Human Rights
Why I’m resigning from the State Department
by Annelle Sheline
Mar 28, 2024
Annelle Sheline, PhD, served for a year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs...
Takeaways from the UN Special Rapporteur Report on Guantanamo
by Scott Roehm
June 29, 2023
On June 26 – the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...
On Human Rights Day we should reassert the collective, social character...
This weekend we mark Human Rights Day — the anniversary of the UN’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10...
Human Rights Day?
Dec 10, 2021
December 10th is ‘Human Rights Day’. On this day in 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. It is very...
Ex-UK Marine leaves Kabul with dogs, cats but no local staff
By JILL LAWLESS
Aug. 29, 2021
LONDON (AP) — A former U.K. Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Afghanistan with almost 200 rescued...
Norman Finkelstein: Truth and Justice Are the Ultimate Test, Not International...
By Ann Garrison
02 Jun 2021
Norman Finkelstein: Truth and Justice Are the Ultimate Test, Not International NGOs
Even Human Rights Watch says Israel is committing crimes against humanity...
Biden’s Tough Stance on China Will Lead to Global Climate Doom
To tackle the climate crisis, Biden should build an alliance with China aimed at collective survival
By Michael T. Klare
March 1, 2021
Slowing the pace of...
Amnesty International: Facebook Plan To Target Children “Incompatible With Human Rights”
Facebook itself “poses one of the biggest threats when it comes to children’s privacy,” according to the human rights organization
by Alan Macleod
March 23rd,...
Human Rights Watch: Children in Egypt tortured in detention
March 23, 2020
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is accusing Egypt of arresting and torturing children as young as 12. A report from the international rights...