Canada (Tasnim) – Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from Syria, Yemen, Turkey or Sudan, according to the United Nations’ refugee point man in the country. In an…
Israel (Tasnim) – The United Nations raised concerns over a newly announced demolition plan in a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank that threatens dozens of buildings including a primary school. “This is unacceptable and it must stop,” Robert…
United Kingdom (OpenDemocracy) – MPs shouldn’t allow themselves to be scared off talking about Palestinian rights. On 9 February 2017, the House of Commons debated the following motion: That this House reaffirms its support for the negotiation of a lasting peace…
Syria (Tasnim) – Al-Nusra Front terrorists attacked a UN humanitarian aid convoy in Syria on February 20, a diplomatic source told Sputnik on Tuesday. “On February 20, there was an attempted passage of a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations…
Switzerland (HRW) – Participants in the February 23, 2017, UN-sponsored Syria peace talks in Geneva should prioritize five key human rights issues during negotiations, 40 human rights and other organizations said today. The priorities are to end unlawful attacks, ensure aid…
World (OpenDemocracy) – The tragic spectacle of the past five years has pushed migration to the top of the global policy agenda, but it will take a lot of work to transform that opportunity into substantive change. Refugees and migrants have…
Ecuador (NI) –The country often blocks regulation of tax havens and other predatory fiscal policies argues Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Guillaume Long, in an exclusive interview with Britain is a country that often sits ‘on the other side of the fence’…
Afghanistan (GPA) – Civilian casualties hit record numbers in Afghanistan in 2016. 18 civilians lost their lives just last week. Could the international community’s disdain for President Trump finally force the US to be held accountable for war crimes and civilian…
Saudi Arabia (Tasnim) – Islamophobia in parts of the world is fueling terrorism, the head of the United Nations said on a visit to Saudi Arabia, as anti-immigrant sentiment rises in some countries. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the comment to…
Pakistan (HRW) – UN Refugee Agency Complicit in Government Coercion Pakistani authorities have carried out a campaign of abuses and threats to drive out nearly 600,000 Afghans since July 2016, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The returnees…
Lebanon (GV) – According to the United Nations, the Syrian conflict has displaced approximately 6.6 million people in Syria, and forced another 4.8 million to seek refuge in countries around the world. Due to its proximity to Syria, Lebanon is one of the…
Burundi (NFA) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today condemned the recent ban and provisional suspension of a number of civil society organizations in Burundi, and warned about “the obstructive, restrictive and stigmatizing effect of recent legislation on…
Myanmar (Tasnim) – Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned down villages since October in a campaign that likely amounts to crimes against humanity and possibly ethnic cleansing, according to the United Nations.…
Iran (GPA) – After an alleged nuclear capable missile test by Iran on Sunday, US President Donald Trump went on an early morning Twitter rant against the country, but Iranian leaders don’t seem to care. Iran’s Weapon Test: What Really Happened…
Yemen (Tasnim) – A new report by the United Nations looking into just 10 recent attacks by Saudi Arabia in Yemen said some of them could amount to war crimes. A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition has carried out attacks in Yemen…