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Myanmar’s crisis is much more than the Rohingya

September 21, 2017

ASIA·Headlines·Human Rights·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Refugees·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS

The General Assembly of the United Nations is meeting in New York to try and resolve the problem of the expulsion of

Rohingya Muslim militants wage coordinated attack against police, army base

August 25, 2017

ASIA·Human Rights·News Wire·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS

Rakhine, Myanmar, LC The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has claimed responsibility for the coordinated attack of upwards of 30 police posts

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India Supreme Court ends ‘triple talaq’ divorce law for Muslim women

August 22, 2017

ASIA·Human Rights·INDIA·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

New Delhi, India [LC] India’s Supreme Court has blocked a Muslim “triple talaq” divorce law until the government issues new legislation. For

Transgender military policy still in question after Trump tweets

August 3, 2017

AMERICAS·Headlines·Human Rights·NATIONAL SECURITY·Politics·VETERANS

On July 26th, an already confusing political situation got even cloudier as President Trump, the US Military’s Commander-In-Chief, seemed to reverse President

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#GailForce: A successful NatSec policy isn’t just about blowing things up

July 14, 2017

AFRICA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·Human Rights·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·Refugees·United Nations·WORLD NEWS

In May 2017 the U.S. Department of State released its FY 2018 International Affairs budget request for the State Department and USAID.

Saudi King decrees some rights for women

May 10, 2017

Human Rights·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

RIYAHD, SAUDI ARABIA (LC) Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered that women can now benefit from government education and healthcare services, and

World Press Freedom Day clarifies media’s role in advancing peace

May 3, 2017

Human Rights·News Wire·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·VETERANS

World Press Freedom Day reminds us that it’s the media’s role, our role, to work towards the advancement of peace, understanding and

Nativation: The Native American Awakening

April 23, 2017

AMERICAS·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·Human Rights·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RESOURCES

As the observance of Earth Day wraps up this weekend, my troubling thoughts as a Native American are that it took place

Trump Administration rolls back transgender students access to school restrooms

February 23, 2017

AMERICAS·Headlines·Human Rights·Politics

| Washington – The U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education issued a joint memo yesterday stating that they will no

Dept of Homeland Security announces sweeping immigration enforcement plan

February 21, 2017

AMERICAS·Breaking News·Headlines·Human Rights·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a sweeping immigration enforcement plan to implement President Trump’s promise to crack down on

FBI tweet honoring MLK, a painful reminder of past efforts to undermine him

January 16, 2017

AMERICAS·Headlines·Human Rights·News·News Wire

The American public, the church organizations that have been helping – Protestant, Catholic and Jews will know you for what you are

Dylann Roof, white supremacist, sentenced to death

January 14, 2017

AMERICAS·Human Rights·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·News Wire

“I forgave him, and I’m not going to take that back ever,” said Reverend Anthony B. Thompson, widower of a one of

After America’s Longest War, Refugees Face Forced Return to Afghanistan

November 17, 2016

ASIA·EUROPE·Headlines·Human Rights·MENA·News·Refugees·WORLD NEWS

After America’s longest war, thousands of refugees that fled the conflict face forced repatriation to Afghanistan, a country still at war. As

Image Ethiopia human rights abuses spark US resolution

Ethiopia Human Rights Abuses Spark U.S. Congressional Action

September 30, 2016

AFRICA·Headlines·Human Rights·MENA·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

U.S. Representatives push for legislation targeting Ethiopia after Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch document human rights abuses. A bipartisan group of