Headlines
  • After gunfire outside the White House correspondents' dinner in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump was evacuated.
  • After attending high-level discussions and presenting Pakistani officials with Tehran's list of demands for ending the war, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • US President Donald Trump has called off envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff's planned visit to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran.
  • An intercepted ship affiliated to the Iranian "shadow fleet" is being escorted back to Iran by a Navy helicopter, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).
  • About ten minutes after he announced on Saturday morning that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would not be traveling to Pakistan for diplomatic talks, US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran sent over a new peace offer that was "much better" than what they would have worked with going into the meeting.
  • On Saturday, Tuareg rebels and an Al-Qaeda affiliate took credit for synchronized operations throughout Mali.
  • In the first elections since the start of the Gaza war, Palestinians in the West Bank and central Gaza cast votes for local councils on Saturday.

Tag: Human Rights

January 23, 2019

Iranian Activist Jailed, Allegedly Beaten, After...

On January 19, state TV aired a program claiming that Qolian and an organizer of the Shush protests, Esmail Bakhshi, were linked to Western-based activists who sought to overthrow the government in Tehran

January 21, 2019

Libya: Nightmarish Detention for Migrants, Asylum...

The EU and Italy’s support for the Libyan Coast Guard contributes significantly to the interception of migrants and asylum seekers and their subsequent detention in arbitrary, abusive detention in Libya

January 19, 2019

Cruel, Not Unusual: Iran Prosecutor Backs...

Iran’s religiously dominated system frequently organizes hangings and corporal punishments as public spectacles to discourage would-be criminals and has been called out over its rights record, including the frequent use of the death penalty and occasional reports of blindings or stonings

January 18, 2019

Human Rights Mission in Mali’s Kouloubon Village

The mission was tasked with establishing and documenting the facts and circumstances of alleged human rights violations committed during the mentioned attack

January 7, 2019

Rahaf will not be forcibly sent...

The 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun fled from Kuwait during a family vacation and arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport Saturday night

January 4, 2019

OHCHR Demands Independent Khashoggi Trial

Speaking to journalists in Geneva, Ravina Shamdasani from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), confirmed that her office was aware that the trial was under way

December 30, 2018

Looking Back:A Young Woman and Her...

Several images will likely be iconic of this year’s demonstrations including a young woman – reported to be a student – covering her face as she runs from tear gas just outside the University of Tehran, her fist raised defiantly in the air

December 16, 2018

Colombia: New Groups Killing Afro-Colombians

The 57-page report, “Recycled Violence: Abuses by FARC Dissident Groups in Tumaco on Colombia’s Pacific Coast,” shows how flaws in the demobilization of FARC guerrillas—and in their reincorporation into society—helped prompt the formation of these new dissident groups

December 10, 2018

Human Rights Day

When oppressed – they rose. Together they fought for greater justice, stronger respect and more compassion

Amnesty Calls on ICC to Fully...

Amnesty said Nigeria had failed to meet its obligations under international law to investigate and prosecute crimes as part of the ICC’s preliminary examination

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