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36th HRC Special Session: the alarming human rights situation in Sudan leads to the adoption of Resolution on the country without its consent

"We must expel Arabs and take their places…”- 75th years of ongoing Nakba

36th Special Session: Resolution on the Sudan adopted by a narrow majority with African and Arab groups standing against

HRC52: Challenges and UN response regarding minority rights' protection

HRC52: Belarus is using the pretext of a terrorist threat to repress defenders of democracy

HRC52: Concerns over the prevalance of torture in all states

HRC52: Amidst renewed calls for the protection of children in armed conflict, three new countries added to the list of concern

HRC52: An Urgent Call to Address the Consequences of Racism and Discrimination

HRC52: A call for renewed commitments to combat racism and advancing racial equity.

36th HRC Special Session: the alarming human rights situation in Sudan leads to the adoption of Resolution on the country without its consent

"We must expel Arabs and take their places…”- 75th years of ongoing Nakba

36th Special Session: Resolution on the Sudan adopted by a narrow majority with African and Arab groups standing against

HRC52: Challenges and UN response regarding minority rights' protection

HRC52: Belarus is using the pretext of a terrorist threat to repress defenders of democracy

HRC52: Concerns over the prevalance of torture in all states

HRC52: Amidst renewed calls for the protection of children in armed conflict, three new countries added to the list of concern

HRC52: An Urgent Call to Address the Consequences of Racism and Discrimination

HRC52: A call for renewed commitments to combat racism and advancing racial equity.

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

The toll for freedom

The Syrian conflict has triggered negative consequences and has worsened the already fragile conditions of a developing country and a modernising society. The level of economic and social...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Inside Guantanamo, when the “war on terror” justifies all means

Mohamedou Ould Slahi was born in Mauritania from a poor family. When he was only 18, he won a prestigious scholarship to study in Germany, where he lived for years. In 1991 and 1992, he did what...

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Saida Ahmad Baghili – The face of starvation

Photo 1. Saida Afmad Baghili on wheelchair in the Al Thawra hospital, Yemen, 25 October 2016 Yemen has always been among the poorest countries in the world and has always faced challenged linked to...

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In the Rubble of their Homes

In Halaweh, a Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills, in which the Israeli army had conducted a demolition four days earlier on 2 February, a few Palestinian residents welcomed us in front of...

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Ali Shallal al-Qaysi

In 2004, photos of Iraqi prisoners tethered to dog leashes and electrical wires dominated the news. The centre of the scandal was Abu Ghraib - one of the world’s most notorious prisons. At the time,...

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Jamalida Begum – Rohingya Survivor Escapes Horror

Approximately 1 million Rohingya people reside in Myanmar (Burma), mainly in the Rakhine State (formerly Arakan, an independent and sovereign state) that is situated along the East Coast of the Bay...

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Zaidoun Mamoun al-Samara

On January 4, 2004, a group of US soldiers in Samarra, Iraq, murdered Zaidoun Mamoun al-Samarrai, a young Iraqi man who was not yet twenty years old. On January 4, 2004, a group of US soldiers in...

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Laxmi Agarwal - The Acid Attack Survivor

Laxmi Agarwal was 15 years old when she became the victim of a brutal act of revenge in Delhi in 2005. She met with this fate after refusing a marriage proposal from a family friend who became...

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Omran Daqneesh – a silence that shakes every conscience

On August 2016, the world’s conscience was shaken by the picture of a five-year-old boy, covered in dust and blood, sitting in the back of an ambulance, visibly shocked and weary. The little boy,...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Scar(r)ed for Life: Everyday Violations around Israel’s Illegal Settlements

Settler violence is a daily part of life for many Palestinians: Armed Israeli settlers regularly carry out attacks against Palestinian civilians and property by, inter alia, shooting and harassing...

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