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African Farmers Can Feed the World, If Only…
Human Wrongs Watch By Baher Kamal* ROME, 8 August 2016 (IPS) – Can African farmers feed the world?. Apparently the answer is “yes.” Bold as it may sound, this statement is based on specific facts: Africa is home to 60-65…
Chinese tourist mistaken for a refugee after filing wrong German paperwork
A Chinese tourist in Germany ended up in a refugee home for nearly two weeks after accidentally signing an asylum application form. The man had intended to file a report about his missing wallet. The 31-year-old backpacker from China, who…
The story behind post-coup siege mentality in Turkey
Turkish politicians and media were quick to blame the West for the failed July 15 coup. The idea that world powers have designs on Turkey has been around for over a century – and it’s not totally without basis. In…
Anniversary of the biggest terrorist attack in human history
The dates of August 6 and 9, 1945, remind us of the horror of Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the context of the end of the Second World War. That is when the US government caused the USA military to…
Rebuilding the Lives of Girls and Women after Boko Haram
Human Wrongs Watch 1 August 2016 (UN Women)* – More than 2,000 girls and women have been abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria. The international community continues to advocate for their safe return. But after the girls are back, what…
A new chapter in the persecution of popular leaders
Press Release by the Committee for Milagro Sala’s Freedom Yesterday, with the arrest warrant that the judge Martinez de Giorgi ordered for the President of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Hebe de Bonafini, we have witnessed in a new…
Security concerns halt Rostock refugee shelter plans
The local government in the German city of Rostock has shelved plans to create a new refugee home because of security concerns. But the relative lack of refugees in the city may also have been a factor. A series of…
Report on the status of the nuclear weapons ban treaty negotiations
From Alice Slater on Abolition2000: Dear Friends, This very thoughtful report below from Mia Gandenberger and Ray Acheson at Reaching Critical Will gives you the whole dismaying story of who’s working to ban the bomb and who wants more “steps”,…
Behold, a Pale Horse and its Rider’s Name Was Death
Behold, a Pale Horse and its Rider’s Name Was Death Behold, a Pale Horse and its Rider’s Name Was Death and Hell Followed Him Paul Craig Roberts I just listened to Obama give Washington’s account of the situation with ISIL in…
The Voting Rights Acts in the Era of Jim Crow 2.0
The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on Aug. 6, 1965, helped enfranchise millions of African-Americans over the decades. Speaking before a bipartisan gathering of members of Congress, his Cabinet, civil-rights leaders and the press, Johnson…
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