India: Gov’t. Rethinks Vicious Forest Act
Government withdraws proposed changes to Indian Forest Act. Minister Prakash Javadekar said draft created misconception among people. The Union government was withdrawing the officers’ draft of the Indian Forest Act (IFA), 1927 amendment, Minister of Environment, Forest and
Published : 18 November 2019
Palestine: Urgent Call from Gaza under Fire
During the time while Palestinian people are preparing themselves to hold a legislative elections, the Israeli occupation has launched a new aggressive attack against Gaza people. This attack leads to the martyrdom and the wound
Published : 17 November 2019
UN Obliges Israel to Compensate Lebanon
The U.N. on Friday voted in favor of obliging Israel to pay Lebanon compensations over the 2006 oil spill caused by its bombing of the seaside Jiye power plant. According to a tweet posted by MP
Published : 15 November 2019
UN Report on Israeli Colonies Speaks Truth
He’s a very tall man with bright eyes and a broad smile, and he holds out a great paw when he greets you. But Michael Lynk is no gentle giant. He may teach human rights law
Published : 14 November 2019
Report to UNCERD on Israeli Apartheid
Eight Palestinian, regional and international NGOs have submitted a substantial report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), ahead of the committee’s upcoming review of Israel’s next month. According to a
Published : 14 November 2019
Turkey’s Conflict Aquaculture Exposed
Turkey has become the leading importer of fishmeal from occupied Western Sahara. The aquaculture company Gümüşdoğa turns the meal into valuable fisheries products for the European market. On 6 November 2019, WSRW witnessed the arrival
Published : 10 November 2019
Brazil: The Life and Death of the Guajajara
It is not news that the Brazilian government has been failing to protect Indigenous lands and Indigenous rights. But due to ever-increasing invasion of their territories by land grabbers, loggers and even drug traffickers, the
Published : 08 November 2019
Mapping Deprivation across Lives
Mapping Deprivation across Lives: Getting the real measure of global poverty The Individual Deprivation Measure offers policymakers a chance to truly understand the multi-dimensionality of poverty, providing insights into deprivation’s unique characteristics at different stages in
Published : 05 November 2019
Brazil: Loggers Murder Amazon Forest Defender
An indigenous forest defender has been killed and another wounded after they were ambushed by illegal loggers in Brazil`s Amazon forest, according to authorities. Paulo Paulino Guajajara, a leader of an indigenous group seeking to protect the Arariboia
Published : 03 November 2019
