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Humanitarian Aid in Yemen Slashed by Over 60% in Five Years
By Soraya Ali On September 25, 2023 Humanitarian aid in Yemen has been cut by 62% over five years, endangering the lives and futures of the country’s most vulnerable people, especially children, warned Save the Children. Two-thirds of Yemen’s population – 21.6 million people, including 11 million children – will need humanitarian assistance and protection…
27 Organizations Welcome EU Decision to Extend Temporary Protection for Refugees Fleeing Ukraine
By Anna Rauhanen On September 28, 2023 BRUSSELS, 28 September – 27 humanitarian, human rights, and refugee rights organisations welcome the decision of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union to extend the Temporary Protection Directive for refugees fleeing Ukraine for an additional year, until 4 March 2025. This is a positive step, continuing to…
Israel-Palestine crisis: ‘It’s the innocent civilians who are losing’
On November 3, 2023 Briefing reporters in Geneva on Friday UN health agency (WHO) spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said that in Israel, where 1,400 people have been killed so far, and in Gaza, where over 9,000 have been killed according to Hamas run authorities, 70 per cent of the victims are women and children. “It’s the…
China Tiananmen critic stuck in Taiwan transit lounge granted asylum in Canada
Chen Siming spent two weeks living in the transit area in Taipei’s international airport waiting to resettle By Helen Davidson On October 8, 2023 A Chinese dissident who was stuck inside a Taiwanese airport transit area after he refused to fly on to China says he has arrived in Canada after being granted asylum. Chen Siming arrived in…
Ukraine calls for return of ‘abducted’ children as more arrive in Belarus
Ukraine says more than 19,000 children have been taken illegally by Russia since it began its full-scale invasion. By Sofiia Gatilova On September 20, 2023 Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska has called on world leaders to help ensure the return of thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly taken by Russia as Belarusian state media published photos…
About 30 children were taken hostage by Hamas militants. Their families wait in agony
By Laurie Kellman On October 27, 2023 LONDON (AP) — Abigail Edan is just 3 years old, yet when Hamas militants stormed her kibbutz, Kfar Azza, on Oct. 7 and killed her parents, she knew enough to run to a neighbor’s for shelter. The Brodutch family — mother Hagar and her three children — took…
LoveJustice Launches Ambassador Program in Dallas to Further Advance Social Justice Movement
DALLAS, TX (December 1, 2023) – Since establishing its online presence at LoveJustice.com on Earth Day 2022, LoveJustice has been recognized as a clear leader in the multi-cause social justice movement. Building on that success, LoveJustice is pleased to announce its latest initiative, the LoveJustice Ambassador Program. The Ambassador Program, live now in Dallas, TX,…
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden talks race and justice at Ford School
By Shane Baum On November 13, 2023 The Ford School of Public Policy hosted Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden Monday afternoon in Weill Hall to discuss her upbringing and career in public office. Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt, Ford School Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence and judge on Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals led the…
Security team at Detroit’s Renaissance Center accused of racism, assault
By TheGrio Staff On November 16, 2023 “Black hotel guests and visitors to the RenCen are in extreme danger and risk for their lives,” wrote attorney Danielle Safran, representing a client who’s filed a lawsuit against its security firm. A private security police force at Detroit’s historic Renaissance Center is allegedly plagued with racism and…