International

Human Wrongs Watch ‘The Ebola epidemic has forced millions in West Africa to change how they interact, starting with the strict rule of “Don’t touch”. But for the visually impaired, like Basiru Bah in Sierra Leone, losing human contact is…

What Do You Really Want from Us? When we were the sick man of Asia , we were called the yellow peril. When we are billed to be the next superpower, we are called the threat. When we closed our…

The Syrian conflict is taking yet another dramatic turn as the militant jihadists of Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s official Syrian affiliate, rout rebels from their strongholds in Idlib, threatening to eliminate entirely any presence by moderate rebels in northern Syria, as…

  Human Wrongs Watch For the first time, two United Nations human rights committees have joined forces to issue a comprehensive interpretation of the obligations of States to prevent and eliminate harmful practices inflicted on women and girls, such as…

  Human Wrongs Watch The most basic of all human rights -water- is also a central element in global affairs and the development agenda with wide implications on international peace and security, the Deputy Secretary-General on 6 November 2014 told…

Human Wrongs Watch The UN health agency on 6 November 2014 warned that as the world population aged 60 or older will jump from some 800 million to 2 billion in the next four decades, soaring levels of chronic illness and…

  Human Wrongs Watch By Federico Mayor Zaragoza*, Other News  **Gorbachev in 1987 | President of the Soviet Union, 15 March 1990 – 25 December 1991| Wikimedia Commons November 2014 — Twenty-five years ago the initial dismantling commenced at the Berlin Wall, that…

UMBRELLA REVOLUTION DAY 40 (6 November 2014) Before I begin today’s recap, I’d like to invite you to read my article “A Guide to the Recent Protests in Hong Kong” with background information, timeline and a run down a some…

  Human Wrongs Watch Aiming to develop more gender-sensitive services, a United Nations-led conference kicking off on 5 November 2014  in Geneva is spearheading a drive to ensure that weather and climate services reduce women’s vulnerability to disasters and climate…

By Jeff Abbott for Waging Nonviolence Late in the afternoon of September 4, after nearly 10 days of protests by a coalition of labor, indigenous rights groups and farmers, the indigenous peoples and campesinos of Guatemala won are rare victory.…