Human Rights

Five Steps to Peace in Myanmar

2017-10-10

a resolution remains possible to achieve it five steps must be taken without delay

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Forever homeless? The forgotten Arabs of Sinjar

2017-10-02

Driven from their villages to Mosul, then into refugee camps, hundreds lose hope of return

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Made in Britain, tested on Yemenis: The reality of working for the bombmakers

2017-03-09

Saudi jets flown over Yemen begin life in Lancashire factories. Workers there ask how else can they earn a living

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A World Without Borders

2017-03-03

Richer, Fairer, and More Free

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Battle for Mosul: The forgotten refugees stranded on an Iraqi desert plain

2017-02-13

Islamic State drove them from their homes. Now these villages battle harsh weather, severe water shortages and limited fuel supplies

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ASEAN and the Rohingya Crisis

2017-02-07

The United Nations considers the stateless Rohingya to be among the world’s most persecuted minorities

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As Trump’s world unfolds, Saudis, Alkhalifa ponder their future

2017-02-04

The regime is worried by the change of administration in Washington and Trump’s policies that may have adverse effects on Saudi security and long-term existence

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Dark Days for Children

2017-01-31

Images of dead, injured, and distraught young children filled the media on an almost daily basis

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Bahrain is still hounding its Shia

2017-01-21

Protesters are cowed, but the repression carries on

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WHAT THE GREEK AUTHORITIES SHOULD DO TO PREVENT HATE CRIMES DIRECTED AT MIGRANTS

2016-12-11

With rising tensions and attacks toward refugees in Greece, what can be done?

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Japanese-Americans Imprisoned For Ethnicity Speak Out In Defense Of Muslims

2016-12-08

“It was all based on race hysteria, xenophobia in the past, and you don’t want that to repeat again.”

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For Iraqi Christians, a Bittersweet Homecoming

2016-10-30

They’re taking their homes and churches back from the Islamic State. But it may be too late to start over

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Murder of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar: Who pulled the trigger?

2016-10-06

Sharing a cartoon on Facebook that depicted a depraved extremist issuing orders to a meek God

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Food for refugees, Fat help

2016-09-29

Increasingly, hungry refugees receive aid not as food, but as cash

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Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar 'unpaid for months'

2016-09-21

About 400 workers in Qatar have been without pay for up to four months, according the Indian Community Benevolent Forum charity

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Iraqi Pilgrims Abused in Medina Airport

2016-08-26

Iraqi pilgrims face restriction and unexpected search in addition to humiliation and verbal abuse in public

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Iraq’s Yazidis, Freedom on hold

2016-08-12

Safe from Islamic State, Yazidis now face a struggle with the Kurds

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A BLOODY RAMADAN PROVES SUCCESS OF ISIS’S DEADLY MESSAGE

2016-07-09

The group has killed more than 500 people in its attacks since the beginning of the Islamic holy month

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Bahrain Tightens the Screws

2016-06-29

Years after promising democratic reforms, Bahrain’s government is going after its critics with a new vigor. How long will London and Washington hold their tongues?

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Getting a Grip on Migration

2016-06-20

Some 240 million people today are living outside their country of birth – enough to form the world’s fifth most populous country

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Murder for profit… A horrific trade in body parts

2016-06-17

People with the genetic disorder, which is characterised by an absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes, have long suffered from discrimination in Malawi, where superstition about the condition runs deep

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THE IRAQI GHOST TOWN WHERE ISIS MASSACRED 5,000

2016-06-05

Sinjar in northern Iraq was home to more than 88,000 civilians in 2013. Today, there are none left living here

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Bahrain opposition slams provocative doubling of leader's jail term

2016-05-30

Opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman was given 4-year term for inciting hatred, but will now serve 9 years after appeals court decision

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