BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Friday called for an immediate end to the violence in the occupied West Bank following clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. “Violence needs to stop immediately,” Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson of the EU’s diplomatic service, said in a statement. He expressed deep concern over the surge […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – More than 150 Palestinians were injured at dawn on Friday as the Israeli police stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Palestinian Red Crescent said that 152 Palestinians were injured during clashes with the Israeli police in the courtyards of the mosque. The Palestinians were injured by rubber bullets, tear gas, ...
NAIROBI, Kenya – Millions of refugees and displaced people in East Africa are facing a “desperate future” due to “conflict, climate shocks and COVID-19, combined with spiraling costs of food and fuel,” UN agencies have warned. Along with the number of refugees in need of support, the gap between resourcing and needs has also grown, [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – The Palestinian government has rejected an Israeli judicial decision to allow a deduction from Palestinian taxes in compensation to Israelis affected by attacks. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has termed the Israeli decision as “illegal” and “illegitimate.” “The Israeli court view that accuses the Pale...
SANAA, Yemen – Around 30,000 Yemeni civilians have been displaced from their homes in war-torn Yemen in the past three months, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. In a statement, UNHCR said the new figure is added “to 4.3 million already displaced” in Yemen due to fighting across the country. “Durable peace and st...
ATHENS – The Human Rights Watch has accused Greek authorities of double standards in accepting Ukrainian refugees but rejecting irregular Afghan and other migrants at the border with Turkiye. A 29-page report said that Greek forces detained, stripped and stole the belongings of irregular migrants from Afghanistan and the Middle East befo...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Rwandans paused Thursday to mark the 28th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group at nationwide remembrance ceremonies to honor 1 million people killed in 100 days. Thousands gathered at memorial sites in the national capital of Kigali and across the country to lay wreaths on graves where [&h...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council (HRC) after evidence emerged of apparent mass atrocities carried out by Moscow’s forces. The 93-24 vote saw 58 members states abstain. A member can be removed from the HRC following a two-thirds vote from the assembly if a [&hel...
Bangladeshi police are holding more than 300 Rohingyas in transit camps, after they were caught working outside refugee camps or leaving their shelters for other purposes. Human Rights Watch has renewed its call for the Bangladeshi government to ease movement restrictions on the Rohingya. The agency says barring refugees from leaving camps for...
HOUSTON, Texas – Eighty-year-old Helen Lewis Johnson is an African American historian for the Black Heritage Society. He remembers the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968 as if it were yesterday. “I was enjoying being home with my four children while on a spring break…when the […]...
