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On 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 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 2021Interview: Hard-Won Victories for Refugees in Greece – How Ten Years of Advocacy and Incremental Changes Add Up
Humans Rights Watch by Amy Braunschweiger and Eva Cossé In Greece, a recent high-profile court ruling and policy change mark momentous human rights victories for migrants and children. On October 7, an Athens court ruled that the […]
Tuesday 26 January 2021Joe Biden Will Have to Address the War in Afghanistan—Again
The New Yorker By Steve Coll January 20, 2021 When Joe Biden became Vice-President, in 2009, tens of thousands of American troops were fighting a spreading Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, and the war loomed as one of […]
Friday 22 January 2021The Other Pandemic: Fighting Inequality as We Beat Back Covid
Human Rights Watch By Lena Simet and Komala Ramachandra and Sarah Saadoun At the dawn of 2020, our world was already in crisis. High and rising economic inequality meant that someone born with few resources could see their basic human […]
Tuesday 19 January 2021Read & Watch International conference: Of War and Collective Memory
Read report/watch “Of War and Collective Memory”, 11 December 2020. OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation , 40Braids, Int. Simorgh Peace Prize, Armanshahr publishing 196th Conference held in 8th Edition of Human rights week collaboration with and supported by FIDH, UKRI, GCRF & ICAN.
Monday 21 December 2020International conference: Of War and Collective Memory
International conference: Of War and Collective Memory. In the shadow of amnesia: the struggle with power is the struggle of memory with oblivion. 196th Conference/dialogue held in framework of OPEN ASIA’s 8th Edition of Human rights week marking 25th anniversary celebration year.
Wednesday 2 December 2020
