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By Tarik Argaz in Tripoli, Libya*
24 January 2019 (UNHCR)* — Kedija, 15, and Yonas, 12, survived kidnapping, detention, and a failed sea crossing before finally rejoining their mother in Switzerland. | Español | Français
26/01/2019
Eritrean Minors Reunited with Mother after Eight-Year Odyssey
26/01/2019
Is U.S. Hubris Taking the World to the Edge?
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By Askiah Adam – TRANSCEND Media Service*
Another US regime change undertaking is about to begin. Meanwhile, the Syrian misadventure will, hopefully, end soon and Bashar Al Assad’s enduring presence in Damascus is Washington’s failure writ large.
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Donald Trump | Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America | CC BY-SA 2.0
But that is not stopping the neoconservatives. Washington is beating the war drums again, this time in Latin America.
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26/01/2019
Climate Change Recognized as ‘Threat Multiplier’, UN Security Council Debates Its Impact on Peace
Human Wrongs Watch
As climate change is increasingly recognized as a “threat multiplier” by scientists, political representatives, and civil society across the world, the United Nations Security Council held an open debate on Friday [25 January 2019] to discuss its concrete impact on peace and security, and focus on tangible ways to diminish the effects of global warming.
“The relationship between climate-related risks and conflict is complex and often intersects with political, social, economic and demographic factors,” said Rosemary DiCarlo, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs in her opening remarks.
26/01/2019
‘Myanmar Government Side-Lining Democratic Reform, Resorting to Military Era Repression – Human Rights Situation Continues to Deteriorate’
25 January 2019 – The human rights situation in Myanmar continues to deteriorate, as the civilian government fails to bring about democratic reforms and instead resorts to the kind of repression carried out under previous military regimes, said the UN human rights expert Yanghee Lee, speaking at the end of an 11-day mission to neighbouring Thailand and Bangladesh.
Ms. Lee, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, described the “democratic space” in Myanmar (including freedom of speech and association) as “fragile,” with religious and ethnic divisions remaining across the country, as well as the marginalization and discrimination of minorities.
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