Posted inWorld Troubled waters: The Mediterranean is becoming even more deadly for migrants by IRIN News August 30, 2016
Posted inWorld Italy earthquake: Red Cross teams join search for quake survivors by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socie August 24, 2016
Posted inWorld Iraq: Executions will not eliminate security threats by Amnesty International August 22, 2016
Posted inWorld Brazil: Rio’s Olympic legacy shattered with no let-up in killings by police by Amnesty International August 22, 2016
Posted inWorld Honduras: Killing of rights defenders highlight perils they face, says UN rights office by UN News August 22, 2016August 21, 2016
Posted inWorld World Humanitarian Day Tragedy: IFRC calls for humanitarian solution to Mediterranean drownings as two young children confirmed drowned by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socie August 19, 2016
Posted inWorld Scientists link conflict and climate change by Tim Radford, Climate News Network August 18, 2016
Posted inWorld Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Rights Defenders Threatened by Human Rights Watch August 15, 2016
Posted inWorld Israel renders 53 Palestinians homeless in August heat; 2016 home demolition rate highest since 2006 by B'Tselem August 12, 2016August 12, 2016
Posted inWorld ‘Let’s build bridges, not walls,’ says UN chief, urging all countries to help refugees and migrants by UN News August 12, 2016
Posted inWorld Women’s rights activists treated as enemies of the state in renewed crackdown in Iran by Amnesty International August 11, 2016
Posted inWorld As 1 million dogs are killed and eaten for Bok Nal ‘soup’ in South Korea, Jane Goodall supports groups mobilising to end cruel dog meat trade by Humane Society International August 9, 2016
Posted inWorld On anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, Ban urges all States to ‘galvanize global will for disarmament’ by UN News August 6, 2016
Posted inWorld Eight leading science and engineering societies express concern for welfare of Turkish scientific community, following failed coup by American Association for the Advancement of Science August 4, 2016
Posted inWorld New Initiative from Privacy International Tracks the Global Surveillance Industry by Privacy International August 3, 2016
Posted inWorld Brazil: Daily shootouts and alarming rise in police killings puts Olympic legacy at risk by Amnesty International August 3, 2016August 3, 2016
Posted inWorld In Iraq, UNICEF Ambassador Ewan McGregor urges help for children ‘ripped from their homes’ by UN News August 2, 2016
Posted inWorld If evicting people were an Olympic event, Brazil would win gold by IRIN News August 2, 2016
Posted inWorld Iraq: Fast-tracking executions will only accelerate injustice – Zeid by UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights August 1, 2016