UN Unveils Plan to Halt Biodiversity Loss
Eliminating all plastic pollution and ending $500bn of annual government subsidies that harm nature are among the targets in a UN draft plan for averting Earth`s sixth mass extinction. The draft plan has been released today (12 July) by
Published : 12 July 2021
Palestine: Urgent Appeal to Release Shatha Odeh
Urgent Appeal for the Release of Ms. Shatha Odeh Abu Fannouneh, Director of the Health Work Committees (HWC) For the attention of: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michele Bachelet Jeria 1. Introduction Ms. Shatha
Published : 11 July 2021
Romania: Sign-on to Halt Evictions
Appeal to the Romanian State Authorities and International Organizations: Increased Risk of Eviction in Pata Rât of Cluj-Napoca! The current situation More than 10 years have passed since the eviction of 76 Roma families from Coastei Street in Cluj-Napoca
Published : 07 July 2021
Gaza: World Bank Sets War Losses @ $570 mil
US$570 million physical and economical losses in Gaza, says World Bank RAMALLAH—The eleven days of hostilities in May 2021 in Gaza resulted in the loss of over 260 people, including 66 children and 41 women, and
Published : 07 July 2021
Human Rights and Land Event: Friday, 9 June
Draft general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Friday 9 July 2021, 13:30 – 16:30 CEST live on Zoom from Villa Moynier, Geneva The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is now developing a
Published : 05 July 2021
Nordic Fund Bans 16 Firms over Illegal Colonies
Nordic fund KLP excludes 16 companies over links to Israeli settlements in West Bank OSLO—Norway`s largest pension fund KLP said on Monday it would no longer invest in 16 companies including Alstom ALSO.PA and Motorola MSI.N because of their links
Published : 05 July 2021
The Nakba and the Polish Law
In 1948, more than 700,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed by the newly born Jewish `State`. This catastrophic racially driven crime is called the Nakba. "Israel" seems upset by a new Polish law that sets a 30-year
Published : 30 June 2021
Lebanon’s Sectarian Oligarchic Economy
How a Sectarian Oligarchy Destroyed Lebanon’s Economy Lebanon is coping with an unprecedented banking crisis that has plunged more than half of the population into poverty. Those responsible are sectarian political elites who have plundered the economy
Published : 30 June 2021
Texas Criminalizes Homelessness
Texas Passes Statewide Camping Ban Amid a housing affordability crisis, cities across the U.S. have been struggling with their unsheltered populations. Two years ago, Austin, Texas, decriminalized activities related to homelessness. But this year, citizens voted
Published : 28 June 2021
