World News

January 19, 2020

ACLU comments on proposed Trump administration regulations on religious freedom

Religious freedom is a fundamental right, but it does not confer a license to discriminate, says the American Civil Liberties Union.
January 18, 2020

Poor countries cut public spending in response to trebling of debt payments

Meeting Sustainable Development Goals to cut poverty and inequality requires large increases in public spending, but in many countries the opposite is happening.
January 17, 2020

Bishops call for application of international law in Israel and Palestine

Bishops from across Europe and North America have called on their governments to insist on the application of international law in Israel and Palestine.
January 16, 2020

Christian Aid calls for unity in Nigeria to unlock potential of world’s ‘poverty capital’

Fifty years after the end of Nigeria’s civil war, Christian Aid has brought together influencers from the worlds of politics, charity, business and faith to unite to help the country shed its title of ‘poverty capital of the world’
January 15, 2020

Bogus treason case against Cambodia's opposition leader must be dropped, says Amnesty

The Cambodian authorities have weaponised the criminal justice system as a means of eliminating the opposition, says Amnesty.
January 14, 2020

Anger as controversial Indian mining company opens tribal school

Survival International says the school is an attempt to reduce tribal resistance to the mining industry by teaching children to see mining as good and their own culture as backward.
January 13, 2020

US Commission criticised for risking downgrading human rights protections

There is concern that the commission’s exercise in identifying 'unalienable' rights is the administration’s attempt to rewrite international law based on its own beliefs.
January 12, 2020

Violence in DRC may constitute crimes against humanity, says UN

Among the objectives of armed groups is to take control of the land and its associated resources, say UN investigators.
January 11, 2020

Judges from 14 countries to protest judicial crackdown in Poland

Since 2015 the Polish Government has introduced a series of measures that have undermined the independence of the judiciary.
January 10, 2020

US-Iran conflict restricting aid work in Iraq, says Oxfam

Oxfam has closed its offices, including in Erbil, asking staff to work from their homes and avoid travel.