanmar to end the suffering of the Rohingya population in the country. “The magnitude of violence…
Libya’s Gaddafi Regime Trial Is Not Fair: UN Report
The trial in Libya of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and 36 other members of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime represented a major effort by the Libyan judiciary to hold people to account…
Human Rights: Orthodox Jews Protest Near the White House
Thousands of Rabbis and members of the Orthodox Jewish demonstrated Wednesday in front of the White House in Washington DC against Israel’s Military Draft Law, which results in the forced…
Humanitarian Crisis: 12 Million People Facing Famine in Yemen
Reports suggest that civilians and civilian objects have been targeted, in violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, over the past two weeks, in the southwestern port…
Security Forces Abusing Human Rights in Myanmar: Report
The scale of violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is documented in a recent United Nations human rights report. According to a UN Special Adviser on the…
UN Agencies Express Concern over Trump’s Muslim Ban Order
By Rakesh Raman A number of United Nations (UN) human rights and refugee welfare agencies have expressed their anguish over President Donald Trump’s arbitrary decision to ban the entry of…