Human Rights Voices

Death of 13-year-old girl sparks calls for action on female genital mutilation in Somalia

Family members grieve after the death of Fartun Hassan Ahmed. (Photo courtesy Global Media Campaign to End FGM)

Israel to join African Union as observer after being kept out for 2 decades

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 5, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Ben & Jerry’s boycott ripples through Jewish world, mixed with legal threats

Ben and Jerry's (File photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Palestinian Authority arrests singer for performing in settlement

Palestinian police (File photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Fall 2020-Spring 2021 Interim Report by the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism

Blinken Invites the U.N. to Investigate America

The U.N. Human Rights Council (File photo)

Sen. Cotton slams ‘disgraceful' move by Biden admin to invite U.N. to probe U.S. human rights

Senator Tom Cotton (File photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

U.S. charges four with plot to kidnap New York journalist critical of Iran

Masih Alinejad with former U.S. Secretary of State (File photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Israeli President Herzog says upcoming U.N. racism conference promotes hate

Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks to the Global Forum on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem, on July 13, 2021 (Photo courtesy GPO)

At least 140 Cubans reportedly detained or disappeared after historic protests

Cuban police officers (File photo)

Taylor Force Act needed for U.N., says new report exposing funding to terror-linked NGOs

United Nations Headquarters, New York (File photo)

Czech Republic Pulls Out from Durban IV

Palestinian Authority introduces new way for terrorists, families to get cash

Mahmoud Abbas (File photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

U.N. official compares Israel's settlements to war crimes, sparking backlash

Michael Lynk (File photo)

Simon Wiesenthal Center has learned from a senior Austrian source that Austria will not attend Durban IV

Italian Senator Urges Italy to Boycott Durban Conference

Matteo Salvini (File photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Zero draft of the Political Declaration for the High-level meeting of the of the G.A. to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action & invitation to Informal Consultation

Nigeria kidnap: Gunmen seize 140 schoolchildren in Kaduna state

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Wounded Boston rabbi says stabbing attack was ‘unequivocally’ antisemitic

Rabbi Shlomo Noginski in a Boston hospital recovering from a stabbing attack on July 1, 2021. (Rabbi Dan Rodkin)

IDF soldier stabbed, gun stolen in Jordan Valley attack; suspect arrested

Israeli security forces guard at the scene of an attempted stabbing, at the Qalandiya Checkpoint near Ramallah, June 12, 2021. (Photo courtesy Flash90)