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April 24, 2018 Commentary

Friends of Syria must speak up for refugee rights

Bar Elias, a town in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, has become home to Syrian refugees who were evicted from the Rayak air base, and have settled here in informal encampments.

April 23, 2018 Commentary

Why A Former CIA Director Shouldn’t Run The State Department

Protesters voice their opposition as CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Pompeo’s nomination to be secretary of state on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Mill

April 23, 2018 Commentary

“Religious Harmony” Principle Backfires in Indonesia

Christian Group Blocks a Mosque Construction in Papua

Christian Papuans sing a religious song during a protest in Jayapura of the Indonesia Papua province August 5, 2008. About 1,000 Papuan rally on Tuesday against Indonesian government's plan to implement Islamic sharia law in the Christian stronghold. REUT

April 23, 2018 Commentary

Why Would Colombia’s Top Commander Try to Intercept my Communications?

José Miguel Vivanco on Revelations of Surveillance from Colombia's Top Commander

April 23, 2018 Commentary

Brazil Should Demand End of Impunity for Syria’s Chemical Attacks

April 23, 2018 Commentary

Mike Pompeo's way is not the American way. Reject him as secretary of State.

Mike Pompeo would try to reverse U.S. human rights commitments and normalize discriminatory rhetoric. Senators should reject him as secretary of State.

April 23, 2018 Commentary

Proactiva’s Release Does Not Spell End of Italy’s War on Rescue Groups

Italian judge’s releases rescue ship but upholds legal fiction of Libyan search and rescue zone. Judith Sunderland from Human Rights Watch explains why the contradiction matters.