Tag: Human Rights Watch
Why their homeland offers no future for many Cubans
Mexico City The life of the Cubans during these weeks essentially consists of waiting, hoping and forging the future – and above all standing in line. Either people are waiting…
Economic consequences of suppressing the Uyghurs?
Berlin New revelations from a data leak show the extent of the persecution and mass detention in Xinjiang, northwest China. The publications, which China’s leadership dismissed as “slanderous,” upset German-Chinese…
FDP leader on the suppression of the Uyghurs in China
Christian Lindner Federal Minister of Finance: “There must be no velvet paws due to our economic interests.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin FDP leader Christian Lindner was appalled by the new photos…
The pressure from the Union welds the traffic lights closer together
Berlin The Greens and FDP are keeping up the pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on the issue of supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine. At the same time, the traffic…
“It breaks your heart to see it”
Berlin In the Ukraine war there are always new indications of targeted attacks by the Russian military on the Ukrainian civilian population. The United Nations (UN) Commissioner for Human Rights…
US supplies more weapons to Ukraine
US President Joe Biden The United States promises Ukraine, among other things, drone deliveries. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The US continues to support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.…
US supplies more weapons to Ukraine
US President Joe Biden The United States promises Ukraine, among other things, drone deliveries. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The US continues to support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.…
These Russian war crimes are documented
Demonstration in Rome The activists accuse the Russian President of war crimes. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Kyiv On February 24, Russia invades Ukraine. The Moscow Ministry of Defense has declared that it…
The Bucha horror – a reconstruction
Berlin For a week now, Bucha has been synonymous with Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Withdrawing from the small town northwest of Kyiv, the invaders left not only destroyed residential…
How war crimes investigators get the facts
Berlin, Geneva, Brussels For weeks, the people of Butscha had locked themselves in their homes. There were threats of being shot by Russian soldiers on the streets. That is why…
Bucha – the “My Lai of Russia” – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
My Lai: For many years, the US Army’s image suffered from its 1968 massacre in a Vietnamese village. At that time 504 people died. Srebrenica: The 1995 massacre by the…
Does Putin belong before the criminal court? Which Russian war crimes are proven in Ukraine
It is mainly shaky mobile phone videos that document the horrors of war in Ukraine. Sounds of detonation in Kharkiv, apparently from a residential building, a woman is filming the…
Saudi Arabia is pushing into world sport: next is the World Cup?
Hegra Cycling is always coming up with something new. In the almost never-ending urge to globalize, Saudi Arabia is now also being developed. The Saudi Tour is taking place for…
How the United Arab Emirates intends to boost its economy
Berlin The United Arab Emirates are something like the creative exotic of the region. In the 50 years since it was founded, the small country on the Gulf has developed…
Aid organizations in Afghanistan are sounding the alarm
Bangkok Obaidullah Baheer lined up 17 stacks side by side in a backyard in Kabul. They each consist of a sack of rice and flour, plastic bags with lentils and…
Can the UN stop killer robots?
Geneva Haggling, arguing, dissuading: the talks about killer robots at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva drag on for more than seven years. The representatives of dozen states have not…
Winter Games: Around 70 days before the Olympics
Beijing Preparations for the Olympic Games are in full swing in Beijing. Not only the sports facilities should be in perfect shape. Since mid-November, all people entering Beijing have also…
Winter Games: Around 70 days before the Olympics
Beijing Preparations for the Olympic Games are in full swing in Beijing. Not only the sports facilities should be in perfect shape. Since mid-November, all people entering Beijing have also…
Fear of authoritarianism is growing in El Salvador
Mexico City This national holiday in El Salvador was different from the previous ones – at least significantly different from what the autocratic head of state Nayib Bukele had imagined.…