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Biden said ‘Diplomacy is back!’ Then he started dropping bombs
The Guardian, originally published on Friday 26 February 2021. By Trita Parsi . Biden may inadvertently achieve what Trump couldn’t: destroying the Iran deal, Obama’s main foreign policy achievement. Diplomacy is back!” President Joe […]
Wednesday 3 March 2021More than 75% of Syrian refugees may have PTSD, says charity Syria Relief
The Guardian, originally published on Monday 1 Mars 2021. By Kaamil Ahmed. ‘There is a huge amount of damage you can’t see – the mental trauma’, says Syria Relief report author. More than three-quarters of […]
Monday 1 March 2021A Syrian Asylum-Seeker’s Case Reframes Migrant Abuses as Enforced Disappearances
The Intercept, originally published on February 28 2021. By John Washington. Fady roamed the bus depot in Didymoteicho, Greece, in November 2016, holding up his phone to waiting strangers, showing them a photo of his […]
Monday 1 March 2021On Migrant Rights, Joe Biden Still Has a Long Way to Go
Jacobin, originally published on 02.28.2021. An interview with ADAM GOODMAN. By Luke Savage. The Biden administration has made some encouraging noises on immigration policy. But activists are tired of talk — they want to see […]
Monday 1 March 2021Democrats pressure Biden on U.S backing for Saudi war in Yemen
The Intercept, published on February 25 2021. By Alex Emmons. Progressive lawmakers sent Biden a letter seeking details on his plan to halt U.S. aid for offensive military operations in Yemen. Weeks after President […]
Monday 1 March 2021Killing of Human Rights Defenders and Media Professionals in Afghanistan – New UN Report
Press Release KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS IN AFGHANISTAN – NEW UN REPORT KABUL, 15 February 2021 – The period following the start of Afghanistan Peace Negotiations in September 2020 has […]
Monday 15 February 2021OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation has joined an open letter by 55 NGOs to Biden: support access to justice for all by rescinding Trump-era executive order impeding ICC’s work
OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation has joined an open letter by 55 NGOs to Biden: support access to justice for all by rescinding Trump-era executive order impeding ICC’s work. Dear Mr. President, The International Federation for Human […]
Thursday 28 January 2021Biden’s Challenge: Redeeming a US Role for Human Rights
Human Rights Watch – World Report 2021 Introductory remark by Kenneth Roth. After four years of a president who was indifferent and often hostile to human rights, the November 2020 election of Joe Biden […]
Wednesday 27 January 2021This is how democracies die
The Guardian By Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. Blatant dictatorship – in the form of fascism, communism, or military rule – has disappeared across much of the world. Military coups and other violent seizures of power are […]
Wednesday 27 January 2021Kabul Under Siege: Op-Ed
Tolo News By William Maley, Professor. Published 28 December 2020. Kabul is a city under siege. It may not be besieged in the way that Berlin was in April 1945, but the daily lives of its […]
Wednesday 27 January 2021
