Human Rights

The Longest War in U.S. History Has Left a Failed State in Afghanistan

January 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Economic Collapse, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Lisa Sorush published on CovertAction Magazine, December 29, 2023 We cannot forget Afghanistan. It is crystal clear evidence of the U.S. impunity heartlessness in destroying a Afghanistan is in the midst of a severe crisis as a result of the 20-year U.S.-NATO war which culminated in a return to the status quo—that is the return of the Taliban to[…]

The Privilege of Free Healthcare

August 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Nicaragua, Public Health

by Becca Renk, published on Casa Benjamin Linder, August 10, 2022 DENGUE FEVER We’re settling in to our daughter Orla’s sixth night in the hospital. Visiting hours are over and only ten of the beds in our 32-bed pediatric ward are occupied tonight, down from 20 a few nights ago. The patients – mostly young teens in our room[…]

While Eyes Were Watching Ukraine… Africa Was Ablaze

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Africa, Human Rights, Imperial Wars, U.S. Aggression

by Maj. Danny Sjursen, published on Antiwar.com, February 3, 2022 Let’s be honest: Americans don’t care about Africa – by and large, at least. Despite the lies we tell ourselves – and the raging debates we have – about PC-culture, critical race theory, and so on, this remains a salient fact. Sure, the delusion is soothing. It tends to bring[…]

International Tribunal finds U.S. Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

November 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Human Rights, International Law, Racism

published on Workers World, November 1, 2021 The International Tribunal on Human Rights Abuses Against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples was held Oct. 23-25 at The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in Washington Heights, New York City, aka Turtle Island, Lenape land. The main theme of the Tribunal was “We Still Charge Genocide” in recognition[…]

The United States Is Doubling Down On Deadly Sanctions

October 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Human Rights, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

Produced by Sanctions Kill and Popular Resistance, published on Popular Resistance, October 21, 2021 New Treasury Report Ordered by President Biden Shows US is Intensifying its Economic Warfare Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic. Washington, DC – The 2021 Sanctions Review Report released by the United States Department of the Treasury on October 18 is an ominous warning. This unsigned report should[…]

UN Human Rights Council Action Silences Yemeni Human Rights Victims

October 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, Yemen

by Kathy Kelly, published on The Progressive, October 13, 2021 Monday, October 11, marked the official closure of the U.N. Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (also known as the Group of Experts or GEE). For nearly four years, this investigative group examined alleged human rights abuses suffered by Yemenis whose basic rights to food, shelter, safety, health care and[…]

Israel’s Highest Court Offers ‘Compromise’ to Palestinian Families Facing Expulsion in Sheikh Jarrah

October 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Israel-Palestine

from the News Desk at The Cradle Middle Eastern News, October 5, 2021 The people of Silwan are loosing their homes due to The Absentee Property Law, an Israeli court decision to allow the government to confiscate all properties owned by absentee Arab landlords. This includes the majority of the Arab homes in Jerusalem where the original owner was likely[…]

Why the U.S. Still Suffers from COVID

September 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Healthcare, Human Rights, Medicare for All, Public Health

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 1, 2021 Donald Trump was the convenient scapegoat for the first year of the Covid-19 crisis. Austerity, low wage work, housing insecurity, and the profit driven health care system were problematic issues before anyone heard the word Covid-19 or indeed before Trump’s presidency. Every failing of the United States already in[…]

What Is Wrong with the “Humanitarian Crossing” into Syria?

July 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Rick Sterling, published on Global Research, July 8, 2021 The U.S. is hellbent on keeping their crossing into Idlib open. Tony Blinken warned the Russians a week ago week if they use their veto in the Security Council, the U.S. will end Biden’s initiative to open a dialog with them. What a surprise. U.S. dialogue ends at the first[…]

Norman Finkelstein: Truth and Justice are the Ultimate Test, not International NGOs

June 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

By Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, June 2, 2021 Even Human Rights Watch says Israel is committing crimes against humanity in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and in Gaza, and the idea of a Jewish state in the context of Palestine is not legitimate. “Do concentration camp guards have a right to self-defense?” Scholar Norman Finkelstein, author of “The[…]