Human Wrongs Watch
April 2018 (UNEP-WCMC)* — A new study has revealed that human activities are affecting the deepest part of the ocean, more than 1,000 kilometers from the mainland.
01/05/2018
Lebanon’s Politicians Insist Syrian Refugees Return Home Now! But to What?
Human Wrongs Watch
By Franklin Lamb*
30 April 2018 – TRANSCEND Media Service* — “Uridu an aouda ela bayti fi Sourya!” (“I want to return home to Syria!”).
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01/05/2018
Why the ‘Good’ Refugee Is a Bad Idea
Human Wrongs Watch
By Nimmi Kurian*
An opaque process of separating the ‘good’ Rohingya refugees from the ‘bad’ ones has begun under conditions where only seven and a half thousand out of one million people have national verification cards.
**Photo: Extracted from another file: Displaced Rohingya people in Rakhine State (8280610831).jpg| Author: Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Source: Flickr| Licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0 (OGL). | Wikimedia Commons
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There is something surreal about the photo-op of a smiling Rohingya refugee family heading back to conflict-torn Myanmar.
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01/05/2018
Robert Fisk Puts to Test the Free-Press Myth in Douma [Syria]
Human Wrongs Watch
By Jonathan Cook*
30 April 2018 (TRANSCEND Media Service)* — Here’s how a free press, one owned by a handful of corporations, uses its freedom. It simply tells you what it is good for its business interests, or more generally for the political and business environment it operates in. It’s not interested in truth or airing all sides, or even necessarily basic facts.
**Photo: The ruins of the 2018 American-led bombing of Damascus and Homs | Author: Fathi Nizam | Tasnim News Agency | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
The only restraint preventing the corporate media from outright lying to promote its material interests is the fear of being found out, of readers starting to suspect that they are not being told the whole truth.
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01/05/2018
On International Day, Jazz Beat Heard around the World with Message for Freedom – UNESCO
Human Wrongs Watch
Jazz speaks to people from all linguistic, political and economic backgrounds, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 30 April 2018 said, praising the art form for its ability to promote peace, diversity, and respect for human dignity.
01/05/2018
In Bonn, Nations Begin Drafting Climate Action ‘Operating Manual’ to Implement the Paris Agreement
Human Wrongs Watch
The latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations began on 30 April 2018 in Bonn, Germany to further develop the “operating manual” for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to keep temperature rises this century, well below 2 degrees Celsius.
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