Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Humanitarian Crisis

War & Accountability

Women and children survived on animal fodder while European foreign ministers drafted carefully worded communiques about their deep concern!A coalition of major rights organisations, including…

8 April, 2026

Global Austerity & Sudan’s Bottomless Pit

Sudan is, by almost every measure, the world’s most acute humanitarian crisis. The 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, published by OCHA, puts the number…

7 April, 2026

Human Rights & The Middle East’s Grinding Machine

Israeli strikes across Lebanon killed at least 39 people on a single Sunday in late March, according to UN-monitored reports. In Gaza, the UN and…

7 April, 2026

Bombs, Rubble and Rising Humanitarian Need

As Israeli strikes continue across Lebanon, the human toll mounts and the prospects for peace recede

6 April, 2026

Lebanon at a Breaking Point

The UN’s most senior humanitarian official has warned the Security Council that Lebanon is staring into an abyss. The country’s crises have a way of…

1 April, 2026

Hunger & The Strait

Farmers globally face what Torero called “a double shock,” with rising costs for both fuel and fertilizer threatening the coming planting season. If the disruption…

29 March, 2026

War Without Shelter 

In Lebanon, Israeli strikes on targets linked to Hezbollah have intensified, often with less than an hour’s warning. Bridges destroyed in southern Lebanon have cut…

29 March, 2026

A War Spiralling Out of Humanitarian Law Control

Strikes on Iran by the US and Israel have left more than 82,000 civilian structures damaged or destroyed, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

26 March, 2026

Lebanon’s Spillover and Gaza’s Board of Peace

The council’s exchanges on 03/24/2026 underscored an urgent human rights imperative: protect civilians across borders, ensure aid corridors such as Rafah and Kerem Shalom remain…

25 March, 2026

Human‑Rights Implications are Immediate, as War spills Across the Middel East

Iraq and Syria are under parallel strain. WHO reported targeted allocations to Iraq for mass casualty management and coordination, supported by a $500,000 US contribution,…

16 March, 2026