Climate change tipping point could be coming sooner than we think
New York, NY, January 23, 2019 - Global carbon emissions reached a record high in 2018, rising by an estimated 3.4 percent in the...
France’s yellow vest movement has morphed far beyond a carbon tax protest, Stanford economist...
Jan. 23, 2019 - The yellow vest movement in France, which began as a protest against increased fuel taxes, has taken on a much...
Sir David Attenborough Makes Impassioned Plea for the Natural World at World Economic Forum
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2019 - In a brief but passionate interview with HRH Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, celebrated nature documentarian Sir...
Migrants and refugees at higher risk of developing ill health than host populations, reveals...
January 22, 2019 - Migrants and refugees are likely to have good general health, but they can be at risk of falling sick in...
Human rights must be bedrock of “Globalization 4.0”, UN experts tell Davos leaders
GENEVA January 22, 2019 - As global leaders meet in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF), United Nations experts stressed the critical importance...
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Juan Manuel Santos and Zeid Raad Al Hussein join The Elders
January 22, 2019 - The Elders announced today with great pleasure that three new members have joined the group: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President...
American missionary investigated over ‘entering land of uncontacted tribe’
Jan. 21, 2019 - An American missionary is being questioned by Brazilian authorities after he allegedly entered the territory of an uncontacted tribe. Steve Campbell,...
Last year, billionaires saw their wealth grow by $2.5 billion a day while the...
Jan. 21, 2019 - Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year—or $2.5 billion a day—while the 3.8 billion people who make up the...
Investigators’ Study of Canadian/Swedish Mining Project in Ecuador Yields Disturbing Results
Jan. 21, 2019 - Three researchers from the Andean University Simon Bolivar (Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar) in Quito, Ecuador have published the results of...
World Report 2019: Reversing Autocrats’ Attacks on Rights
BERLIN, Jan. 17, 2019 - There is a growing global trend to confront the abuses of headline-grabbing autocrats, Human Rights Watch said today in...
Israeli security forces killed 290 Palestinians in 2018; most were victims of a reckless...
Jan. 17, 2019 - In 2018, Israeli security forces killed 290 Palestinians, including 55 minors. Of the casualties, 254 were killed in the Gaza...
UN Human Rights Office says credible reports suggest at least 890 killed in western...
GENEVA (16 January 2019) – The UN Human Rights Office said Wednesday that according to allegations from credible sources, at least 890 people were...
Guatemala: UN anti-corruption body will continue working, as Constitutional Court blocks Government expulsion
Jan. 9, 2019 - Following the Guatemalan Government’s unilateral decision to shut down a long-running UN anti-corruption commission, its spokesperson told UN News on Wednesday that the...
Syria: Deadly School Attack Was Unlawful
Beirut, January 11, 2019 – A November 24, 2018 attack by Syrian government forces near an elementary school that killed six children, a teacher,...
Malaysia: Law Proposed Against Criticizing Monarchy
Bangkok, January 11, 2019 – The Malaysian government’s proposed new law to protect the monarchy from “insults” is its latest backtracking on human rights...
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Detained Children Tortured
Beirut, January 8, 2019 – The Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq is torturing children to confess to involvement with the Islamic State (ISIS),...
Nigeria: Military Raids Newspaper, Detains Staff
Abuja, January 8, 2019 – Government security forces’ January 6, 2019 raid on the Daily Trust newspaper’s offices and the arrest of staff members,...
UN expert urges DRC to restore internet service
GENEVA, Jan. 8, 2018 - A United Nations expert has called on the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to restore internet services...
CPJ, international journalists express deep concern over deteriorating press freedom climate in Nicaragua
January 7, 2019 Sent via email: presidencia@presidencia.gob.ni To President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo: We are journalists and press freedom advocates from Latin America and around...
Saudi women to be told of divorce by text message under new law
LONDON/BEIRUT, Jan. 6, 2019 - Women in Saudi Arabia will be notified by text message if they are divorced under a new law designed...