By Amnesty International
Ahead of the European Parliament’s final vote on the European Union (EU) Pact on Migration and Asylum on 10 April, Amnesty International warns that these reforms will put people at heightened risk of human rights violations. “It is clearer than ever that this EU Pact on Migration and Asylum will set back European asylum law […] The post EU: Migration and Asylum Pact reforms will put people at heightened risk of human rights violations appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to a decision by the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution on Myanmar that for the first time calls on UN member states to refrain from the export, sale or transfer of jet fuel to the Myanmar military, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Research, Montse Ferrer, said: “This resolution is […] The post UN Human Rights Council: Resolution on Myanmar takes crucial stand against deadly jet fuel supply chain appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Filip Noubel
Global Voices interviewed Dr. Hazem Almassry, a Gazan scholar living in Taiwan, to unpack Taiwanese narratives about Palestine as well as changes in perceptions about Israel's war in Gaza.
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By Darian McBain, Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment;, London School of Economics and Political Science
The doubling in the price of cocoa would have pushed up the price of cocoa in a typical snack bar by just six cents.
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By Sigi Goode, Professor of Information Systems, Australian National University
A secret, years-long project to implant a backdoor in a widely used free software tool was only foiled by luck.
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By Robby Irfany Maqoma, Environment Editor
Anggi M. Lubis, Business + Economy Editor
Controversies haunt Indonesia’s ambition for nickel processing. It’s time Indonesia move away from supplying electric vehicle battery material narrative and focus on sustainability.
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By Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, Associate Professor of Law, University of Bristol
The UK government has received advice that Israel is breaking international law in its assault on Gaza, so has an obligation to stop supplying it with arms.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image In the rubble of the Engineers’ Building, Karam al-Sharif, an UNRWA employee, holds one of his 18-month-old twin boys killed in the October 31 Israeli airstrike on the building that killed at least 106 civilians, including 5 of his children and 5 other relatives. © 2023 Mohammed Dahman/AP Photo Israeli forces unlawfully attacked a residential building in Gaza on October 31, 2023, absent any apparent military target, killing at least 106 civilians, including 54 children. Scores of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since October 7 have caused thousands of civilian casualties,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims rest at a campsite in Lalibela in the Amhara region, two months after the Ethiopian military regained control of the town from Fano militia, January 7, 2024. ©2024 Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images Ethiopian armed forces summarily executed scores of civilians in Merawi, a town in the Amhara region in late January and February amid fighting with Fano militia. Since armed conflict broke out in Amhara in August 2023, federal forces have committed numerous abuses with impunity. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights should launch an independent…
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By Amnesty International
Pakistan’s 'Repatriation Plan’ is in violation of refugee and international human rights law and puts all Afghan refugees at risk. The post Pakistan: Government must stop ignoring global calls to halt unlawful deportation of Afghan refugees appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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