violence

In a 1 July 2023 report, Middle East Eye highlights the widespread public rage and the arrest of more than 1300 people in reaction to French police shooting...

The United States has a large degree of economic inequality. Twenty percent of low-income families get only 3.8 percent of the country’s income and one fifth...

regrettably, many Afghan refugees do not enjoy their rights under international law even in the western countries. They continue to face violence,...

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...

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

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

Typical conditions placed on women human rights defenders released from prison have included bans on travelling abroad, bans on working, and severe...

"Settler violence has always been an extremely disturbing feature of the Israeli occupation, but in 2021, we are witnessing the highest recorded levels of...

The United Nations’ refugee agency, UNHCR, warned that by the end of 2021, the humanitarian crisis could displace half a million more Afghans as it called on...

UN special rapporteurs say they repeatedly raise concerns on use of excessive, lethal force in US police interventions.

The violent siege on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month provided the clearest evidence yet that far-right extremism is deeply entrenched across the country.

In 2019, the number of women killed by their partner or ex-partner in France rose by a fifth. There were more than 200,000 reports of women being abused at...

More than 90 per cent of racism complaints against Metropolitan Police officers and staff have resulted in no further action being taken.

The experts urged governments to ensure that adequately staffed and equipped child protection services and law enforcement are available and accessible to...

It is clear from studies that children who experience violence are at higher risk for mental illness, drug use, alcohol use and obesity, but also for chronic...

In 2018, the University of Alabama published a study showing that when Muslims commit acts of violence, the US media report on it 357% more than violence...

Every girl and every woman has the right to a safer, fairer, more just world. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of...

"We need to uphold the equal rights, voices and influence of girls in our families, communities and nations. Girls can be powerful agents of change, and...

Extreme physical violence, the openness in which it is conducted … reflects a widespread culture of tolerance towards humiliation and the deliberate...

Many observers notice a correlation between President Trump’s defamation of immigrants and minorities and the spike of intolerance and prejudice towards the...