The UN Human Rights Council squeezed its first two sessions of the year into this summer, debating how to address racial injustice and gender-based discrimination in the midst of a global pandemic.
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The rape and assault of a Syrian refugee child brings home the horror of child sexual assault in Lebanon and its neighbouring countries, where victims continue to live in fear and silence.
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Indigenous women in Canada face disproportionate levels of violence and discrimination in what an in-depth inquiry has called a national crisis.
Read moreYemen’s Few Remaining Jews to be Transferred to Abu Dhabi Following Alleged Persecution
The UAE’s decision to take in Yemeni Jews is part of a broader project to prove itself as a centre of religious tolerance – an initiative at odds with its dubious human rights record.
Read moreBook review: The Beekeeper of Sinjar
The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the first non-fiction book by Iraqi poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail, deftly exposes the human impact of the Daesh invasion into Iraq.
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