Syria: Rights investigators call for protection of evidence, including mass grave sites
A team from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria visited former prisons and detention centres, including the notorious Sednaya and the...
Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies
In a new report, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) has detailed the catastrophic humanitarian situation unfolding in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s...
The Smithsonian Looks at How the Slave Trade Shaped the World
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“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a...
Reconstruction and vital repairs underway in Syria, as ‘security conditions’ permit
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at the daily briefing on Thursday that bakeries in Aleppo are at near full capacity – “but partners report that...
‘Dying hungry and in pain’: An increasingly likely outcome in Gaza
Speaking to correspondents via video link on Thursday, the senior OCHA official underscored the grim reality facing over two million people trapped in Gaza,...
Ready for Reparations in NY State?
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December 16, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels talks reparations in New York State and opens up the...
World News in Brief: Migrants Day, hunger in the Arab world, arbitrary arrests in...
Tragically, the year also saw the highest death toll of migrants in transit.
“These challenges are made worse by the rising tide of mis- and...
Be Bold Biden: Bolster the Black Base
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Pardon The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Marilyn Mosby, Esq., Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Political Prisoners
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Syria crisis: ‘Key priority’ is preserving evidence of crimes, say UN investigators
The head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in Syria (IIIM), Robert Petit, told reporters in Geneva that with an...
Middle East crisis: Live updates from Gaza, Syria and Security Council
Senior UN officials remain in Syria on Tuesday where they have been meeting representatives of the new caretaker government, following the ousting of former...
Ready for Reparations in NY State?
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December 16, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest New York Assembly Woman Michelle...
Particular, Universal and Common Ground.
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This is a revisiting of an early and ongoing conversation about the shared meaning of Kwanzaa, its...
UN rights chief urges accountability for post-electoral violence in Venezuela
Hundreds more were reportedly injured in clashes following the disputed elections and around 2,000 arrested, including teenagers, young adults, opposition members, human rights defenders,...
Gaza: ‘Sickening normalisation’ of suffering, amid attacks on people and aid convoys
According to local media reports, 30 Palestinians were killed in the central Gaza area overnight on Friday due to airstrikes, said Louise Wateridge, Senior...
Iran: UN experts call for strict new hijab law to be repealed
Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said in a statement that it represents a fundamental attack on women’s rights.
The legislation, which applies to children...
IBW’s Grenada Action Agenda – Institute of the Black World 21st Century
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Fostering collaboration with government and civil society to honor history and support people-based democracy and development in Grenada
Overview
Pursuant to the commitment...
At least 68 journalist killings in 2024, UNESCO reports
More than 60 per cent of these killings occurred in countries experiencing conflict – the highest percentage in over a decade.
"Reliable information is vital in...
Diplomatic engagement still the key to peace in Yemen: UN envoy
Delivering his final briefing for the year, Hans Grundberg noted that 2024 was marked by immense turmoil and tragedy across the Middle East region,...
Birth registration increases, but 150 million children still ‘invisible’
However, the report, The Right Start in Life: Global Levels and Trends in Birth Registration, also highlights a troubling reality: 150 million children under five...
Uprooted Syrians mulling return mustn’t be pushed, says UNHCR
For those forced to flee the country’s 13-year war, “they are considering how safe Syria is to return to, and how far their rights will...
Live: Human Rights Day around the world
Human Rights Day, marked annually on 10 December, will focus on the theme Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now, and we will bring you...
Syria crisis: Nothing must stop peaceful transition, says UN Special Envoy
“Syria is now at a crossroads with great opportunities for us, but also with grave risks. And we need really to look at both,”...
FirstRepair and BLIS Collective Release Single “Agitate, Educate, Organize” (AEO) to Amplify Black Reparations...
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New single features Young RJ (of Slum Village), Ras Kass, Nkechi Taifa, Kymrence Young, and BLIS Co-founder and Guest Rapper Trevor...
Deep Meanings and Expansive Message
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This year and each year, the coming of Kwanzaa causes us to come together in celebration, remembrance,...
