Twilight of the Tigris
It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilization itself. But today the Tigris is dying. Human activity and climate change have choked its once
Published : 26 September 2022
Lebanon: Refugees Not a Burden
Debunking the dangerous myth that refugees are an economic burden in Lebanon Research shows the arrival of Syrian refugees in Lebanon did not hurt its economy. BEIRUT—In July, Lebanon’s Minister of the Displaced announced a plan to
Published : 26 September 2022
Protest against TotalEnergies Displacements
TotalEnergies walks a tightrope as fresh hurdles threaten to delay pipeline project International oil major TotalEnergies will on October 10 answer to charges of environmental and human rights abuse before the European Union parliament in Brussels
Published : 25 September 2022
Women Resist UN Corporate Capture
“Bigger than BlackRock: Challenging UN Corporate Partnerships” Feminist economic justice must outweigh investment profits for UN Women On 23 August 2022, the feminists behind #BlockBlackRock met with UN Women representatives to express concerns about the announced partnership
Published : 24 September 2022
Volker Türk New Human Rights Chief
Volker Türk to be appointed next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights after opaque nomination process A week after the end of Michelle Bachelet’s term, States in New York were notified late last night that Secretary-General
Published : 08 September 2022
Global CSOs Demand Response to Israeli Raids
Over 200 Organizations Demand International Community Stand Against Raids and Closures of 7 Palestinian Organizations Amid Israel’s escalating attacks targeting their work, a group of more than 200 Palestinian, regional, and international organizations express our full
Published : 24 August 2022
South Africa: Lindokuhle Mnguni Assassinated
Press statement In the early hours of this morning Lindokuhle Mnguni, the chairperson of the eKhenana Commune and the Youth League, was assassinated at the Commune. Mnguni was a powerful intellectual with a mind like a razor.
Published : 20 August 2022
Palestine: Israeli Forces Raid Human Rights Offices
Israeli forces raid offices of six Palestinian human rights groups Property confiscated in move decried as ‘appalling attack’ on Palestinian civil society in occupied West Bank Israeli forces have raided the offices of six Palestinian human rights
Published : 18 August 2022
International Outrage over Israel NGO Attacks
Israel shutters Palestinian rights groups, drawing diplomatic backlash TEL AVIV—Israel closed the offices of five leading Palestinian rights organizations in an early-morning raid in Ramallah on Thursday, tightening its restrictions on civil society nearly a year
Published : 18 August 2022
