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Authors Urge Immediate Ceasefire and Aid in Gaza

CultureTT 380 authors and organizations have come together and are demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Among the signatories of the appeal are authors such as Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, and Irvine Welsh, writes BBC.

Authors Urge Immediate Ceasefire and Aid in Gaza

Trump Sanctions Halt ICC's Work on Sudan War Crimes

The USA's sanctions against the ICC's chief prosecutor have largely brought the court's work to a halt, reports the news agency AP. The sanctions are said to affect, among other things, the ICC's work for the war victims in Sudan.

Trump Sanctions Halt ICC's Work on Sudan War Crimes

HRW Urges Action on Israel's Gaza Blockade Amid Humanitarian Crisis

The international community must act due to the humanitarian situation under Israel's blockade of Gaza and the country's plans for the area, believes the human rights organization HRW. "Israel's blockade has exceeded military tactics and become a tool for extermination," says HRW chief Federico Borello.

HRW Urges Action on Israel's Gaza Blockade Amid Humanitarian Crisis

Trials Begin for Nearly 200 Critics of Turkish Regime Protests

Trials have been initiated against nearly 200 detainees, many of them students, who participated in regime-critical protests in Turkey. .

Trials Begin for Nearly 200 Critics of Turkish Regime Protests

Haiti's Security Crisis Worsens as Violence Spreads, Warns HRW

International efforts are required to avoid complete and devastating chaos in Haiti, reports a human rights group. .

Haiti's Security Crisis Worsens as Violence Spreads, Warns HRW

Tunisian Regime Intensifies Crackdown on Opposition Figures

The regime in Tunisia has significantly increased the number of politically motivated arrests. .

Tunisian Regime Intensifies Crackdown on Opposition Figures

Jörgen Persson's Saudi Role: More Than Just Sportswashing

Table tennis legend Jörgen Persson's new job in Saudi Arabia cannot solely be seen as "sportswashing". It is a side effect of the authoritarian regime's attempt to maintain its geopolitical power, according to researcher Anna Vidén.

Jörgen Persson's Saudi Role: More Than Just Sportswashing

Israel Expands Control Over Half of Gaza, Reports Suggest

Israel controls increasingly larger parts of Gaza – and two million Palestinians are crowded into ever smaller areas. According to calculations, Israel may already have taken over half of the Gaza Strip.

Israel Expands Control Over Half of Gaza, Reports Suggest

Hungary Plans ICC Exit as Netanyahu Visits Budapest

Hungary is expected to announce that the country is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), reports The Times of Israel. The message is believed to come in connection with war crime accused Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Budapest.

Hungary Plans ICC Exit as Netanyahu Visits Budapest

Central Asian Workers Tricked into Ukraine Conflict by Russian Recruiters

The recruiters talked about high-paying construction jobs in Russia. Instead, the men were sent to dig trenches and collect the dead in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

Central Asian Workers Tricked into Ukraine Conflict by Russian Recruiters

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

A landslide of testimonies is expected to come from Syrians in Sweden who have been victims of crimes in their home country, but who previously did not dare to testify due to fear of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad's reprisals. But even their perpetrators are believed to be here in Sweden.

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

Cautious and sensitive when the EU met Israel

Caution dominated when the EU and Israel met at the foreign minister level in Brussels. Criticism is heard – but primarily from the outside.

Cautious and sensitive when the EU met Israel

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

A landslide of testimonies is expected to come from Syrians in Sweden who have been subjected to crimes in their home country, but who previously did not dare to testify due to fear of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad's reprisals. But even their perpetrators are believed to be here in Sweden.

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

Saudi Arabia is washing its image with diplomacy. This week's top meeting on the Ukraine war highlights the dictatorship's striving to become a political power player to be reckoned with.

Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

So Trump's aid stop hits the most vulnerable

Soup kitchens that assist hundreds of thousands of starving people are being shut down. HIV-positive people around the world are potentially left without medicine.

So Trump's aid stop hits the most vulnerable

ICC Prosecutor: Arrest Taliban leaders for crimes against women

The International Criminal Court (ICC) can issue an arrest warrant against two high-ranking Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. The Taliban's treatment of women and girls constitutes a crime, declares Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan.

ICC Prosecutor: Arrest Taliban leaders for crimes against women

HRW fears it will get worse with Trump

The situation around the world is already dark. But with Donald Trump as the US president, it risks getting even worse, fears Human Rights Watch (HRW).

HRW fears it will get worse with Trump

Over 120 dead in earthquake in Tibet

Houses have collapsed, roads blocked and ambulances have been forced to drive non-stop. Over 120 people have died in the powerful earthquake in a hard-to-reach region in the Himalayas in Tibet.

Over 120 dead in earthquake in Tibet

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians on the run may return home in the coming months, according to the UN. But for this to happen, political stability and reconstruction of the country are required, says Annika Sandlund at UNHCR.

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Israel guilty of genocide

Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses Israel of committing "genocide acts" by intentionally depriving Palestinians in Gaza of adequate access to water. Israel claims it is pure lies.

Israel guilty of genocide

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to have been executed, tortured or starved to death in Assad's regime's notorious prisons. For the relatives, the wait for answers is unbearable.

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

Bodies found in Syrian mass grave

A mass grave outside Damascus may contain thousands of bodies, according to a steady stream of reports. .

Bodies found in Syrian mass grave

HRW: Women are held as sex slaves in Sudan

Women and girls are exposed to gang rapes in front of their families – or are taken away and held as sex slaves. Human Rights Watch directs serious accusations against Sudan's paramilitary forces.

HRW: Women are held as sex slaves in Sudan

So the attack that toppled Assad was planned

For several years, the Islamist movement HTS planned how they would overthrow the Assad regime. The only thing they were waiting for was the right moment, according to the military chief Abu Hassan al-Hamwi.

So the attack that toppled Assad was planned