KSA: Africans in Hellish COVID Confinement
Investigation: African migrants `left to die` in Saudi Arabia’s hellish Covid detention centres “The guards just throw the bodies out back as if it was trash,” said one Saudi Arabia, one of the wealthiest countries
Published : 30 August 2020
Syria: Turkish Occupation Cuts Water Supply
In northeast Syria town, families say Turkey cut their water Ankara now held the “ability to cut water indefinitely to over half a million water-starved people” in Kurdish-held areas HASAKAH, Syria: Outside her home in northeast Syria, Sheikha
Published : 26 August 2020
Indonesia: 1,800-km March against Evictions
Indonesian farmers walk 1,800-km to protest against evictions Harry Jacques, Reuters More than 100 Indonesian farmers gathered outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on Monday, having walked about 1,800 km (1,118 miles) from the
Published : 24 August 2020
Palestine: Settlers Grab More Yanoun Land
Holy Land: Illegal settlers in new land grab Letter from Ann Farr: Heartbreaking news from Yanoun, near Nablus, (on the West Bank) the tiny and very poor village I served in as an Ecumenical Accompanier. We have
Published : 22 August 2020
After Blast, Historic Beirut Risks Collapse
Beirut blast: dozens of historic buildings in Lebanon capital at risk of collapse UNESCO vows to lead global effort to rescue culture and heritage of Beirut as FBI joins inquiry to investigate cause of massive port
Published : 14 August 2020
Yemen: Houthis Kill, Expel Ethiopian Migrants
BEIRUT--Houthi forces in April 2020 forcibly expelled thousands of Ethiopian migrants from northern Yemen using Covid-19 as a pretext, killing dozens and forcing them to the Saudi border, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi border
Published : 13 August 2020
Beirut: Rage Unites Diverse Neighborhoods
Beirut Blast Hit 3 Disparate Neighborhoods. Now They’re United in Rage. The demands for a change in Lebanon’s leadership are growing louder. BEIRUT—For months, the restaurateurs poured their time and money into a gamble on a new
Published : 09 August 2020
Land Times issue 20
HIC’s Housing and Land Rights Network (HIC-HLRN) welcomes you to its 20th issue of Land Times. This milestone edition emphasizes the role of civil society in identifying and remedying housing and land rights problems in
Published : 08 August 2020
Beirut Blast: $15 bn Damage, 300K Homeless
Beirut explosion left 300,000 homeless, caused up to $15 billion in damage Two days after a massive explosion in Beirut, the death toll held at 135 people with 5,000 wounded, yet the estimate on those made
Published : 06 August 2020
