At least 107 civilians – including 26 children and 11 women – were the latest to be killed in the Syrian conflict in the month of July 2020, according to a new report released by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR). … Read more →
The European Union has decided to deny funding under a twinning programme to six Polish towns that have declared themselves “L.G.B.T.-free zones”. The decision is a rare example of the EU imposing financial sanctions on a member state for issues relating to equal treatment of its citizens. The announcement was confirmed by the EU’s Equality Commissioner … Read more →
A new report, co-authored by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Danish Refugee Council’s Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), has found nearly half of all violence against African migrants making the journey to the Mediterranean coast is perpetrated by law enforcers. … Read more →
New research suggests that more than half of Mumbai slum residents may have COVID-19. A sample of 7,000 people taken from three areas in India’s commercial capital found that 57% of residents had been exposed to the novel coronavirus. The survey was carried out by the city’s municipality, alongside the government … Read more →
On Sunday 9 August, elections will take place in Belarus. Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s last dictator, has served as President of Belarus since the establishment of the office on 20 July 1994 and is now, after 26 years in power, facing mounting public pressure to step aside.
A tragic normality in the run-up … Read more →
A new report published on Monday 27 July 2020 by the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) shows that 1,282 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the first half of this year. A further 2,176 civilians were injured, totalling 3,458 UN documented civilian casualties in the country over the six month period. Of this figure, 340… … Read more →
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has moved closer to gaining near-total control of Hungarian media after the country’s most influential news website imploded. More than 80 journalists at Index quit on Friday 24 July, two days after the publisher fired Szabolcs Dull, the editor-in-chief, with resigning staff citing … Read more →
Yemen’s Houthi-controlled parliament in Sana’a has begun the process of stripping 12 MPs of their parliamentarian immunity ahead of putting them on trial for supporting the group’s enemies. The move is just the latest example of the Iranian-backed Houthis’ clamping down on political opponents. The Saba news agency reports that the … Read more →
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has released a report that states – upon reviewing last month’s Secretary-General’s report on Children and Armed Conflict – Syria is “either the worst or amongst the worst countries worldwide” in several types of violations. The Secretary-General’s annual report highlights … Read more →
Yemen is in danger of an imminent return to devastating levels of hunger and food insecurity, according to new analysis released by UN agencies. A new report published on 22 July said Yemen was returning to “alarming” levels of food insecurity. Another report released today, 23 July, says Yemen might have the highest rate of… … Read more →