Headlines
  • After a temporary suspension, Emirates said the airline "will resume operations."
  • On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran will be "hit very hard" and that he was thinking about extending the strikes to other targets..
  • At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
  • Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
  • The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
  • Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
  • To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
  • In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
  • Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.

Tag: Crime against Humanity

May 30, 2019

UN Condemns Rising Antisemitism in Europe,...

The U,N. human rights office condemns the rise of antisemitic incidents in Europe and the United States and urges governments to redouble efforts to combat all forms of racism and intolerance

May 28, 2019

Egypt: Serious Abuses, War Crimes in...

Human Rights Watch’s two-year investigation documented crimes including mass arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings, and possibly unlawful air and ground attacks against civilians

May 27, 2019

Rights Group Presses Islamic World Over...

The HRW campaign uses tweets and Facebook posts to prod the OIC into action, asking its members to help call out China and support efforts to monitor the treatment of Uyghurs at the UN rights meeting next month

May 26, 2019

DR Congo: Girls’ Lives Shattered by...

The 76-page report, “‘All That I Have Lost’: Impact of Attacks on Education for Women and Girls in Kasai Central Province – Democratic Republic of Congo,” is based on over 55 interviews with female students, as well as principals and teachers from schools that were attacked in the region

May 20, 2019

Yemen’s War: Children Paying the Price

The war in Yemen is between the Houthis, who currently hold the north, including the capital Sana’a, and forces loyal to the government of Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who was forced from the capital in 2015 and is recognized as the Yemeni president by the United Nations

May 12, 2019

Family Members of Three Rakhine Villagers...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville released a statement about a similar incident of deaths-in-detention in Rathedaung township’s Kyauk Tan village. The statement said that the Kyauk Tan incident was not isolated, citing the Mrauk-U incident and claiming that the three detainees had been shot

May 10, 2019

Non-Muslim Pakistanis Are Being Forced to...

In the predominantly Muslim country of Pakistan, less than 5% of the population is non-Muslims. Among them are Christians and Hindus. Rights groups say hundreds of young Hindu and Christian girls are forcibly converted to Islam every year in Pakistan

May 3, 2019

Rights Group Details How China Uses...

The New York-based watchdog group worked for 14 months with German security firm Cure53 to reverse engineer the mobile app that officials use to connect to the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP), a Xinjiang policing program that flags people deemed potentially threatening

May 2, 2019

Tibetans Relocated From Ancestral Land Face...

Tibetan nomads forced by government order to move from their farmland homes to suburbs in the regional capital Lhasa are facing crowded conditions, with large families piled into single dwellings and opportunities for employment cut off, Tibetan sources say

April 30, 2019

Libya Battle Intensifies After Tripoli Airstrikes

Libya is divided by two competing governments, both with international allies and considerable armies after years of consolidating militias on either side. Fighters are attacking the capital Tripoli, and the last round of peace talks has been canceled

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