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Across the globe many women and girls still face discrimination on the basis of sex and gender. Gender inequality underpins many problems which...

Firearms deaths are a fixture in American life. There were 1.5 million of them between 1968 and 2017 - that's higher than the number of soldiers killed in...

“During our visit, we were able to identify the (devastating) humanitarian impact of sanctions,” said Alena Douhan, a UN special rapporteur focusing on the...

According to the UN, plans to send some asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda are a breach of international law.

Over six-and-a-half million fled Syria altogether, with the majority, 5.6 million, staying in countries near Syria. The situation in their host societies is...

Despite the ongoing toll on civilians, the US continues to sell weapons and provide training and logistical support to the coalition.

Instead of being released upon the completion of their sentence, many prisoners are transferred without a legal basis to so-called “counselling centres” (or...

Inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as a cultural tradition observed by numerous peoples, Nowruz is...

Seven years later, the war is no closer to an end than it was in 2015. At the same time, reconstruction efforts should begin even before the final peace...

The double standards and racism inherent in Europe's refugee responses are glaring.

Their enforced disappearance, torture and wrongful conviction for “plotting a coup against the government” in a trial marred by egregious violations of due...

There are a number of different issues that overlap on the Rohingya crisis. The international community has been slow in responding. Although there was...

In the UK, they were promised sanctuary and a “warm welcome” by Boris Johnson, but exactly six months after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Afghan families...

Saudi Arabia’s continued violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms and the deteriorating situation in the kingdom through its sustained campaign of...

Even the largest fossil fuel companies, as well as the corporate world, are now pushing for change because decarbonization is good for business and the...

"All detainees suffer from shortages of clothes and blankets and the lack of heating means that could protect them from the cold weather," PLO stated.

"That military operation had many long-term consequences. One of the most dangerous is a set of extreme legal opinions drafted during the Trump...

"I can say the recent materials clearly show that even the nationals and companies of countries which impose unilateral sanctions also become affected...

Yemen’s skyrocketing inflation is driving families to further cut down on their meals, edging them closer to hunger and malnutrition.

Newly obtained Pentagon documents show that US airstrikes have been marked by "deeply flawed intelligence" and resulted in thousands of civilian deaths in...