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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06/11/2023
White-Collar Miners: Who Is Devastating the Amazon?
Human Wrongs Watch
By LUIS SALAS RODRÍGUEZ for DEBATES INDÍGENAS*
IWGIA – International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs*, 1 November 2023 — While miners are blamed for the destruction of the forests, this gold fever would not exist without the lavish consumption of sheikhs, influencers, rappers, footballers, brokers, Hollywood actors and famous singers.
Following the rise in the price of gold during Covid-19, Central Banks and speculators have further boosted this demand.
In Brazil and Venezuela, the land area affected by mining is increasing rapidly and the presence of gold miners threatens the indigenous communities living near the deposits.
When we think of the illegal and legal gold mining that is bleeding the Amazon, the culprits are obvious.
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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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04/11/2023
Sharp Uptick in Fighting in Myanmar, UN Humanitarians Report
Human Wrongs Watch
Myanmar witnessed a sharp escalation in fighting between the military and opposition groups this week fuelling a surge in new displacements, the UN humanitarian wing has said.
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03/11/2023
US Should Protect Voters Ahead of 2024 Election
Human Wrongs Watch
By Trey Walk | Human Rights Watch*
Discriminatory Laws Threaten Voting Rights
A voter filling out a ballot at the Green Spring Gardens polling station in Lincolnia, Virginia, US, June 20, 2023. © 2023 Minh Connors/The Washington Post via AP Photo
On November 5, 2024, voters in the United States will cast their next ballots in a federal election that could have important implications for the US government’s ability to address ongoing human rights violations.
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