Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Contrary to pledges to cut fossil fuel production, government policies worldwide will add up to a doubling of production in 2030, a new report from the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday [].
07/11/2023
My Heart Beats Heavily
Human Wrongs Watch
Text: Kristine Grønhaug | Photos: Beate Simarud | Design: Rami Touma
2 November 2023 — She leans her veiled head against her hand holding a walking stick. Is she 80 or 90? She doesn’t know. But her hands are as weathered as time itself.
Her name is Ndamukunzi. It means “without friends”.
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In North Kivu province, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), over 1.2 million people have been displaced since March 2022 when a wave of violence erupted among armed groups fighting over power and resources.
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07/11/2023
The Irish Government Must Invoke Genocide Convention
Human Wrongs Watch
By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service*
4 Nov 2023 – Nobel Peace Laureate called on the Irish government to trigger the Genocide Convention as a way to help halt the Israeli genocidal attack on Palestinians, in front of the American embassy in Belfast today.
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Mairead Corrigan Maguire
The governments of the US, UK, Germany and most of Europe are wholly complicit in the horrific assault on the people of Gaza.
Not only are these governments refusing to meet their treaty obligations to ensure respect for the Geneva Convention but they are in fact actively arming the assault by providing economic and intelligence support, and giving political and diplomatic cover for Israel’s war crimes.
Palestinians in Gaza are being demonized, suffering ethnic cleansing, and collective punishment. This is a classic case of genocide and the Israeli government must be held accountable.
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05/11/2023
Diary from Gaza: ‘There’s No Time to Mourn Anyone or Anything’
Human Wrongs Watch
— Three weeks of near-constant bombardment in Gaza have left its entire population in desperate and catastrophic conditions. The World Food Programme (WFP) is striving to reach over 1 million people for whom water and food are running out.
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A boy picks his way through a destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza. Photo: WFP Photolibrary
Here, one WFP employee (who prefers not to be identified) describes the horror, the personal grief of losing at least seven family members as well as some friends, her dreams for a better future, and why her work must go on in the face of it all.
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04/11/2023
Women and Newborns Bearing the Brunt of the Conflict in Gaza, UN Agencies Warn
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Women, children and newborns in Gaza are disproportionately bearing the burden of the escalation of hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, both as casualties and in reduced access to health services, warn the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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03/11/2023
Israel-Palestine Crisis: Gaza’s North Cut Off from Aid; Death Toll Rising
Human Wrongs Watch
The number of people killed in Gaza is nearing the 9,000 mark amid mounting concerns over the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on a densely-populated refugee camp near Gaza City, while a key hospital has stopped operations and UN humanitarians are unable to deliver aid to the north as the ground war intensifies.
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02/11/2023
UN Hunger Report Sounds Alarm on Emergencies at Risk of Going Forgotten amid Crisis in Palestine
Human Wrongs Watch
WFP-FAO report highlights 22 countries or territories needing urgent attention as funding shortfall hampers support
, Paul Anthem
(WFP)* — The latest Hunger Hotspots report provides a telling reminder of critical humanitarian emergencies that risk falling under the radar while the world’s attention is on the conflict in Israel and Palestine.
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02/11/2023
Rise in Intimidation, Settler Violence in the West Bank: United Nations
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(UN News)* — More than 820 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been displaced amid settler violence and increased movement restrictions since the Hamas terror attacks of 7 October and the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza, the UN relief wing said on Wednesday [].
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