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Unmatched cruelty in Gaza while world celebrates the new year
While Benjamin Netanyahu keeps boasting about having defeated Hamas and gleefully claiming that it is not a threat, his soldiers continue their killing spree under his orders
Israel’s propaganda cannot erase that it is an apartheid state
Israel is scaling up its information war ahead of a UNHRC session at the end of February that will table a report into last year’s bombing of Gaza
Widow of Anton Hammerl, killed in Libya, asks UN to investigate his death
A decade after the photojournalist’s death his family wants his remains found and to know the circumstances in which he died
Southern Africa has cracked down on fake news, but may have gone too far
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Eswatini, South Africa and Zimbabwe have implemented new rules on disinformation. But these may have unintended consequences
Burundi to shut UN rights office: sources
In September, Burundi threatened to quit the rights council altogether after another report pointed to crimes against humanity in the country
The world ignores Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
The state is using famine as a weapon of war but SA abstained in a UN human rights resolution
South Africa must stand up to Israeli apartheid
There is no system of oppression more fully documented – in UN reports and studies by human rights groups – than Israel’s crimes.
Beleaguered Kabila finds a friend in Zuma
"Not only do the two presidents like each other, but there is also a business connection between their two families."
SA backs Africa Group’s view that LGBTI rights have no place in international law
The country has sanctioned a move to suspend the UN’s first independent gender representative.
UN calls on countries to ‘root out’ injustices that fuel extremism
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has warned that countries risk making the situation worse if their counter-terrorism operations are perceived as unjust.
Towards a progressive culture
Once a fence sitter, South Africa has now decided to lead by example on the continent and advocate for laws protecting sexual minorities.
Israel refuses to cooperate with Gaza war crimes probe
Israel has informed the UN it will refuse to cooperate with a probe of war crimes allegedly committed during the military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Zim minister lashes out at UN rights chief
Zimbabwe’s justice minister accused the UN’s top rights official on Wednesday of undermining the African nation’s new unity government.
UN Human Rights Council condemns Gaza strikes
A divided United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution condemning Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip.
UN racism expert condemns SA violence
The United Nations independent expert on racism urged South Africa on Friday to bring to justice those responsible for recent xenophobic violence that claimed more than 50 lives…