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Human Rights Watch (HRW), one of the global leaders in documenting and combating human rights abuses around the world, released a report on Tuesday accusing Israel of the crime of apartheid. The 213-page report, entitled “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution,” found that Israel is responsible for committing “crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution” in the entire territory under its control, from the Jordan river to the Mediterranean Sea. Echoing the findings of leading Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, which released its own report accusing Israel of apartheid earlier this year, the HRW report claims that through discriminatory policies that “methodically privilege” Israeli Jews over Palestinians under the state’s control. ....
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During his first visit to the State Department February 4, President Joe Biden wasted no time in making clear that global LGBTQI+ rights would be front and center of his foreign policy agenda. Biden, accompanied by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, announced in his address to the agency s staff a memorandum on advancing the rights of LGBTQI+ people. The memorandum, issued later the same evening, unequivocally stated that, it shall be the policy of the United States to pursue an end to violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics, and to lead by the power of our example in the cause of advancing the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons around the world. ....
Human Rights Watch welcomes Khan’s appointment as President of UN Human Rights Council Human Rights Watch welcomes Khan’s appointment as President of UN Human Rights Council Sunday 17/01/2021 The opening of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council’s main annual session in Geneva, Switzerland, last year.Credit.Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse Getty Images The Human Rights Watch has welcomed Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan’s successful election as President of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Executive Director Kenneth Roth says Fiji’s victory is a victory for those who believe the Human Rights Council should be used to defend human rights. ....