Archives for World Organizations

Facebook Beats Conservative Lawyer in Lawsuit Over Facebook Page Encouraging Muslims to Kill Jews

June 15, 2014 | No Comments

The DC Appeals Court sided with Facebook and founder Mark Zuckerberg Friday in a case over several pages on Facebook, such as “Third Palestinian Intifada,” which called for Muslims to rise up and kill Jews. The ruling was based on the protections given to all Americans using the internet under

Warning to World’s Governments to Draw Up Plans for Upcoming Mass Migrations Due to Climate Change to Avoid Conflict: UNU

June 14, 2014 | No Comments

As more inhabitable land is swallowed by rising water due to climate change, the United Nations University (UNU) and Nansen Initiave have published a report warning governments to integrate considerations of people and populations displaced by climate change into national policy, or face conflict and insecurity. The report, “Integrating Human

UN Security Council and UN General Assembly Now Led by Two Countries Condemned Strongly by UN for Passing Strict Anti-Gay Laws, Threatening Human Rights, With Elections of Kutesa and Churkin

June 11, 2014 | No Comments

Russia took over the chairmanship of the UN Security Council (UNSC) June 1, and Ugandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa took over the Presidency of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) June 11. One of these nations is currently at the top of world headlines for aggression in Ukraine, and both have

Uganda to Lead United Nations General Assembly

June 9, 2014 | No Comments

Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa is set to become President of the UN’s General Assembly on June 11. The election of Kutesa has caused some criticism because the Ugandan government–for which Kutesa forms foreign policy–has been under the 28-year rule of President Yoweri Museveni, and has been accused and found guilty

Arms Trade Treaty Almost Accomplished, Amnesty Urges

June 7, 2014

The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) needs 50 ratifications to become legally binding international law, and it already has 40 ratifications, with the eight ratifications added June 3. Ten were expected to ratify. A total of 118 states have signed the treaty. Four of the world’s major arms producers–USA, France, Germany and USA–signed

Sgt. Bergdahl: Congress Wants Answers

June 6, 2014

In response to the exchange of five high-level Taliban operatives for one US soldier–Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl–the US Senate Intelligence Committee held a closed-door briefing Tuesday, wanting answers as to why they were not included in the process, which from the beginning has raised concern for various reasons. Among the

Big Changes in US News Communications if Bill HR4490 Passes

May 29, 2014

A new bill has passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee with bipartisan support. The USICA bill, if it passes into law–it is expected to be taken up by the full House as early as this summer and the Senate is working on a similar bill–will abolish the current USIB Act,

Reason for Nigerian Schoolgirls Abduction Revealed by Amnesty International

May 9, 2014

Amnesty International has revealed that Nigerian security forces received multiple advanced warnings about the raids that took place on the Chibok boarding school April 14-15, in which over 240 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram forces. Security forces were warned hours in advance, according to the rights group, who accused

NSA Reform Begins: US House Revises USA Freedom Act to End Bulk Data Collection and Telephone Metadata

May 8, 2014

American mass surveillance programs, such as those carried out by the NSA, have begun to change, as Wednesday the US House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a revision of the USA Freedom Act, Human Rights Watch reported Thursday. The rewrite purposes to prohibit government bulk data collection of records, including phone

Azerbaijan Takes Chair for Council of Europe

May 8, 2014

Azerbaijan has assumed the Council of Europe chair amid a dire human rights situation within the country. The taking over of the chairmanship of the decision-making human rights institution takes place in light of Azerbaijan’s unseemly track record of human rights abuse, as highlighted in Amnesty International’s report Behind Bar’s: