The head of the Independent Institution for Missing Persons in Syria (IIMP), Karla Quintana, stated during a press conference on Wednesday that finding the thousands of Syrians who disappeared under the Assad regime requires a collective international effort. Quintana warned that time is running out, and locating the missing urgently requires the support of the [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the killing of a journalist in Sudan’s besieged capital in a press release on Tuesday, urging the Sudanese authorities to investigate whether the attack was targeted. The CPJ stressed the heightening risks to journalists in Khartoum, who are “struggling to survive.” According to the CPJ, a drone strike [...]
In an emergency press release on Wednesday, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) reported that its Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by Israel in international waters, roughly 80 nautical miles off the Gaza coast. The press release said that the activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla have been detained. The Global Sumud Flotilla and [...]
Amnesty International, in a report released on Wednesday, revealed that Chinese courts are utilizing ambiguous laws to crack down on civilians’ freedoms of speech and association, subjecting individuals to arbitrary arrests and violations of fair trial rights. The report, titled “How Could This Verdict be ‘Legal’?”, analyzes more than 100 “official indictments and verdicts from [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement on Thursday calling on the Lebanese authorities to immediate release Hannibal Gaddafi, who has been held in pre-trial detention for 10 years. HRW reported that Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was detained by Internal Security Forces in December 2015 “on apparently unsubstantiated allegations that he [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday issued a statement urging Hong Kong authorities to ensure that journalists can work freely, and called for the renewal of a Bloomberg reporter’s work visa. Bloomberg reporter Rebecca Wilkins announced that “after six years of reporting in Hong Kong,” her visa was denied. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club [...]
In a press release on Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) denounced the killing of five members of the press in an Israeli airstrike at Southern Gaza’s Nasser Hospital. The CPJ called for the international community to prevent further unlawful attacks on journalists with impunity. CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah condemned the military action. [...]
The Directorate-General for the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations on Tuesday issued a joint statement addressing Israeli restrictions preventing NGO’s from providing life-saving aid to Gaza. The joint statement was signed by 27 “partners on aid to Gaza,” including foreign ministers of 24 countries. Among these were the UK, France, the Netherlands and [...]
UN experts on Wednesday condemned Israeli attacks deliberately targeting Gaza’s healthcare system as gross violations of international law and “medicide.” In a UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner press release, UN experts defined “medicide” as the deliberate targeting of healthcare infrastructure and workers as a “component of the intentional creation of conditions” for [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the Israeli government’s announcement of its intention to expand its military ground offensive in Gaza, calling for a permanent ceasefire and a UN-backed international coalition to help stabilize the region and support Palestinian governance. In a statement, France criticized the expansion of Israeli military occupation of North Gaza as “rash [...]
