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US lawmakers issue dear Colleague letter calling for urgent action on human trafficking

The Pentagon has said it halted intelligence sharing related to offensive operations, but that it is also reviewing how best to implement the new policy. The Biden administration has also pointed to its suspension of two precision-guided bomb sales to Saudi Arabia approved late in the Trump administration. But the administration has also made clear it will continue defending Saudi Arabia from attacks, including after one this past week at an airport near the kingdom’s border with Yemen that s...

English News and Press Release on Myanmar about Protection and Human Rights; published on 10 Feb 2021 by UN HRC

Myanmar coup: UN expert calls for strong international response including sanctions and arms embargo GENEVA (1 February 2021) – A UN human rights expert today condemned the military coup in Myanmar, urging a strong and unequivocal condemnation and action by the international community. “I call for the immediate, unconditional release of everyone who has been detained, the restoration of communications and an end to this outrageous and unlawful action,” said Tom Andrews, the UN Speci...

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Millions of Yemenis need food, water, and healthcare. This move announced by Mike Pompeo makes that harder.

Millions of Yemenis need food, water, and health care. This move makes that harder.

To: President Elect Biden and the Biden administration  As experts on Iran, international relations and nonproliferation, we write to fully support the incoming Biden administration in its commitment to make a clean break from the Trump Administration’s failed Iran policy and maximum pressure campaign and return the U.S. to the diplomatic path and full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal. In 2017, President Trump inherited an enviable position...

» Trump is threatening Iran, and Biden says the Pentagon is stonewalling him on many things with less than a month until his inauguration Trump is threatening Iran, and Biden says the Pentagon is stonewalling him on many things with less than a month until his inauguration John HaltiwangerDec 26, 2020, 02:55 IST President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up towards supporters as he departs Trump National Golf Club on December 13, 2020 in Sterling, Virginia.Al Drago/Getty Images Lame-duck presidents...

Lame-duck presidents typically wouldn't dream of threatening war in their final days. But Trump is anything but typical.