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Human Rights

By Tom Murphy20 June 2017

Westerners don’t want to take in more refugees, survey says

Despite the record number of refugees and displaced people around the world today, rich countries appear to be increasingly reluctant to provide them safe haven. Many Westerners do think that most refugees and displaced people are ‘innocent victims,’ according to a new survey commissioned by humanitarian organization Islamic Relief Worldwide, yet only a minority thought their countries were morally or politically responsible for taking them in.

Global Health

By Reuters9 June 2017

Polio outbreak in Syria poses dilemma for health workers

Vaccinating too few children in Syria against polio because the six-year-old war there makes it difficult to reach them risks…

Global Health

By Tom Murphy3 May 2017

Attacks on health workers go unpunished in at least 23 countries

Health workers and facilities were under attack in conflicts in at least 23 countries in 2016, and the perpetrators are getting away with it, according to a new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition.

Basics

By Tom Murphy1 May 2017

Airstrikes damage Save the Children-supported hospital in Syria

A pair of airstrikes hit near a hospital in the Syrian city of Idlib, damaging the facility, Save the Children officials said. There were no fatalities at the hospital from the attack – the twelfth attack on a health facility in April.

World Politics

By Tom Murphy10 April 2017

Intervention in Syria comes with new obligations, aid groups say

The decision to attack an airbase in Syria in response to chemical attacks on civilians represents a shift in U.S. policy toward the civil war. That shift – driven by horrific images of victims – should mean that the Trump administration is ready to do more to help Syrians, aid groups said.

World Politics

By Tom Murphy27 March 2017

New administration, same problem: U.S.-backed forces keep killing civilians

The U.S. admitted over the weekend that the military coalition it leads in Iraq was responsible for recent airstrikes in Mosul that killed more than 100 civilians.

Human Rights

By Reuters13 March 2017

Record number of children killed in Syria last year, U.N. reports

A record number of children were killed in Syria last year, more than a third of them in or near a school, the U.N. children’s agency said ahead of the sixth anniversary of the war. More than 850 children were also recruited to fight – more than double the number in 2015 – with some used as executioners and suicide bombers, UNICEF said.

Human Rights

By Tom Murphy16 February 2017

Syria continues dance around human rights violations

Activists accuse Syria of war crimes. The government denies the accusation. We saw this dance happen again this week, where activists level an accusation and the Assad regime side-steps with denial. In the latest accusation, Human Rights Watch said that the military used chemical weapons on Aleppo late last year. The report stated that in eight attacks that violated international rules of war, at least nine people died and hundreds were injured. Syrian officials denied the accusation, telling Agence France-Presse that the report was “unprofessional and unscientific.”

Basics

By Tom Murphy16 January 2017

Aid not reaching besieged parts of Syria, Save the Children warns

The two-week-old cease-fire in Syria has allowed aid groups to reach some areas, but cities under siege by government forces remain cut off from help, officials from Save the Children said on Friday. U.N. agency leaders echoed that concern in a joint statement today.

World Politics

By Tom Murphy13 December 2016

The fall of Aleppo takes ‘immeasurably terrifying toll,’ U.N. rights chief says

Advancing Syrian forces are on the brink of retaking Aleppo from rebels. The U.N. reported that Syrian forces are entering homes and killing those inside – including women and children. One U.N. official described it as “a complete meltdown of humanity,” according to the New York Times.

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