Human Wrongs Watch
Indigenous Villagers Fight “Evil Spirit” of Hydropower Dam in Brazil
Human Wrongs Watch By Fabiana Frayssinet* SAWRÉ MUYBU, Brazil , 21 December 2015 (IPS) – At dusk on the Tapajós River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River in northern Brazil, the Mundurukú indigenous people gather to bathe…
Soy Business Invades Brazil’s Amazon Jungle
Human Wrongs Watch By Fabiana Frayssinet* BELTERRA, Brazil, December 2015 (IPS) – In the northern Brazilian state of Pará, the construction of a port terminal for shipping soy out of the Amazon region has displaced thousands of small farmers from…
Global Forced Displacement for 2015 on Track to Break All Records, Topping 60 Million
Human Wrongs Watch Forced displacement this year is likely exceed all previous records, for the first time topping 60 million, meaning that one out of every 122 persons on Earth has been forced to flee their home, the United Nations…
Every Two Seconds, a Baby Is Born in a Conflict Zone – “Can There Be a Worse Start in Life?”
Human Wrongs Watch More than 16 million babies in 2015 were born in conflict zones such as Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen or on perilous journeys to escape fighting, which translates to 1 in 8 of all births worldwide,…
‘Islamic Coalition against Terrorism’: Saudi Arabia Presents 34-State Military Block
Human Wrongs Watch 15 December 2015 (RT)* – A Riyadh-based “Islamic military alliance” has been formed with a mission to fight terrorism, Saudi Arabian state TV has announced. The coalition consists of 34 countries, including the Gulf States, a number…
No to War! Call for Peaceful Nonviolent Resistance to UK’s Air Strikes against Syria
By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate* Human Wrongs Watch 7 December 2015 – TRANSCEND Media Service – On 2nd December, 2015 the United Kingdom Parliament voted to bomb Syria and the world watched as British planes, equipped with the latest…
Northern Ireland still faces urgent challenges nearly 20 years after Peace Accord – UN Expert
20 November 2015 – While much has been achieved in Northern Ireland in the nearly 20 years since a peace accord ended decades of fighting between British forces and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the different communities, urgent issues…
‘Paris, Beirut Terror Attacks Must Not Be Pretext for Slamming Shut Doors to Refugees’
The United Nations General Assembly met today on tackling the global refugee crisis in the shadow of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut, with top officials pleading that the door for genuine refuge not be slammed shut in…
Norway Hit by Two Crisis, Yet the Citizens Are Protected by a Massive Oil Slick
By Johan Galtung* TRANSCEND Media Service – Norway, on top of the UN indicator of good life for years, is now hit by two different crises; one for the less developed aspect and one for the more developed. Yet the citizens are protected…
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