Human Wrongs Watch
04/10/2023
How Costa Rica Drafted Latin America’s First Ever Anti-Hate Strategy
29/09/2023
UN Human Rights Experts Slam ‘Systemic Racism’ in US Police and Courts
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(UN News)* — Police and criminal justice systems in the United States require urgent reform to eradicate “systemic racism” against people of African descent, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Thursday [].
A new report by UN International experts advancing racial justice and equality in policing, published after an official visit to the country, shows that Black people in the US are three times more likely to be killed by police than if they were White, and 4.5 times more likely to be incarcerated.
29/09/2023
EU Commission Should Stop Ignoring Tunisia’s Abuses Against Migrants
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By Philippe Dam, EU Director, Advocacy | Human Rights Watch*
Migration Control Funding Could Perpetuate Human Rights Violations
In a move terrible for human rights, the European Union Commission announced on Friday it will go ahead with a controversial deal on migration control, reached in July, by imminently releasing 67 million euros to Tunisia despite an absence of any specific human rights guarantees for migrants and asylum seekers, or any indication the EU has evaluated whether the funds would make the bloc complicit in abuses.
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29/09/2023
Libya Floods: ‘Tragedy Is Not Over’ Warns UNICEF
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(UN News)* — More than 16,000 children are displaced in eastern Libya following Africa’s deadliest storm in recorded history the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday [], highlighting the urgent need for psychosocial care.
UNICEF stated that many more children are affected due to lack of essential services, such as health, schooling and safe water supply.
“When disasters hit, children are always among the most vulnerable,” said Adele Khodr, UNICEF’s Regional Director, who has just returned from a visit to Al Bayda and Derna.
Storm Daniel struck eastern Libya on 10 September and left widespread flooding and destruction in its wake across Derna, Albayda, Soussa, Al-Marj, Shahat, Taknis, Battah, Tolmeita, Bersis, Tokra and Al-Abyar.
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28/09/2023
The Future of Muslims in Saffronsed India
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By Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is inflaming hatred of Muslims in India, as the world looks the other way. Hindu hard-liners, one holding a sword, chant slogans against Muslim communities.
Moin Qazi
A darker narrative is starting to define Modi’s India. The government has been systematically oppressing, marginalizing and inciting hatred toward its 220-million Muslim minority.
This campaign has been slowly gathering momentum over the years and has reached new intensity levels today. India is not a healthy democracy.
The poisonous rhetoric is having an effect. Shortly after these speeches, during celebrations commemorating the birth of Lord Rama, multiple attacks took place all over the country.The dangerous provocations continue.
“Tolerant Muslims can be counted on fingers. T. Even that is a tactic. It is to stay in public life with a mask.”
Meanwhile, Modi was praising an extremely Islamophobic new film at a rally ahead of local elections this month.
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28/09/2023
US/Haiti: Suspend Deportation Flights to Haiti
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28/09/2023
Israeli settlements ‘systematically erode’ viability of Palestinian State
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(UN News)* — The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Wednesday [] expressed deep concern over the relentless expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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“Settlements further entrench the occupation, fuel violence, impede Palestinian access to their land and resources, and systematically erode the viability of a Palestinian State as part of a two-State solution”, the senior envoy said.
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28/09/2023
Unprecedented Migrant Surge in Central America and Mexico
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Geneva/San José, 27 September 2023 (IOM)* – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for governments in Central America and Mexico to collaborate to address the immediate humanitarian needs of people on the move as unprecedented numbers of vulnerable migrants transit through the region, while also working on long-term solutions to tackle the drivers of migration.
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26/09/2023
US-Mexico Border World’s Deadliest Migration Land Route
Geneva/Berlin/San José, 12 Setpember 2023 (IOM)* – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) documented 686 deaths and disappearances of migrants on the US-Mexico border in 2022, making it the deadliest land route for migrants worldwide on record.
The figure represents nearly half of the 1,457 migrant deaths and disappearances recorded throughout the Americas in 2022, the deadliest year on record since IOM’s Missing Migrants Project (MMP) began in 2014.
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