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...from my friend Iyad Burnat. You may remember the camera that our sister organization, ISM, sent to his brother, Emad...
UN Council: Israel Intentionally Shot Children and Journalists in Gaza
The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 Gaza protests presented its conclusions, according to which 183 Palestinians were killed by Israel, including...
Children – Civilization’s Future, Victims of Western Brutality
By Peter Koenig
30 November 2018
The United Nations Universal Children's Day – 20 November – has come and gone – and nothing has changed. No...
The Plight of Children in a Neoliberal World
By Peter Koenig
27 December 2018
The NYT wrote yesterday, Christmas Day, that an 8-year old Guatemalan boy died in US Border Control custody. The circumstances...
Yemen to face worst humanitarian crisis of 2019: UN
Some 132 million people in 42 countries will need assistance next year, with Yemen topping the list, UN says.
by Barbara Bibbo
Dec. 4, 2018
Some 132...
Police must end use of excessive force against protesters and high...
14 December 2018
French authorities must exercise restraint when policing demonstrations expected on Saturday and avoid any repetition of the injuries caused by their extremely...
Yemen: 85,000 Dead Kids
by Charles Pierson
December 6, 2018
In Yemen, a place where things couldn’t get worse, things have gotten worse.
85,000 children under the age of five may...
‘Food Shouldn’t be a Weapon of War’: Charities Warn of US...
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Five prominent international charities are urging the US government to stop its military support for Saudi Arabia and the coalition it leads in their...
Yemen crisis: 85,000 children ‘dead from malnutrition’
21 November 2018
An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition in three years of war in Yemen,...
74 minors among 511 Palestinians detained in October
November 9, 2018
Israeli forces detained 511 Palestinians, including 74 minors, in October, three Palestinian prisoners advocacy groups confirmed in a joint statement yesterday.
The Palestinian...