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Call for Input for the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory to the Human Rights Council
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - TRANSCEND Media Service
October 28th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
‘Orphanage City’ Helps Children in Gaza as the Genocide Grinds On
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service
October 7th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Three New Kinds of Refugees in a World of Migrants
Vijay Prashad | Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 9th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Human Rights World Report 2024: Israel and Palestine
Human Rights Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service
August 12th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Water War Crimes: How Israel Has Weaponized Water in Its Military Campaign in Gaza
Oxfam International - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 29th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
UN Human Rights Report 2023
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 22nd, 2024 ( No Comments »)
How Israel Weaponizes Water
Vijay Prashad | Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 8th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Israel Is Wielding Starvation as a Weapon of War
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 8th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Grim Milestone: Over 100,000 Killed, Wounded, Missing in Gaza
Defend Democracy Press - TRANSCEND Media Service
February 12th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Shocking Spike in Use of Unlawful Lethal Force by Israeli Forces against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank
Amnesty International - TRANSCEND Media Service
February 12th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
‘Transported in Cages’ – Shocking Details of How Israel Treats Female Gaza Prisoners
Fayha’ Shalash | Defend Democracy Press - TRANSCEND Media Service
February 12th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Know Their Names
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 29th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Activating the Genocide Convention
Craig Murray | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service
November 27th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Activating the Genocide Convention)
Human Rights: Advances in Neurotechnology Lead to Calls for Protection against Abuse of ‘Brain Data’
Sara Chessa – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 13th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Human Rights: Advances in Neurotechnology Lead to Calls for Protection against Abuse of ‘Brain Data’)
World Refugee Day Marked by 108 Million Being Displaced
Abayomi Azikiwe – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 26th, 2023 ( Comments Off on World Refugee Day Marked by 108 Million Being Displaced)
Digital Privacy Legislation Is Civil Rights Legislation
Paige Collings and Adam Schwartz | Electronic Frontier Foundation - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 22nd, 2023 ( Comments Off on Digital Privacy Legislation Is Civil Rights Legislation)
World Hunger Doubles
IPS | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 1st, 2023 ( Comments Off on World Hunger Doubles)
Human Rights Watch Deliberately only Scratched the Surface in Exploring Ukraine’s Use of Banned ‘Petal’ Mines
Eva Bartlett - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 3rd, 2023 ( 2 Comments »)
Poverty amid Plenty
Liz Theoharis | TomDispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service
February 13th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Poverty amid Plenty)
Unequal Mercy
Helen Benedict | TomDispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 5th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Unequal Mercy)
Every Child Has a Right to Realize the Human Potential
Yasmine Sherif | ECW - TRANSCEND Media Service
November 28th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Every Child Has a Right to Realize the Human Potential)
Millions of Girls Abused in the Name of Fake, Toxic Masculinity
Baher Kamal | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service
October 17th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Millions of Girls Abused in the Name of Fake, Toxic Masculinity)
A World of 8 Billion, Yes, but only a Few Are Seen as Human Beings (Part 1)
Baher Kamal | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 11th, 2022 ( Comments Off on A World of 8 Billion, Yes, but only a Few Are Seen as Human Beings (Part 1))
A World of 8 Billion, Yes, but the Unseen, Untold Story of the 50% (Part 2)
Baher Kamal | IPS - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 11th, 2022 ( Comments Off on A World of 8 Billion, Yes, but the Unseen, Untold Story of the 50% (Part 2))
Refugees Welcome – Sometimes
William T. Hathaway – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 13th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Refugees Welcome – Sometimes)
Defining Refugees in the Era of Climate Displacement
Dewi Zarni | BIMI at UC Berkeley - TRANSCEND Media Service
August 2nd, 2021 ( Comments Off on Defining Refugees in the Era of Climate Displacement)
Family of Girl, 12, Forced to Marry Abductor Condemn Pakistan Authorities
Haroon Janjua | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service
February 15th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Family of Girl, 12, Forced to Marry Abductor Condemn Pakistan Authorities)
A Murderous System Is Being Created Before Our Very Eyes
Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture | Republik - TRANSCEND Media Service
February 8th, 2021 ( Comments Off on A Murderous System Is Being Created Before Our Very Eyes)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Original Version)
United Nations General Assembly – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Updated and Amended Version)
Diane Perlman Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
Amnesty International Shutters Offices in India, Citing Government Attacks
Sameer Yasir and Hari Kumar | The New York Times - TRANSCEND Media Service
October 5th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Amnesty International Shutters Offices in India, Citing Government Attacks)
Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Thousands Stranded in Bay of Bengal ‘Unable to Come Ashore’
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 11th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
Can a Virus Undermine Human Rights?
Olivier Nay | The Lancet – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 27th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
Ending the Unthinkable Injustice of Human Chaining
Emina Ćerimović and Kim Samuel | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 13th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
U.S. to Block Iran’s Request to IMF for $5 Billion Loan to Fight Coronavirus
Ian Talley and Benoit Faucon | The Wall Street Journal - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 13th, 2020 ( Comments Off on U.S. to Block Iran’s Request to IMF for $5 Billion Loan to Fight Coronavirus)
Turning Despair into Hope
Boaventura de Sousa Santos | Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 10th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Turning Despair into Hope)
Landmark UN Ruling: Countries Banned from Returning Refugees to Countries Threatened by Climate Crisis
Countercurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 27th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Landmark UN Ruling: Countries Banned from Returning Refugees to Countries Threatened by Climate Crisis)
Smart Power & the Human Rights Industrial Complex
Patrick Henningsen | UK Column – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 20th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Smart Power & the Human Rights Industrial Complex)
Qatar: End of Abusive Exit Permits for Migrant Workers
Human Rights Watch | Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 20th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Qatar: End of Abusive Exit Permits for Migrant Workers)
Nepal Makes First ‘Period Hut’ Arrest after Woman Dies during Banned Custom
Arun Budhathoki – The Guardian
December 23rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on Nepal Makes First ‘Period Hut’ Arrest after Woman Dies during Banned Custom)
New Citizenship Law in India ‘Fundamentally Discriminatory’: UN Human Rights Office
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 16th, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
Let’s Give Thanks for Indigenous Resistance
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!
December 2nd, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
An Open Letter from Doctors: Julian Assange “Could Die in Prison”
WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 2nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on An Open Letter from Doctors: Julian Assange “Could Die in Prison”)
Muslim Nations Bring Genocide Suit against Myanmar over 2017 Expulsion of Rohingya
Radio Free Asia – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 18th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Muslim Nations Bring Genocide Suit against Myanmar over 2017 Expulsion of Rohingya)
A Brief Account of «the Destruction of the Indians» in Brazil
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 18th, 2019 ( Comments Off on A Brief Account of «the Destruction of the Indians» in Brazil)
UN Envoy’s Grim Warning over Assange’s Life in British Prison
Editorial | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 18th, 2019 ( Comments Off on UN Envoy’s Grim Warning over Assange’s Life in British Prison)
Hollow Promises of a Better Life: Modern-Day Slavery
Kyodo News | Democratic World Federalists – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 18th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Hollow Promises of a Better Life: Modern-Day Slavery)
The Future of Human Rights: Regressive Trends and Restorative Prospects
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 4th, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
UK Blocks Spanish Judge from Questioning Julian Assange over Spying Allegations
José María Irujo – El País
October 28th, 2019 ( Comments Off on UK Blocks Spanish Judge from Questioning Julian Assange over Spying Allegations)
Brazilian Experts Warn in Open Letter to President Bolsonaro a ‘Genocide Is Underway’ against Uncontacted Tribes
Jessica Corbett – Common Dreams
October 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Brazilian Experts Warn in Open Letter to President Bolsonaro a ‘Genocide Is Underway’ against Uncontacted Tribes)
US Drone Strike Kills 30 Pine Nut Workers in Afghanistan
Reuters – The Guardian
September 23rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on US Drone Strike Kills 30 Pine Nut Workers in Afghanistan)
Chained to Its Past: A German Recipe for Injustice toward the People of Palestine
Hans von Sponeck and Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 23rd, 2019 ( 2 Comments »)
The 5G Electromagnetic “Mad Zone” Poised to Self-Destruct: The 5G “Dementors” Meet the 4G “Zombie Apocalypse”
Claire Edwards – Global Research
September 23rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on The 5G Electromagnetic “Mad Zone” Poised to Self-Destruct: The 5G “Dementors” Meet the 4G “Zombie Apocalypse”)
Yemen: Western Powers May Be Held Responsible for War Crimes – UN
BBC – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 16th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Yemen: Western Powers May Be Held Responsible for War Crimes – UN)
British Judge Jails Assange Indefinitely, Despite End of Prison Sentence
Oscar Grenfell | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 16th, 2019 ( Comments Off on British Judge Jails Assange Indefinitely, Despite End of Prison Sentence)
Nestlé and the Privatization of Water
Franklin Frederick - Global Research
September 2nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on Nestlé and the Privatization of Water)
Clinical Psychologist Lissa Johnson: They Are Trying to Break Assange “Physically and Psychologically”
Oscar Grenfell | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 2nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on Clinical Psychologist Lissa Johnson: They Are Trying to Break Assange “Physically and Psychologically”)
Breaking the Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange
Mnar Muhawesh - MintPress News
September 2nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on Breaking the Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange)
Amazon’s Indigenous Warriors Take on Invading Loggers and Ranchers
Fabiano Maisonnave – The Guardian
September 2nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on Amazon’s Indigenous Warriors Take on Invading Loggers and Ranchers)
Murder of Brazilian Indigenous Leader a ‘Worrying Symptom’ of Land Invasion
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 5th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Murder of Brazilian Indigenous Leader a ‘Worrying Symptom’ of Land Invasion)
US Blocks UN Statement to Condemn Demolition of Palestinian Homes
Quds News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 29th, 2019 ( Comments Off on US Blocks UN Statement to Condemn Demolition of Palestinian Homes)
NSA Whistleblower Speaks about Julian Assange & the ‘Shadow Government’
Arjun Walia | Collective Evolution – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 29th, 2019 ( Comments Off on NSA Whistleblower Speaks about Julian Assange & the ‘Shadow Government’)
Border Patrol Agents Tried to Delete Racist and Obscene Facebook Posts. We Archived Them.
Ryan Devereaux – The Intercept
July 8th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Border Patrol Agents Tried to Delete Racist and Obscene Facebook Posts. We Archived Them.)
US Government Tops All for Creating Refugees
Eric Zuesse | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 8th, 2019 ( Comments Off on US Government Tops All for Creating Refugees)
Italy Judge Orders Release of Sea-Watch Captain Carola Rackete
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 8th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Italy Judge Orders Release of Sea-Watch Captain Carola Rackete)
This Photo Is about Bodies – Migrant Bodies, and Our Body Politic. Don’t Look Away
Sabrina Vourvoulias – The Guardian
July 1st, 2019 ( Comments Off on This Photo Is about Bodies – Migrant Bodies, and Our Body Politic. Don’t Look Away)
American Concentration Camps
Robert C. Koehler | Common Wonders – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 1st, 2019 ( Comments Off on American Concentration Camps)
Pictures of Dead Migrants Inspire Our Sympathy. But what Use Is That to Them?
Gary Younge – The Guardian
July 1st, 2019 ( Comments Off on Pictures of Dead Migrants Inspire Our Sympathy. But what Use Is That to Them?)
Refugees Are Finding Their Own Solutions – But Are Taking Great Risks in the Process
Dr Jeff Crisp | Refugee Law Initiative – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 24th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Refugees Are Finding Their Own Solutions – But Are Taking Great Risks in the Process)
Record Displacement Shows ‘We’re Almost Unable to Make Peace’, Warns UN Refugee Agency Chief
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 24th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Record Displacement Shows ‘We’re Almost Unable to Make Peace’, Warns UN Refugee Agency Chief)
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 10th, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
Torture as a Jus Cogens Norm
Law Teacher – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 10th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Torture as a Jus Cogens Norm)
Abuses Show Assange Case Was Never About Law
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 3rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on Abuses Show Assange Case Was Never About Law)
John Pilger Speaks Out: “Today It’s Julian Assange, Tomorrow It Could Be You”
World Socialist Website – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 3rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on John Pilger Speaks Out: “Today It’s Julian Assange, Tomorrow It Could Be You”)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The United Nations General Assembly – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Economic Sanctions as Collective Punishment: The Case of Venezuela
Mark Weisbrot and Jeffrey Sachs | CEPR-Center for Economic and Policy Research – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Economic Sanctions as Collective Punishment: The Case of Venezuela)
Australia High Court to Decide if Aboriginals without Citizenship Can Be Deported
David Love – Atlanta Black Star
May 6th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Australia High Court to Decide if Aboriginals without Citizenship Can Be Deported)
Decadent “Western Community of Values”. Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery
Dr. Rudolf Hänsel – Global Research
May 6th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Decadent “Western Community of Values”. Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery)
UN Rights Experts Condemn Assange Arrest
Agence France-Presse – The Philippine Star
April 15th, 2019 ( Comments Off on UN Rights Experts Condemn Assange Arrest)
Facebook Removes Page of Ecuador’s Former President on Same Day as Assange’s Arrest
Elias Marat | The Mind Unleashed – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 15th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Facebook Removes Page of Ecuador’s Former President on Same Day as Assange’s Arrest)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
United Nations General Assembly – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Brazil to Open Indigenous Reserves to Mining without Indigenous Consent
Sue Branford and Maurício Torres | Mongabay – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Brazil to Open Indigenous Reserves to Mining without Indigenous Consent)
UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Advances Accountability and Initiates New Investigations
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Advances Accountability and Initiates New Investigations)
Trump Ally Erik Prince’s Company Expands to another Country Allegedly Committing Human Rights Violations: Myanmar
Cristina Maza - Newsweek
March 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Trump Ally Erik Prince’s Company Expands to another Country Allegedly Committing Human Rights Violations: Myanmar)
Xinjiang: The Silence of the Muslims
Gwynne Dyer – The Japan Times
March 18th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Xinjiang: The Silence of the Muslims)
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
UN Human Rights Council – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 4th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory)
‘Global Indifference to Human Rights Violations in the Middle East and North Africa Fuelling Atrocities and Impunity’
Amnesty International – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 4th, 2019 ( Comments Off on ‘Global Indifference to Human Rights Violations in the Middle East and North Africa Fuelling Atrocities and Impunity’)
Migrant Crisis in Europe? Look at Yemen
Helen Lackner | Open Democracy – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 4th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Migrant Crisis in Europe? Look at Yemen)
Disaster Capitalism in Brazil: Mining Greed Produces a Horrific Death Toll
Vijay Prashad | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 11th, 2019 ( 2 Comments »)
Julian Assange Is Dying in Darkness while the Washington Post Pats Itself on the Back
Adam Garrie | Eurasia Future – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 11th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Julian Assange Is Dying in Darkness while the Washington Post Pats Itself on the Back)
Leaked WikiLeaks Doc Reveals US Military Use of IMF, World Bank as “Unconventional” Weapons
Whitney Webb – MintPress News
February 11th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Leaked WikiLeaks Doc Reveals US Military Use of IMF, World Bank as “Unconventional” Weapons)
UN Rapporteur: US Sanctions against Venezuela Causing Economic and Humanitarian Crisis
Irish Examiner – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 4th, 2019 ( Comments Off on UN Rapporteur: US Sanctions against Venezuela Causing Economic and Humanitarian Crisis)
Libya: Nightmarish Detention for Migrants, Asylum Seekers
Human Rights Watch | Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 28th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Libya: Nightmarish Detention for Migrants, Asylum Seekers)
Destroy ‘Period Huts’ or Forget State Support: Nepal Moves to End Practice
Rojita Adhikari – The Guardian
January 28th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Destroy ‘Period Huts’ or Forget State Support: Nepal Moves to End Practice)
Fact Check: How Many People Are Enslaved in the World Today?
Monti Datta – The Conversation
January 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Fact Check: How Many People Are Enslaved in the World Today?)
Rising Human Trafficking Takes on ‘Horrific Dimensions’: Almost a Third of Victims Are Children
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 14th, 2019 ( 2 Comments »)
Afghanistan in Photos: When a US Strike Hits a Family Home
Andrew Quilty , Abigail Fielding-Smith , Jessica Purkiss – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
January 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Afghanistan in Photos: When a US Strike Hits a Family Home)
From Child Refugee in Mozambique to School Principal in the United States
Marta Martinez | UNHCR – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on From Child Refugee in Mozambique to School Principal in the United States)
Storms and Snow in Lebanon Worsen Plight for Syrian Refugees
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Storms and Snow in Lebanon Worsen Plight for Syrian Refugees)
Amid Troop Build-Up in Rohingya’s Home State, UN Appeals to Myanmar for Peaceful Solution
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Amid Troop Build-Up in Rohingya’s Home State, UN Appeals to Myanmar for Peaceful Solution)
Evangelical Christian Group Upset That LGBTQ People Are Mentioned in Anti-Lynching Bill
Carol Kuruvilla - HuffPost
January 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Evangelical Christian Group Upset That LGBTQ People Are Mentioned in Anti-Lynching Bill)
Within Hours of Taking Office, Brazil’s “Trump of the Tropics” Starts Assault on the Amazon
Andy Rowell | Oil Change International – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 7th, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
Uyghur Dispersion and Detention in China – Worse Than We Thought
Gu Qi and Li Zaili | Bitter Winter – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 31st, 2018 ( Comments Off on Uyghur Dispersion and Detention in China – Worse Than We Thought)
Genocide: 70 Years On, Three Reasons That the UN Convention Is Still Failing
Rachael Burns – The Conversation
December 24th, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
Never Again, and Again: Can the World Stop Genocide?
The Economist – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 10th, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
Migrants: A UN Conference Undermined by 11th Hour Withdrawals
Thalif Deen | IPS News – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 10th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Migrants: A UN Conference Undermined by 11th Hour Withdrawals)
New Report Provides First Comprehensive Legal Analysis of the Role of Gender in Genocide
Sareta Ashraph & Liz Olson | Global Justice Center – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 10th, 2018 ( Comments Off on New Report Provides First Comprehensive Legal Analysis of the Role of Gender in Genocide)
From Central America to Syria: the Conspiracy against Refugees
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 10th, 2018 ( Comments Off on From Central America to Syria: the Conspiracy against Refugees)
‘There Are No People’: China’s Crackdown in the Uyghur Heartland
Ann Scott Tyson – The Christian Science Monitor
December 10th, 2018 ( Comments Off on ‘There Are No People’: China’s Crackdown in the Uyghur Heartland)
Global Coalition of Scholars Calls for Added Pressure on China over Uygur Internment Camps in Xinjiang
Owen Churchill – China Morning Post
December 10th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Global Coalition of Scholars Calls for Added Pressure on China over Uygur Internment Camps in Xinjiang)
Tyranny against Humanity: Human Rights and Global Politics
Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD. – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 3rd, 2018 ( Comments Off on Tyranny against Humanity: Human Rights and Global Politics)
Amnesty Strips Aung San Suu Kyi of Its Highest Honor; Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Should Be Next
Danielle Ryan – RT
November 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Amnesty Strips Aung San Suu Kyi of Its Highest Honor; Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Should Be Next)
Cruelty, Cruelty, Cruelty: Nauru, Yemen, Gaza
Stuart Rees – New Matilda [Australia]
November 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Cruelty, Cruelty, Cruelty: Nauru, Yemen, Gaza)
We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage
Christine Kenneally | BuzzFeed News Investigation – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 12th, 2018 ( Comments Off on We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage)
UN Rights Chief Warns of Potential ‘Witch-Hunt’ as Tanzanian Official Plans to Track and Arrest LGBT People
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 5th, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
People Are Living Inside Landfills as the World Drowns in Its Own Trash
Jacopo Pasotti and Elisabetta Zavoli – HuffPost
October 29th, 2018 ( Comments Off on People Are Living Inside Landfills as the World Drowns in Its Own Trash)
The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s Slaughter of Yemenis
Declan Walsh – The New York Times
October 29th, 2018 ( Comments Off on The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s Slaughter of Yemenis)
‘Primitive People’: The Untold Story of UNHCR’s Historical Engagement with Rohingya Refugees
Jeff Crisp | Humanitarian Practice Network – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 29th, 2018 ( Comments Off on ‘Primitive People’: The Untold Story of UNHCR’s Historical Engagement with Rohingya Refugees)
Slave Labor Found at Starbucks-Certified Brazil Coffee Plantation
Daniela Penha | Repórter Brasil, Mongabay – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 24th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Slave Labor Found at Starbucks-Certified Brazil Coffee Plantation)
Economy and Living Standards of Gaza ‘Eviscerated’ by Crippling Blockade – UN Trade and Development Report
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 17th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Economy and Living Standards of Gaza ‘Eviscerated’ by Crippling Blockade – UN Trade and Development Report)
India Court Legalises Gay Sex in Landmark Ruling
BBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 10th, 2018 ( Comments Off on India Court Legalises Gay Sex in Landmark Ruling)
The Palestinian Cause on World Humanitarian Day – 19 August
Dr Essam Yousef - Middle East Monitor
August 27th, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
A Distant Flickering Light: The Hibakusha Peace Movement (Part 2)
Robert Kowalczyk – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 20th, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
Inside Facebook’s Myanmar Operation: Hatebook
Steve Stecklow | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 20th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Inside Facebook’s Myanmar Operation: Hatebook)
How Has the Declaration of Human Rights Changed the World?
Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 20th, 2018 ( Comments Off on How Has the Declaration of Human Rights Changed the World?)
Is India Creating Its Own Rohingya?
Hartosh Singh Bal – The New York Times
August 13th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Is India Creating Its Own Rohingya?)
What Happens to India’s Four Million ‘Stateless’ People?
Soutik Biswas – BBC News
August 13th, 2018 ( Comments Off on What Happens to India’s Four Million ‘Stateless’ People?)
It’s Time We Listened to the Plight of Assam’s ‘Foreigners’
Harsh Mander – Al Jazeera
August 13th, 2018 ( Comments Off on It’s Time We Listened to the Plight of Assam’s ‘Foreigners’)
A Distant Flickering Light: The Hibakusha Peace Movement (Part 1)
Robert Kowalczyk – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 6th, 2018 ( 11 Comments »)
Account from a Doctor on Board the Freedom Flotilla Boat Al-Awda Hijacked by the Israeli Navy
Dr Swee Ang | 21st Century Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 6th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Account from a Doctor on Board the Freedom Flotilla Boat Al-Awda Hijacked by the Israeli Navy)
Outgoing UN Rights Chief: No Regrets for Speaking Up
Edith M. Lederer | Associated Press – Fox News
August 6th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Outgoing UN Rights Chief: No Regrets for Speaking Up)
‘Freedom’ under Attack by Israel as It Carries Medical Supplies to Gaza
Freedom Flotilla Coalition – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 6th, 2018 ( Comments Off on ‘Freedom’ under Attack by Israel as It Carries Medical Supplies to Gaza)
Diabolical Plot to Extradite Assange to US
Stephen Lendman | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 30th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Diabolical Plot to Extradite Assange to US)
Swedish Woman Shows Quiet Power of Civil Disobedience as She Blocks a Deportation (video)
Robert Mackey – The Intercept
July 30th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Swedish Woman Shows Quiet Power of Civil Disobedience as She Blocks a Deportation (video))
Genocide Hoax Tests Ethics of Academic Publishing
Reuben Rose-Redwood – The Conversation
July 16th, 2018 ( 2 Comments »)
UN-Burma/Myanmar MOU: Why the Hush Hush?
The Daily Star [Bangladesh] – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 9th, 2018 ( Comments Off on UN-Burma/Myanmar MOU: Why the Hush Hush?)
The Rise of a New, Global, Indigenous Left
Ikaika Hussey, Will Caron and Ed Lane | Summit Magazine - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 9th, 2018 ( Comments Off on The Rise of a New, Global, Indigenous Left)
Trump Administration Pulls US out of UN Human Rights Council
Associated Press – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 20th, 2018 ( 3 Comments »)
‘True’ Peace Requires Standing Up for Human Rights, Says UN Chief Guterres
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 20th, 2018 ( Comments Off on ‘True’ Peace Requires Standing Up for Human Rights, Says UN Chief Guterres)
Ecuador’s Ex-President Rafael Correa Denounces Treatment of Julian Assange as “Torture”
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
May 21st, 2018 ( Comments Off on Ecuador’s Ex-President Rafael Correa Denounces Treatment of Julian Assange as “Torture”)
Declaration on the Right to Peace (2)
United Nations General Assembly – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 7th, 2018 ( 2 Comments »)
Declaration on the Right to Peace (1)
UN Human Rights Council – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 30th, 2018 ( 1 Comment »)
Why Violent Buddhist Extremists Are Targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka
Andreas Johansson – The Conversation
April 30th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Why Violent Buddhist Extremists Are Targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka)
The Isolation of Julian Assange Is the Silencing of Us All
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 9th, 2018 ( Comments Off on The Isolation of Julian Assange Is the Silencing of Us All)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
United Nations – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 2nd, 2018 ( Comments Off on Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities—In Their Own Words (Part 2)
Michael Brull – New Matilda
March 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities—In Their Own Words (Part 2))
Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities–Solitary Confinement (Part 3)
Michael Brull – New Matilda
March 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities–Solitary Confinement (Part 3))
Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities–Overcrowding, No Medical Treatment, No Accessibility (Part 4)
Michael Brull – New Matilda
March 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities–Overcrowding, No Medical Treatment, No Accessibility (Part 4))
Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities (Part 5)
Michael Brull - New Matilda
March 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities (Part 5))
The Assassination of Human Rights Activist Marielle Franco Was a Huge Loss for Brazil — and the World
Shaun King – The Intercept
March 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on The Assassination of Human Rights Activist Marielle Franco Was a Huge Loss for Brazil — and the World)
Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities (Part 1)
Michael Brull – New Matilda
February 19th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Behind Bars: Australia’s Shocking Cruelty to Aboriginal People with Disabilities (Part 1))
Myanmar Forces and Buddhist Villagers Torched Rohingya Homes, Then Killed
Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, Simon Lewis and Antoni Slodkowski | Reuters – US News & World Report
February 12th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Myanmar Forces and Buddhist Villagers Torched Rohingya Homes, Then Killed)
‘Whitewashing’ Genocide in Myanmar
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 5th, 2018 ( Comments Off on ‘Whitewashing’ Genocide in Myanmar)
The Slow-Burning Genocide in Myanmar Continues – We Cannot Be Passive
Lubka Mieresova | RightsInfo – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 29th, 2018 ( Comments Off on The Slow-Burning Genocide in Myanmar Continues – We Cannot Be Passive)
Real Concerns about Rohingya Repatriation
Julian Francis | BD News – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 29th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Real Concerns about Rohingya Repatriation)
Richest 1 Percent Bagged 82 Percent of Wealth Created Last Year – Poorest Half of Humanity Got Nothing
OXFAM International – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 29th, 2018 ( Comments Off on Richest 1 Percent Bagged 82 Percent of Wealth Created Last Year – Poorest Half of Humanity Got Nothing)
Reworking the Colonial-Era “Indian Peril”: Myanmar’s State-directed Persecution of Rohingyas and Other Muslims
Maung Zarni & Natalie Brinham - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 22nd, 2018 ( Comments Off on Reworking the Colonial-Era “Indian Peril”: Myanmar’s State-directed Persecution of Rohingyas and Other Muslims)
2018 Brings No End to Violence against Rohingya as Refugees Continue to Flee to Bangladesh
UN International Organization for Migration – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 8th, 2018 ( Comments Off on 2018 Brings No End to Violence against Rohingya as Refugees Continue to Flee to Bangladesh)
The Evolution of the Refugee Crisis
Erik Berglöf | Project Syndicate – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 1st, 2018 ( Comments Off on The Evolution of the Refugee Crisis)
Crumbling Congo – The Making of a Humanitarian Emergency
IRIN – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 1st, 2018 ( Comments Off on Crumbling Congo – The Making of a Humanitarian Emergency)
In 2017, the World Let another ‘Genocide’ Unfold
Ishaan Tharoor | The Washington Post – Chicago Tribune
December 25th, 2017 ( Comments Off on In 2017, the World Let another ‘Genocide’ Unfold)
The EU’s Complicity in Refugee Abuse in Libya
John Dalhuisen – Al Jazeera
December 18th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The EU’s Complicity in Refugee Abuse in Libya)
Red Cross Says Life Has Stopped in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Stephanie Nebehay | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 18th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Red Cross Says Life Has Stopped in Myanmar’s Rakhine)
What Libya’s “Slave Auctions” Tell Us about the Humanitarian System
Nanjala Nyabola | IRIN – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 11th, 2017 ( Comments Off on What Libya’s “Slave Auctions” Tell Us about the Humanitarian System)
Media Erase NATO Role in Bringing Slave Markets to Libya
Ben Norton | Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 4th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Media Erase NATO Role in Bringing Slave Markets to Libya)
Rohingya Women Sold as Sex Slaves in Bangladesh
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 4th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Rohingya Women Sold as Sex Slaves in Bangladesh)
The Rohingya Tragedy Shows Human Solidarity Is a Lie
Tawakkol Karman – Al Jazeera
December 4th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Rohingya Tragedy Shows Human Solidarity Is a Lie)
Starved, ‘Mutilated’ and Blackmailed Migrants Auctioned Off as Slaves by Smugglers in Libya
Lara Rebello – International Business Times
November 27th, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
Myanmar: Rohingya Trapped in Dehumanizing Apartheid Regime
Amnesty International – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 27th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Myanmar: Rohingya Trapped in Dehumanizing Apartheid Regime)
Migrants Sold into Slavery in Libya for as Little as US$400
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 20th, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
Manus Island: Those for Whom We Cannot Grieve
Elise Addlem – New Matilda
November 20th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Manus Island: Those for Whom We Cannot Grieve)
With the Rohingya of Myanmar: Haunting Images of the World’s Next Genocide
Jerry Adler – Yahoo News
November 13th, 2017 ( Comments Off on With the Rohingya of Myanmar: Haunting Images of the World’s Next Genocide)
Nations without Nationality – An ‘Unseen’ Stark Reality
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
November 13th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Nations without Nationality – An ‘Unseen’ Stark Reality)
The Unwanted: A Haunting Look at the Rohingya Who Escaped Ethnic Cleansing
Elizabeth Rubin and Paula Bronstein – The Intercept
November 6th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Unwanted: A Haunting Look at the Rohingya Who Escaped Ethnic Cleansing)
Statement by Ms. Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 30th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Statement by Ms. Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar)
Bangladeshis Open Their Hearts, Homes to Rohingya Refugees
Hala Jaber – Inter Press Service-IPS
October 30th, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
Independent International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar Conclude Visit to Bangladesh
UH High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 30th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Independent International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar Conclude Visit to Bangladesh)
Human Rights & Humanitarian Law: Genocide
Jean Paul Sartre | Tamil Nation – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 31st, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
End of Mission Statement by Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar
UN Information Center – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 24th, 2017 ( Comments Off on End of Mission Statement by Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar)
The Killing Fields of Australia – A Matter of Routine
Chris Graham – New Matilda
July 24th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Killing Fields of Australia – A Matter of Routine)
On World Refugee Day 20 Jun UN Urges Support, Solidarity for Record Number of Displaced People
UN News Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 26th, 2017 ( Comments Off on On World Refugee Day 20 Jun UN Urges Support, Solidarity for Record Number of Displaced People)
Are NGOs Responsible for the Migration Crisis in the Mediterranean?
Antoine Pécoud and Marta Esperti – The Conversation
June 26th, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
Refugee or Migrant? Sometimes the Line Is Blurred
Parvati Nair – The Conversation
June 26th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Refugee or Migrant? Sometimes the Line Is Blurred)
Why Washington Was a No Show at Human Rights Hearings
Lauren Carasik – Al Jazeera
April 3rd, 2017 ( Comments Off on Why Washington Was a No Show at Human Rights Hearings)
China Releases Human Rights Report on US: ‘Terrible Problems’
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 13th, 2017 ( Comments Off on China Releases Human Rights Report on US: ‘Terrible Problems’)
Politicizing Victimhood: Human Rights as a Propaganda Weapon in Aleppo and Mosul
Anthony DiMaggio - CounterPunch
January 9th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Politicizing Victimhood: Human Rights as a Propaganda Weapon in Aleppo and Mosul)
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (Rome) Takes Up ‘Urgent Case’ of Myanmar’s Rohingya
International State Crime Initiative – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 19th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (Rome) Takes Up ‘Urgent Case’ of Myanmar’s Rohingya)
Human Rights Day: A Call to Care
Kathy Kelly | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 12th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Human Rights Day: A Call to Care)
Rohingya Tribunal Request to Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal
TRANSCEND Media Service
November 28th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Rohingya Tribunal Request to Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal)
Towards a Rational Legal Philosophy of Individual Rights
Denis Rancourt | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 21st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Towards a Rational Legal Philosophy of Individual Rights)
America’s Astounding Human Rights Hypocrisy in Cuba
Harvey Wasserman - Reader Supported News
March 28th, 2016 ( Comments Off on America’s Astounding Human Rights Hypocrisy in Cuba)
2015: When Global Governments Trampled Human Rights in Name of National Security
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams
March 7th, 2016 ( Comments Off on 2015: When Global Governments Trampled Human Rights in Name of National Security)
600 Refugees Detained by Australia Say They Want to Die
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 7th, 2015 ( Comments Off on 600 Refugees Detained by Australia Say They Want to Die)
Human Rights and the Targeting by Drone
Robert McCorquodale - European Journal of International Law
September 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Human Rights and the Targeting by Drone)
Two Short Paragraphs That Summarize the US Approach to Human Rights Advocacy
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
September 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Two Short Paragraphs That Summarize the US Approach to Human Rights Advocacy)
World Bank Group: Project Critics Threatened, Harassed, Jailed
Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 29th, 2015 ( Comments Off on World Bank Group: Project Critics Threatened, Harassed, Jailed)
The Americas, First Region to Have Convention on Protecting Human Rights of Older Persons
Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 22nd, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
The State of The World’s Human Rights 2014/15
Amnesty International – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The State of The World’s Human Rights 2014/15)
Back to Child Labor and Slavery?
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 26th, 2012 ( Comments Off on Back to Child Labor and Slavery?)
What Are Human Rights? [Legendado em Portugues] (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
TMS Editor
January 30th, 2012 ( Comments Off on What Are Human Rights? [Legendado em Portugues] (VIDEO OF THE WEEK))
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