News analysis, commentaries, current events…

Report: Israel admits to killing 5 children in a raid on a cemetery in Gaza

UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet today expressed alarm at the high number of Palestinians, including children, killed and injured in the occupied Palestinian territory this year, including in intense hostilities between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza last weekend. In the past week, 19 Palestinian children have been killed in the occupied Palestinian
Read more
No Comments

What is in the “Sacheen Littlefeather with ‘Long Overdue’ Apology After Mistreatment at 1973 Oscars” News?

Reports of the “Academy” attempting to right a wrong are circulating widely. Headlines like this, Academy Honors Sacheen Littlefeather with ‘Long Overdue’ Apology After Mistreatment at 1973 Oscars, cover all mainstream media. A sample of the coverage can be sampled here: After the Indigenous actress and activist, 75, faced mistreatment at the 45th Academy Awards
Read more
No Comments

UN: “Stop denying racism, start dismantling it”

UN Human Rights Chief urges immediate, transformative action to uproot systemic racism GENEVA (28 June 2021) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday issued an urgent call for States to adopt a “transformative agenda” to uproot systemic racism, as she published a report casting a spotlight on the litany of violations
Read more
No Comments

The human right that benefits…

This provocative article’s main thesis is succinctly captured by the title, the human right that benefits nature. While informative with the level of details and timelines that chronicle the struggle of community organizers to secure livable clean spaces, it nonetheless perpetuates the idea that human rights are claims for specific rights independent of whatever else
Read more
No Comments

HUQUQ Updates

Human Rights News Updates:   Stay up to date: HUQUQ news, New Reports Releases, Conversations To add or update an event in the public database of human rights crimes, use this Resource. To add a location of a human rights event, use the HUQUQ Events Map   Tweets by huquq  
Read more
No Comments