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BAHRAIN: another hearing against Nabeel Rajab
Source: FIDH New information BHR 006 / 0812 / OBS 048.28 Arbitrary detention /Judicial harassment Bahrain May 29, 2017 30 May 2017 – Nabeel Rajab’s trial related to TV interviews was postponed for the 8th […]
Tuesday 6 June 2017Resisting Donald Trump’s Violence Strategically
Source : Human Wrongs Watch By Robert J. Burrowes* DAYLESFORD, Australia, 1 March, 2017 – It is already clearly apparent, as many predicted, that Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States would signal the start […]
Tuesday 6 June 2017Child marriage is a problem in the United States too
The minimum age of marriage, according to US law, is 18. There is a legal gray zone, however- every state allows marriages of children below 18 with parental or judicial consent.There is no legislation to raise the marriageable age bar or to ban child marriages in 38 states of the US.
Tuesday 6 June 2017Is Daesh really in Afghanistan?
Source: TRT World Author: Ali M Latifi As the militant group steps up its attacks in the country, Afghans still see Daesh as a mysterious foreign entity whose makeup and intentions remain unclear to both officials […]
Tuesday 6 June 201750th Anniversary of Israel’s Military Occupation of Palestine
Position of Human Rights Organizations on the 50th Anniversary of Israel’s Military Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip On the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and […]
Tuesday 6 June 2017Education Cannot Wait Fund for education in emergencies
Source: UN WHS: New fund launched at UN humanitarian summit to address education in crisis zones 23 May 2016 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today announced the launch of a new fund […]
Saturday 3 June 2017INTERVIEW: ‘Act now,’ or by 2030, millions could be graduating from schools without even basic education, warns UN envoy
20 April 2017 – The ground-breaking, United Nations-backed International Finance Facility for Education is vital to ensure that half of the world’s children don’t miss out on the basic schooling needed to meet the 2030 […]
Saturday 3 June 2017Conflict-related child deaths hit new high in Afghanistan, UN warns
Special Representatives welcome creation of International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
Special Representative Zerrougui highlighted how children are targets of sexual violence during conflict not only because they are generally physically and mentally more vulnerable than adults, but also because making victims of teens and those who are even younger strikes at the very heart of any given community.
Saturday 3 June 2017
