Mariya, a 14-year-old orphan and survivor of sexual assault in the DRC. Photo: Helen Vesperini/UN Migration Agency (IOM) 2017
17/01/2018
‘Humanitarian Situation in DR Congo Reaches Breaking Point as Funding Gap Remains Enormous’
17/01/2018
Peace and Democratic Multilateralism
From a culture of domination, violence and war to a culture of encounter, dialogue, conciliation, alliance and peace \ Photo re-posted from Wall Street International
17/01/2018
US Backing of SDF Border Guards Could Prolong Syria War for Years
Human Wrongs Watch
By Martin Jay*
16 January 2018 (RT)* — The US may think a new strategy backing the Kurds in Syria with 30,000 border guards will settle old scores. In fact, it might push Turkey’s relations with Russia beyond breaking point. And who exactly are these ‘new recruits’?
**Map of the Tigris–Euphrates river system across the eastern part of the Syro-Turkish border | X. Guimard | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
17/01/2018
Dire Situation for (Muslim) Rohingya Children Could Become ‘Catastrophic,’ as New Threats Loom – UNICEF
Human Wrongs Watch
As the Bay of Bengal region gears up for cyclone and monsoon seasons, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that more than half-a-millon Rohingya children already living in “horrific” conditions in makeshift settlements in Bangladesh may face compounded risks of disease and displacement.
A seven-year-old Rohingya girl carries a pot of water to her family’s makeshift shelter after filling it at a hand operated water pump at the Bormapara makeshift settlement in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: UNICEF/Sujan
17/01/2018
Israel: Criminalizing the Victim
Human Wrongs Watch
By Amos Gvirtz*
15 January 2018 – TRANSCEND Media Service — According to the ruling by Beer Sheva MagistrateMagistrate Magistrate Court Judge Yoav Atar, Sheikh Sayah Abu Medigham Al Touri is a criminal who deserves a ten-month prison sentence because he invaded lands that he claims are his.
Amos Gvirtz
This sentence was given before the court even reached a ruling about the ownership issue of the said land.
The judge ruled that Sheikh Sayah be sent to prison for ten months and pay a 36,000 shekel fine, in addition to a suspended sentence of five months in prison effective if and when he enter the area of Al Araqib again.
These are lands that Sheikh Sayah’s great-grandfather purchased in 1905 from someone in the Al Uqbi tribe around the area of Al Araqib.
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17/01/2018
‘Nearly Every Child in War-Torn Yemen Is Dependent on Humanitarian Aid to Survive’
Human Wrongs Watch
As the brutal conflict in Yemen nears its grim third anniversary, malnutrition and disease are running rampant in the country and virtually every child there is dependent on humanitarian aid to survive, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on 16 January 2018 said.
With up to 20 people sharing a room, diseases such as measles and respiratory infections are a significant threat in Yemen, especially for children already reeling from malnutrition and dealing with inadequate water and sanitation facilities. Photo: OCHA/Eman
17/01/2018
Syria: Uptick in Violence Exacerbates Already Dire Situation
Human Wrongs Watch
On top of the already-desperate conditions in Syria’s war-ravaged East Ghouta and north-west Idlib governorate, a violence upsurge is intensifying insecurity, the United Nations food relief agency on 16 January 2018 said.
Inter-agency convoy to Duma, east Ghouta in the buffer-zone crossing the conflict line. Photo: OCHA/Ghalia Seifo (file)
“Since the end of last year, airstrikes have destroyed numerous civilian buildings, killing hundreds of people in both places and, in the case of Idlib, displacing some 100,000 people,” said UN World Food Programme (WFP) Senior Communications Officer Bettina Luescher in Geneva.
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