Tag: Human Rights


War is the most horrific series of events upon which any government can engage. It is systematic, industrialized, indiscriminate killing. It kills innocent adults and little girls. It often ruins the post-war lives of the killers. It is young men violently fighting old men’s power games. It is the health of the state.
At both extremes of the life cycle, at birth and death, the spirit of Thanatos seems to have gained the upper hand.
Elizabeth Vos on the social-media suppression of information that could help U.S service people refuse to join the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran as fears grow that Trump will send ground troops into the conflict.
The European Union must find bolder, more effective ways to protect minority rights within its own borders, a UN expert said today.

