By Jon Queally
Originally Published at Common Dreams
The family of Colombian fisherman Alejandro Carranza Medina, believed killed by the US military …
Hegseth ‘Responsible’ for ‘Murder’: Family Files Formal Complaint Over Killing of Colombian Fisherman
Michael Jacobsen was accompanying a Palestinian farmer in Masafer Yatta when he was arrested and threatened with imprisonment
US military veteran arrested by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank
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Western media companies have made themselves a part of the mechanism of genocide in Palestine, and there are historical precedents for holding them accountable.
Western media can be held legally accountable for its role in the Gaza genocide
President Joe Biden wants to sign a security agreement with Saudi Arabia despite its history of human rights abuses and, in recent actions, its reported shooting and killing of Ethiopian migrants.
U.S. Allowing Weapons Customers to Commit Crimes Against Humanity on the Saudi‐Yemen Border
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US Knew Saudis Were Slaughtering African Migrants at Border But Kept Quiet
The Biden administration was told last fall about the mass killings of migrants at Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen
US Knew Saudis Were Slaughtering African Migrants at Border But Kept Quiet
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The Private Voluntary Organisation Bill, PVO Bill, has now passed the various stages of the legislative process.
Private Voluntary Organisation Bill will be signed into law
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Since 2014, the tiny country of Yemen has been devastated by the ongoing civil war following the Houthi takeover of the government. It only got worse as in March 2015; President Barack Obama began to aid the Saudi Arabians in the war effort. As of February 2022, over 370,000 people have lost their lives thanks to the war thanks to lack of food, medical necessities, and bombings.
How the Media Ignores Yemen
Israeli forces were behind the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank – not indiscriminate Palestinian firing – the UN human rights office, OHCHR, alleged on Friday.
Abu Akleh shooting: fatal shot came from Israeli forces, says OHCHR
H/T: Human Wrongs Watch
A blow for Western diplomacy: the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chilean national Michele Bachelet, has just completed a six-day visit to China, looking in particular for evidence of the “Uyghur genocide”, but had to leave empty-handed. Going back 17 years, none of her predecessors has ever set foot in China.
Ms. Bachelet interviewed several dignitaries, heads of associations, religious leaders and witnesses at large. She even paid a visit to Kashi prison, but could find nothing that conflicted with the official Chinese version.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits China
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