“Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation, and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war, and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population.” By JAKE JOHNSON Nov 14, 2024 Less than 48 hours after the Biden administration said it does not believe Israel is unlawfully obstructing humanitarian assistance in Gaza, a United Nations special committee issued a report Thursday […]
Researchers determined that 1.1 billion people are living in poverty, and 455 million of them are struggling to afford basic necessities while “living in the shadow of conflict.” By JULIA CONLEY Oct. 17, 2024 Violent conflicts have contributed to pushing nearly half a billion people across the globe into acute poverty, and have […]
“It took a genocide that killed 15,000 children and maimed and scarred thousands more but the U.N. has finally and rightly added Israel to its List of Shame,” said one Palestinian observer. By Brett Wilkins June 07, 2024 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres informed Israel on Friday that, for the first time, it is being added […]
UN Experts Warn of ‘Grave Risk of Genocide’ in Gaza “Time is running out to prevent genocide and humanitarian catastrophe,” the special rapporteurs stressed—while other experts said such conditions already exist in the pulverized Palestinian enclave. By Brett Wilkins Nov 02, 2023 As the death toll from over three weeks of relentless Israeli bombardment […]
শেষ সত্তর বছর এবং বিশেষত শেষ পঞ্চাশ বছর ধরে গোটা জলবায়ু পরিবর্তনের ব্যাপারটাই যে ক্রমশ হাতের বাইরে বেরিয়ে গেল এ-কথাও আপনার বুঝে নিতে অসুবিধে হচ্ছে না। মুশকিল হল, রাষ্ট্রপুঞ্জের রাষ্ট্ৰনেতারা বড় কর্পোরেট হার্মাদদের গায়ে হাত দিতে চায় না কোনোকালেই। নানারকম শাক দিয়ে মাছ ঢাকার চেষ্টা করেও শেষ পর্যন্ত রিপোর্টের তথ্য বলে দিচ্ছে গত সত্তর বছরে […]