HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS Archives - Washington Daily Report

Rights groups launch Myanmar boycott ahead of Hague genocide hearings

by Jahnra Cadungog | Dec 9, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Right, Uncategorized

THE HAGUE/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Human rights campaigners supporting Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority on Monday called for a global boycott of the country, a day before genocide hearings begin at the International Court of Justice in The Hague....

China sanctions: US House passes bill over treatment of Uighurs

by Jahnra Cadungog | Dec 4, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Right, Uncategorized

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to counter what it calls the “arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment” of Uighur Muslims in China. It calls for “targeted sanctions” on members of the Chinese government – and names...

Tourism in Israel? U.S. charity’s offer with Gaza hospital project irks Palestinians

by Jahnra Cadungog | Dec 3, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News

A U.S. charity building a tent hospital in the Gaza Strip is causing Palestinian unease by offering foreign medical volunteers the opportunity of weekend tourism in Israel, just across the volatile border. The facility, to be operated by the U.S. evangelical Christian...

Muslim Woman Defends Jewish Family From anti-Semitic Attack on London Underground

by Jahnra Cadungog | Nov 25, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left

A Jewish family riding on the London Underground was accosted by a man yelling anti-Semitic language – but was defended by a Muslim woman also riding on the train, video posted to social media Friday showed. The footage, posted by British author and filmmaker...

Diabetes: UN to tackle ‘overly expensive’ insulin prices

by Jahnra Cadungog | Nov 14, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Middle

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a scheme to lower the “overly expensive” price of insulin. The UN agency wants other drug companies to produce generic versions of insulin, which it will then test. Since its discovery in 1923, the price of...

Living on the edge in the homeless encampments of Los Angeles

by Jahnra Cadungog | Nov 4, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Right

After years on the street, Kimberly Decoursey spends her nights at a Los Angeles temporary housing site called the Hollywood Studio Club. But by day, she can still be found at a highway off-ramp with her homeless fiance and a less rule-bound street community....