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Save the Children is calling for an immediate ceasefire by all parties, as 58 children[i] in Gaza and two children in southern Israel have been killed in the last week. More than a thousand people in Gaza, including 366 children[ii], have also been injured. ... Read more...

On April 1, a mural appeared in the Southern Italian city of Naples, depicting Palestinian workers lining at an Israeli military checkpoint near the occupied city of Bethlehem, in the West Bank. It is called ‘Welcome to Bethlehem’. The mural, which quickly ... Read more...

OCHA | Escalated hostilities in the Gaza Strip have resulted in further casualties and large-scale displacement, 12 May 2021. The current “senseless” cycle of violence in the Middle East must end now, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in an ... Read more...

Geneva – The Israeli forces has killed and maimed many Palestinians in deliberate targeting of unprotected homes with families inside in inhumane military operations, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said. Since the beginning of the current ... Read more...

By Padma Kumari Tamata Formerly in bonded labour, Padma Kumari Tamata is now a farmer, and grows and sells her own vegetables in the Kanchanpur district of Nepal. My name is Padma and I come from Vashi, a small hamlet in Nepal’s far-west Kanchanpur district. ... Read more...

As the relentless Israeli airstrikes and the increasing number of cases continue, the need for urgent medical care has risen significantly in the Gaza Strip. The health care system in the besieged enclave has never been more at risk of collapse until ... Read more...

GENEVA (15 May 2021) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Saturday called for strict respect for international law and appealed to all sides to take steps to de-escalate the increasingly alarming situation in Israel and the ... Read more...

While the proposal for a global ceasefire during a disease pandemic has done the opposite of catching on, there are a few small signs of sanity and even of successful activism. While most big military spenders (including the super-mega-biggest one) ... Read more...

Local attorney Lornalei Meredith will give the keynote address at the American Samoa Community College’s 74th Commencement Ceremony, which will take place this Friday, May 21st, beginning at 10 a.m. Meredith, herself an ASCC alumnus, Class of 2005, ... Read more...

Lt. Governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale (right) was one of the special guests at the American Samoa Community College – Teacher Education Department (TED) Educators Night earlier this month. Talauega, seen here with TED Program Director Shirley De ... Read more...