Following the 11-day bombardment in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 230 Palestinian civilians and leaving the enclave in ruins, Israel and the Hamas militant group announced a ceasefire on Friday, 21 May. This truce was achieved with the pivotal help of Egyptian mediators, alongside the United States and Qatar.
After more than two weeks of anti-government protests in Colombia, 41 civilian deaths have been reported in connection to the demonstrations. The protests in Colombia first started on 28th April after President Iván Duque issued a controversial fiscal reform that aimed at closing the fiscal hole created by the pandemic.
“We lost everything. We don’t even have a glass or plate to have water or food,” Abdul Jabba told Al Jazeera. “We have to start all over again.” Jabba is just one of the people suffering tragic damages from the massive fire which broke out in Bangladesh’s Balukhali camp for
March 12th marks the date that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and UN member states break their silence on the human rights violations committed by the Egyptian authorities under the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Presidency. The joint declaration delivered at the UN Human Rights 46th Council condemned the situation in Egypt highlighting “restrictions
On February 1st, days after Myanmar’s military denied rumours regarding the prospect of a coup d’état and vowed to protect the state’s constitution, armed forces detained President Win Myint, head of the National Lead for Democracy party (N.L.D.) Aung San Suu Kyi, and other democratically-elected leaders. The military has seized
Four years after his unjust “preventive detention,” Mahmoud Hussein, a 54-year-old journalist, was finally released from jail in Egypt on Thursday, February 4th, Thursday. The terms of his release are that he will have to report at the nearest police station two times every week. Back in 2016, when Hussein
On December 21st, a video of an off-duty police officer shooting a woman and her adult son at point-blank range in the Philippines went viral on social media, reviving calls for police reform. The local police chief has declared that Jonel Nuezca has turned himself in and admitted to the
