Human Rights

What is this heterogeneous crowd of people standing in the foyer of the People’s theatre doing there? Why are they waiting hours in advance for a ticket? Why are the foreigners searching in agony for a live stream link? At…

In Hong Kong 2016 the Lunar New Year was being happily celebrated across the territory and in the crowded ever-popular Mongkok district it was the perennially delightful scene of crowds and snack stalls, kids and elders alike all enjoying seasonal…

Human Wrongs Watch By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate* BELFAST, 9 February 2016 (IPS) – The World Health Organization has said that ‘Violence is a preventable disease’ and people are not born violent, rather we all live in cultures of violence.…

Human Wrongs Watch   Thousands of detainees have been killed while in the custody of the warring parties in Syria over the past four and a half years, with thousands held by the Government beaten to death or dying from…

The Peace People – TRANSCEND Media Service PRESS RELEASE – 5 Feb 2016 Mairead Maguire welcomed the findings of the United Nations working panel when on 5th February 2016 they produced a report on the detention of Julian Assange. She…

Human Wrongs Watch UNICEF is launching a US$2.8 billion appeal to reach 43 million children in humanitarian emergencies, of which the largest portion, 25 per cent, targets educating children in emergencies.*  Every year, the lives of millions of children and…

Actress Michelle Hendley portrays WikilLeaks whistleblower’s voice due to prison restrictions barring her from speaking directly to press. (Via Common Dreams) The recording was produced in collaboration with Amnesty International and voiced by actress Michelle Hendley. Due to prison restrictions,…

According to the Guardian newspaper “Julian Assange is in arbitrary detention, UN panel finds. WikiLeaks chief, who is avoiding extradition by living in Ecuadorian embassy, has won UN backing” The ruling is not legally binding and the UK authorities have made clear…

Human Wrongs Watch By Baher Kamal* Cairo, 4 February 2016 (IPS) – “Do you speak English fluently? No? Then you risk to become a terrorist!.” IPS posed this dilemma to some young Muslim women living in Cairo, while explaining that…

Michael Moore gives us a succinct report about a scandal that has shaken the US: “News of the poisoned water crisis in Flint has reached a wide audience around the world. The basics are now known: the Republican governor, Rick…