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When the battle for Ramadi resumed most of the town had already been destroyed. Aerial bombing and dense ground combat between the US–Iraqi mili

Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, on Wednesday, said inadequate oversight and transparency led to the diversion of COVID-19 funds

Petition wording and link: Wording: Every few months, entire pods of Pilot Whales are brutally and senselessly slaughtered in the Faroe Islands. As many as 1,000 long‐finned pilot whales are brutally killed in the Faroe Islands each year. The slaughter occurs mainly during the summer months in so‐called “traditional” communal drive hunts that locals refer to as “grindadráp” or simply, “the grind”. More accurately this practice should be called what it truly is ‐ mass slaughte...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On February 1, 2021, the Burmese military announced that it had seized control of the country from the countrys democratically elected government. 1 In response to the coup, the US has so far designated 12 individuals and three entities and imposed restrictions on certain exports. Allied governments, including the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada, either have promulgated their own sanctions or are considering doing so. Th...

Mexican daily highlights MEPs stance on blockade against Cuba Mexican daily highlights MEPs stance on blockade against Cuba Mexico, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican newspaper La Jornada, on Wednesday highlighted the demand to the United States by a group of 25 members of the European Parliament (EP) to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba. The newspaper echoed a report by Prensa Latina about these legislators support for European Union (EU) Ambassador to Cuba Albe...

Advocacy/Communications Consultancy about Gender and Protection and Human Rights, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from Equality Now; closing on 14 Mar 2021

Dear High Representative, Dear Foreign Ministers, We are writing ahead of the January 25th Foreign Affairs Council discussion on Egypt to raise our serious concerns, once again, about the human rights crisis unfolding in the country, and to urge the EU and its member states to take the long overdue steps needed to signal that Egypt’s disregard for human rights will no longer be tolerated. As we near the 10th anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 revolution, the hopes for freedom and human rights-orie...

As we wave an eager goodbye to 2020 in the rearview mirror, its time to assess the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to drug policy and drug reform at the international level. As in other realms of human behavior, the coronavirus pandemic is inescapable, but even as the pandemic raged, drug policy developments kept happening. Here are the biggest world drug policy stories of 2020: The Coronavirus Pandemic and the World of Drugs As with virtually every other aspect of human affairs, the ...