Human Wrongs Watch
By JEFFREY D. SACHS*
Ultimately, this is the story of how the Israel lobby undermined America, wrecked the Middle East, and set a series of international crimes against humanity in motion.
22/11/2024
UNICEF Warns against the “Silent Normalization of Horror” for the Children of Lebanon
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), told reporters in Geneva that ground clashes inside Lebanon – some of them very close to UNIFIL positions – have become “more violent”.
21/11/2024
Born Innocent, Raised Violent: The Fate of a Billion Children
Human Wrongs Watch
– Did you know that hundreds of millions of children around the world are currently suffering from physical, sexual, and psychological violence, including child labour, child marriage, female genital mutilation, gender-based violence, war, trafficking, bullying, and cyberbullying?
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21/11/2024
Exclusive Interview: ‘We Are at the Point Where Diplomacy Has Failed’, Warns Outgoing Middle East Envoy
Human Wrongs Watch
We are playing a poker game with a young generation that without any perspective on solutions, can find other ways to get an outlet for their frustration. That is very dangerous, and it’s dangerous for all. And it’s not only here. It is dangerous.
21/11/2024
United States Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at the United Nations’ Security Council
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The United States on Wednesday [] vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that demanded an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
20/11/2024
‘The Man Who Bought the World’
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Human Wrongs Watch
By Human Rights Watch*
Saudi Arabia: Public Investment Fund Linked to Abuses: Crown Prince Concentrates Power Through Control of Nearly Trillion-Dollar Fund
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (center) heads a meeting of the Council of Economic Affairs and Development in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on May 29, 2018. The council is responsible for oversight of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF). © 2018 Balkis Press/ABACA/Shutterstock
(Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has facilitated and benefited from human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on 20 November 2024.
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20/11/2024
Western Finance Ruining Economies of the Rest
Human Wrongs Watch
– Western financial policies have been squeezing economies worldwide. After being urged to borrow commercial finance heavily, developing countries now struggle with contractionary Western monetary policies.
Central banks
‘Unconventional monetary measures’ in the West helped offset the world economic slowdown after the 2008 global financial crisis.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Higher interest rates have worsened contractions, debt distress, and inequalities due to cost-push inflation triggered by ‘geopolitical’ supply disruptions.
Western central bank efforts have tried to check inflation by curbing demand and raising interest rates. Higher interest rates have worsened contractionary tendencies, exacerbating world stagnation.
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19/11/2024
Where Is the US Evil Empire Heading Now?
Human Wrongs Watch
By Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service*
7 Nov 2024 – Empires do NOT reform. Resilience is the term associated with the Oppressed, not the Oppressor. (Try imagine being enslaved or colonized for 300 years).
Maung Zarni
With elite delusions and a popular sense of “being special/ exceptional/ unique/ superior), Empires get toxic at home and abroad, decay, get overpowered/ crushed or simply collapse.
USA is no exception, except it has the capacity to bring humanity at large with it, to Hell.
I do not hate Americans as a people – just another population of fellow humans, who deserve life, not more or less than any other population.
But, with every cell in my body, I absolutely loath Empires and Imperialisms, whatever their names.
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19/11/2024
Annexation of Gaza Won’t Create Lasting Middle East Peace – UN Agency for Palestine Refugees
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, confirmed on Monday [] that a large convoy of humanitarian aid was looted inside Gaza at the weekend, amid a near-total breakdown in law and order and harassment of the agency’s staff by Israeli soldiers.
19/11/2024
‘Cut the Theatrics’: UN Climate Chief Tells COP29 Negotiators to Focus on Solutions
()* — As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday [] to “cut the theatrics,” get down to business and hammer out a new finance deal to compensate countries for climate-driven damages and pay for a clean-energy transition.
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UNFCCC/Kiara Worth | UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell addresses negotiators as the final week of COP29 begins in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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