Since we are able to accept the suffering of others when we dehumanize them, we must start with the simple recognition that Palestinians are fully human. (Common Dreams) For decades, Israel has used talk of ...
The movement to revillage our modern world seeks to combat mental illness, housing and climate disasters. Our current ways of living are life-threatening and unsustainable. Our increasingly individualized society is contributing to epidemic levels of loneliness and isolation, depression, anxiety and other mental health ...
“What this new U.N. Human Rights Committee decision does is allow lawyers to actually use this precedent-setting text to argue in future court cases [for] a client that fits within this kind of narrow definition.” ...
The United Nations has repeatedly said that sanctions are not a humane policy and must no longer be allowed to be part of the arsenal of the powerful nations. In late October, Human Rights Watch ...
Europe does not have a refugee or migration crisis. The real crisis is in Africa, where the thief—often a European firm—continues to undermine the continent’s ability to breathe. If you ask an African migrant in ...
“The government is a liar. He was not hit by a stone but they killed him.” “Shortly after a recent parliamentary vote in India to remove the special autonomy status of Jammu and Kashmir, Human ...
Nicki Minaj is scheduled to perform in Saudi Arabia, a nation that beheaded five men in April for admitting to sexual relations with other men. The Human Rights Foundation is advising Nicki Minaj to cancel ...
He was arrested in September 2014 and moved to the Dar al-Mulahaza juvenile detention center in al-Dammam city. Reports stated he was held in solitary confinement for a month while being subject to inhumane beatings ...
“It’s an enemy of women.” “In Saudi Arabia, citizens and residents can use Absher, an online government platform, to access Interior Ministry services. Absher comes as a mobile app available for iPhones and Android phones, ...
“Amnesty is calling for the U.S. to halt the transfer of tear gas, small arms, ammunition and other repressive equipment, including some helicopters to the Egyptian military and security forces.” The White House announced on ...
“I’m very concerned. There’s no way of getting any word to her and she can’t send any out, apparently. We’re all in the dark and just waiting and praying that they release her.” News broke ...
In China, the government forces ethnic minorities to work in detention camps sewing clothing that is imported to at least one American sportswear company. There are a growing number of internment camps in the Xinjiang ...
Australia has not escaped the refugee crisis that has plagued the rest of the world and now new reports of refugees being held in limbo for years sparked thousands to protest. Business came to a ...
Earlier today Citizen’s Truth received exclusive confirmation regarding upcoming humanitarian action at the United States and Mexico border. Grannies Respond formed after news of families being separated at the border became a national story, per ...
The government of Sudan is facing international pressure to release Noura Hussein, a 19-year-old Sudanese girl sentenced to death for killing her husband after he repeatedly raped her. Using the Twitter hashtag #JusticeForNoura, activists around ...
Due to the massive crises of deportation and family separation facing America’s Latino immigrant community, it’s easy to forget that in addition to these incredibly pressing dangers and the imminent threat of persecution from various ...
As the Trump administration and its allies in law enforcement and border patrol continue to escalate tensions at the U.S. – Mexico border, thousands of children are caught in the crossfire. Children of immigrants fleeing ...
Rampant child labor and hazardous working conditions in Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms are threatening to tarnish the country’s most valuable export commodity. Children as young as 11 are missing out on school and opting to work ...
The intersex in Africa are gaining some rights but they still face a culture of discrimination. In some places, a coded phrase; “break the sweet potato” is given to midwives instructing them to squeeze to ...
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