Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Humanitarian Crisis

Iraq/20 years on

The military operation proceeded without United Nations support, unlike the first Gulf War or the invasion of Afghanistan.

19 March, 2023

Greece/Nationwide strike

Air traffic controllers and the Seamen’s Federation are participating and as a result, domestic and international flights at Greek airports will be canceled and ferry…

16 March, 2023

UNCHR: The fighting in the DRC displaced 300,000 last month

The fighting displaced 300,000 last month alone, according to the UNCHR.

16 March, 2023

UN Security Council on Yemen

The head of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement, Major General Michael Beary, briefed the Council during consultations.

16 March, 2023

Syria/Revolution: 12 years on

What started as peaceful demonstrations to promote democracy soon degenerated into a civil war.

15 March, 2023

Drought and conflict in Somalia

Aid workers say they are expecting an influx after six failed rain seasons in the horn of Africa.

14 March, 2023

Syria’s war and recent earthquakes

Entire neighbourhoods in northern Syria have been rendered uninhabitable, and collective shelters are more overcrowded than ever, it said.

14 March, 2023

Covid 19, 3 years on

The virus has claimed close to seven million lives according to Johns Hopkins.

9 March, 2023

Giorgos Gerapetritis’s mandate

Mass protest rally in central Athens, organised by the Greek Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY), which has also announced a 24-hour nationwide strike in the public…

8 March, 2023

Catastrophic floods in Malaysia

The Met department has warned of more rains in the coming days.

6 March, 2023

Fire in Cox’s Bazar

Cox’s Bazar is the biggest refugee camp in the world, with around 1.2 million people living in makeshift structures across 32 camps

6 March, 2023

Turkey/1.9 million people taking refuge in temporary shelters

In Turkiye school buildings that survived the earthquake have been turned into shelters for survivors.

2 March, 2023