The dangerous greenhouse gas methane is bubbling up from melting permafrost in the Arctic and from the shallow seas north of Siberia | Image from Wall Street International.
07/10/2020
‘Starvation Is Being Intentionally Used as a War Tactic in South Sudan’s Brutal Conflict,’ UN Human Rights Body Finds
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan’s brutal conflict, a UN-backed human rights panel said on Tuesday [6 October 2020], releasing its latest report on the country.
The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said the brutal fighting has caused incalculable suffering to civilians, and resulted in staggering levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition.
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07/10/2020
UN Chief Condemns Continuing Escalation of Violence in Nagorno -Karabakh
Human Wrongs Watch
6 October 2020 (UN News)* — The United Nations Secretary-General has condemned the continuing escalation of violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, reminding all sides of their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.
06/10/2020
Armenia’s Struggle for Democracy and Rights
The Armenian struggle for survival today is for self-determination and democracy in opposition to authoritarianism.
Location and extent of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (lighter color). | Public Domain | Wikipedia.
3 October 2020 (openDemocracy)* — The current conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is not about ethnicity as much as three dictators attacking to destroy a thriving democracy in their midsts.
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06/10/2020
Nagorno-Karabakh: Are Con-federal Structures Possible?
Human Wrongs Watch
By René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service*
On 27 Sep, military forces from Azerbaijan moved into six villages held by Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh area. The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pachinian in a television broadcast warned that the two countries were “on the edge of war with unforeseeable consequences”. The President of Azerbaijan, Elham Aliev, declared martial law and called up reserve military.
René Wadlow
There have been calls for a cease-fire from Russia; however Russia is generally thought to favor Armenia. The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeated his support for Azerbaijan.
On 30 September 2020, the United Nations Security Council passed a unanimous resolution calling on Armenia and Azerbaijan to halt fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh and urgently to resume talks without preconditions.
There have been previous talks held under the leadership of the “Minsk Group” (Russia, France, USA), founded in 1994, of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
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06/10/2020
70% of COVID Cases Located in Just 10 Countries – World Health Organization
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — While COVID-19 has affected all countries, the pandemic is “uneven”, and it is estimated that 10 per cent of the global population may have been infected with the virus, senior officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday [5 October 2020].
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05/10/2020
The Politics of Production – Mining in the Crosshairs
Human Wrongs Watch
By Hazel Henderson*
5 October 2020 (Wall Street International)* — We humans, having populated every part of Earth’s surface and visited the Moon, now are perched atop the planet’s food chain. We are learning from this perilous position but hastening the extinction of all other species in our shared, life-supporting biosphere.
Mining the Earth | Image from Wall Street International.
05/10/2020
Formerly Colonized People Can’t Breathe. And the IMF and World Bank Are to Blame
It’s time for a #FeministBailout based not on profit-maximization but care, respect for eco-systems, and solidarity.
Women prepare food at a protest outside the IMF offices in Buenos Aires, October 2019 | Carol Smiljan/NurPhoto/PA Images
This article is part of ourEconomy’s ‘Decolonising the economy’ series.
1 October 2020 (openDemocracy)* — “Who the hell cuts a health budget in the middle of a pandemic?” woefully expressed a fellow comrade upon learning of the Nigerian government ‘s decision to slash the national health expenditure budget by almost half.
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05/10/2020
Currently, More than One Billion People Live in Overcrowded Settlements with Inadequate Housing – World Habitat Day
Human Wrongs Watch
5 October 2020 (UN News)* — Commemorating World Habitat Day, on Monday, top UN officials called for urgent action to provide low-income families and vulnerable populations with affordable housing with security of tenure and easy access to water, sanitation, transport and other basic services.
The need is all the more pressing given the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact, UN Secretary-General António Guterres outlined in a message.
03/10/2020
Bangladesh: Protesting Rohingya Refugees Beaten
Human Wrongs Watch
By Human Rights Watch*
Authorities Prepare to Relocate Thousands to Dangerous Island
(New York) – Bangladesh authorities beat refugees protesting their detention on Bhasan Char Island with sticks and tree branches, Human Rights Watch on 1 October 2020 said.
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