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Human Rights

Human Rights

Gaza and its people may not survive this phase of ceasefire

Israeli forces now control 70% of Gaza, confining over 2 million Palestinians to 30% of the territory—creating extreme population density of 46,000 people per square mile. This deliberate territorial compression, combined with restrictions on aid and continued military operations, renders Gaza uninhabitable and appears designed to force mass displacement.

Human Rights

Ukraine’s military has a real Nazi problem

Western allies have overlooked Nazi symbolism and extremist ideology embedded in Ukrainian military units like Azov to support the war effort, creating a propaganda problem that strengthens Russian narratives while violating Ukraine’s own anti-Nazi laws.

authoritarianism

Myanmar Struggles in the Grip of Coup and Covid

By Sara Perria Jul 20 2021 (IPS) – The third wave of Covid-19 is sweeping through Myanmar, from the high narrow buildings of the commercial capital Yangon to bamboo houses in rural areas. Ma Ni, not her real name, caught the virus in Yangon, infected by her husband and son. But…

Armed conflicts

History shows us that outsiders can never bring peace to Afghanistan

By Tamim Ansary * – The Guardian The US and British withdrawal has set off panic, but the truth is they were exacerbating the problem they were trying to solve Friends keep asking me to sign petitions urging President Biden to change his mind about withdrawing troops from…

Armed conflicts

Biden Turns His Back on Yemen

By Aisha Jumaan and Charles Pierson (*) – Common Dreams While he is a welcome change from the incompetence, venality, and cruelty of the Trump Administration, Biden has continued the Obama and Trump Administrations’ support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen In his first major…