Has the Libyan Civil War Come to an End?
Addressing the LPDF on December 2, UNSMIL acting chief Stephanie Williams noted that 20,000 foreign forces still on Libyan soil besides continued hate speech and human rights abuses.
Will Biden Upend the Controversial US-UAE Arms Deal?
How Biden addresses this sale will be an early test of his administration’s true commitment to changing US foreign policy in order to further prioritize human rights.
Israel Is the Perpetual Winner of All US Presidential Elections
Department of State is planning to label human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as anti-Semitic, thus depriving them of U.
How Will Antony Blinken Handle US Foreign Policy on Syria, Turkey and Yemen?
Blinken on Yemen
Yemen faces the worst humanitarian crisis in the world according to UNICEF, a condition brought about in large part by the devastating Saudi Arabia- and UAE-led war.
“Trumpism was an aberrational swing of the political pendulum to the extreme right”: Interview with Poka Laenui
Nihan Duran interviewed Human Rights Advocate and the former Vice President of World Council of Indigenous Peoples (WCIP) Poka Laenui (Hayden F.
Jewish Americans Wanted Anything But Donald Trump
democratic election process and unwillingness to concede to President-elect Biden, how Jewish Americans voted gives some indication about the significance of Biden’s win and the opportunity to roll back Trump’s policies and disregard for humanity on national and global levels.
With Biden’s Win, Saudi Arabia Is Now More Desperate to Appease Israel
respectively, made a lengthy appearance on the Saudi TV channel Al-Arabiya in which he spared no effort at demonizing and dehumanizing the Palestinians.
Mercenaries in Karabakh: Who They Are and How They Got There
Read: Mercenaries Reborn: How Private Armies Violate Human RightsThe Azerbaijani media claimed that nationals of Greece, Spain, France, Canada, Lebanon, Syria, Georgia, and Russia came to Karabakh as mercenaries to support Armenia.
Homeless Migrants Are Harassed, Chased, and Cleared Out by the French Police
French activist screamed to police officers that violently cleared out a temporary camp in central Paris, “They are human beings; you cannot treat them as animals!” The protest broke out to demonstrate against the lack of housing that left hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in extreme destitution on the streets.
Why Irish and Palestinian Hunger Strikers Choose Self-Sacrifice
Solidarity and opposition express an unarticulated global humanism.
Greek Refugee Camps Lack the Minimum Standards for Human Life
he Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor issued a statement on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, stating that Greek refugee camps lack the minimum standards for human life, and that refugees and asylum seekers are forced to endure unbearable conditions which in turn “poses serious risks to their physical and mental safety and well-being.
Making Sense of Hunger Strikes and Symbolic Politics
support, has mounted a worldwide defamatory pushback against criticism at the UN or from human rights defenders around the world, shamelessly playing ‘the anti-Semitic card’ in its effort to destroy nonviolent solidarity efforts such as the pro-Palestinian BDS Campaign modeled on an initiative that had mobilized worldwide opposition to South African apartheid.
Is Russian Cultural Hegemony in Central Asia Finally Over?
Central Asia, with its geostrategic importance and pathway of the historic Silk Road, hosts significant human potential along with its economic leap in the last two decades.
A Turkish-Italian Alliance on Libya?
Read: The Turkish-Libyan Maritime Deal
The Memorandum of Understanding, signed in February 2017 by Italy and the GNA led by Fayez al-Sarraj, set out a framework for the two countries to work together in "development cooperation, countering irregular migration, human trafficking and smuggling, and reinforcing security at the Libya-Italy border".
Israeli Occupation and the Palestinian Identity: An Interview with Sami Al-Arian
However, many Palestinians would argue that it’s not an excuse for them to be denied basic rights as human beings because not being a citizen in a nation-state system puts huge hardship and burden on these communities and makes them non-entities, non-citizens, and non-human beings.
How the Politics of Antiracism Impact Art, Culture, and Literature
It was not the lengthy statistics of police oppression and brutality in the United States that motivated Black Lives Matter protests across the world; it was not the financial quantity of wealth generated by European empires during colonial history, or the volume of human beings displaced.
The Drone Warfare Revolution Has Arrived
The drones killing humans today are directly controlled by other human beings.
How the UAE’s Lobbying Instrument Works Abroad
One of the main reasons for the discomfort in the US and Britain is the UAE’s actions in Yemen and the human rights issues.
Despite Withdrawal, Medal for Sisi Only Exposes Lack of Credibility
George to Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has ruled the country since the military coup in 2013 and with widespread violations of human rights.
Genocide on Trial: The Rohingya Plight and Gambia’s Moral Foreign Policy
Indeed, when the Gambia, a tiny West African nation took Myanmar to the ICJ on November 11, on charges of genocide against the Rohingya community, humanity at large was ethically and morally “absolved” of its inaction.
