By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A convoy from the United Nations and World Food Program crosses from Houthi-controlled areas to a government-controlled area to reach grain mills in an eastern suburb of Hodeidah, Yemen, February 26, 2019. © 2019 Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters (Beirut) – The de facto Houthi authorities in Yemen should immediately and unconditionally release the dozens of staff from the United Nations and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who have been arbitrarily detained over the last two years, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Human Rights Watch,…
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By Amnesty International
The de facto Huthi authorities in Yemen should immediately and unconditionally release the dozens of staff from the United Nations and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who have been arbitrarily detained over the last two years, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International said today. The Huthis’ arbitrary arrests of humanitarian workers has a direct impact on the delivery of lifesaving assistance to people in critical need of aid. […] The post Yemen: Huthis Should Free UN, Civil Society Staff appeared first on Amnesty International.…
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By Zulker Naeen
Bangladeshi migrants, trying to attempting to reach Greece or Italy by boat via Libya, are considered “gold” by human traffickers, fueling a USD 190 million smuggling economy.
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By Lina Ma
Blending personal reflection with the experiences of her peers, the writer explores the role of China's only daughters — raised as the center of the family under the defunct One-Child Policy.
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By Amnesty International
In response to the public ceremony held today in Guayaquil, where the Commander General of the Ecuadorian Air Force, on behalf of the Armed Forces, publicly apologized to the families of Nehemías Arboleda Portocarrero, Steven Medina, Ismael Arroyo and Josué Arroyo, known as “the four boys from Las Malvinas,” who were victims of enforced disappearance […] The post Ecuador: Public apologies are essential to provide redress to victims of enforced disappearance appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
On the eve of World Environment Day, I joined around 400 environmental defenders and policymakers from across Europe in Strasbourg, France, where they gathered at the first European Forum on Environmental Human Rights Defenders. As Karin Kvarfordt Niia, a reindeer herder from Sweden’s Sami community, discussed how mining projects have displaced Sami people from their lands, she noted: “Defenders who raise their voices are portrayed as obstacles.” Europe has been a perhaps surprisingly hostile environment for climate activists, and defenders feel keenly that the lack of a regional…
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By Gabriela Mesones Rojo
As attacks on gender rights spread worldwide, communities continue building solidarity, visibility, and care across borders, making gender diversity an urgent focus for Global Voices.
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By David Cook, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Nottingham Trent University
The Fifa men’s football World Cup is one of the most powerful brands in sport, attracting global attention with a simple formula of rarity, intensity and consequence.
Every four years, this high-stakes tournament feels distinct from everything else in the football calendar. So changing the format is a gamble.
But the 2026 World Cup, held in the US, Canada and Mexico, will be the biggest yet, featuring lots more teams – 48, up from 32 in 2022 (and just 24 back in 1994). And this means a lot more…
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By Ben Brindle, Researcher, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
Few would have predicted Morocco’s success at the 2022 Fifa World Cup. Heading into the tournament, they were ranked 22nd in the world and had never progressed beyond the round of 16.
Yet they beat Belgium, Spain and Portugal – countries that both then and now rank inside the world’s top ten – on their way to becoming the first African nation ever to reach the semi-final.
Morocco’s run was not only remarkable (and thoroughly deserved). It also…
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By Sally Shuttleworth, Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford
Burnout feels like a thoroughly modern concept – one borne from our age of global digital communication and long office hours. But the Victorians also had an idea of burnout, one they termed “overwork”.
The Victorian doctor, C.H.F. Routh, for example, published On Overwork and Premature Mental Decay: Its Treatment, which ran to four editions between 1873 and 1888. Although the language differs, the underlying concerns are similar. Victorian…
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