Tag: UN
Caitlin Johnstone: Israel accused of torturing UN workers to obtain false testimony about UNRWA
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
A recent UNRWA document says its staff report having been tortured while detained by Israeli forces, who pressed them to provide...
After 3 months of devastation in the Israel-Hamas war, is anyone ‘winning’?
ANALYSIS: By Ian Parmeter
The 19th century German war strategist and field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously coined the aphorism “No battle plan survives first...
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail
Asia Pacific Report
South Africa has accused Israel of “genocidal intent” over its war on the besieged enclave Gaza Strip, and pleaded with judges at...
PNG leader James Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had “no right to comment” on human rights abuses...
Human rights arguments have lost credibility over West’s double standards
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
At a time when the West has weaponised human rights, the United Nations body that promotes freedom of expression...