Human Rights
Israel guilty of crimes against humanity, major new report concludes
November 15, 2024An extensive investigation by Human Rights Watch is based on dozens of interviews with residents who were expelled from the north along with documentary evidence.
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Israeli minister says starvation of Palestinians ‘might be justified’
August 9, 2024Remarks of the finance minister draw international condemnation.
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Listen to the human rights defenders: Lessons from a Colombian paramilitary warlord’s testimony
June 20, 2024I finally finished listening to the May 2023 recording of four days of testimony from paramilitary warlord Salvatore Mancuso before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace.
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UN: One in three children worldwide do not have adequate water
November 16, 2023The report underlines even further long-expressed concern about the effects of climate change on children.
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Symbolic but significant: Why the decision to investigate Abu Akleh’s murder is unprecedented
December 12, 2022Even a symbolic decision to investigate the killing of a U.S. citizen represents a watershed moment in the relationship between the Democratic Party establishment and its more progressive grassroots constituencies.
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