Feminist Leader and Human Rights Activist Yanar Mohammed Assassinated
Mohammed believed that all women, including those in the LGBTQ community, needed to achieve social integration and equality in order for democracy to occur in Iraq.
Category: Human Rights
Human Rights stories
“No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip”
Barber tells of his trip to various schools throughout the Strip in 1995 to meet students. A young man implores him:
“Please go home and tell the world that we are not all terrorists.”
Rabbi Arik Ascherman: Human Rights as a Jewish Religious Obligation
Ascherman said, “One thing I can promise [to Palestinians], you will not be alone.” His voice broke. “Like when our doors were broken down. You will not be alone. We will do whatever, whatever, whatever we can.”
CIVICUS Monitor Releases New Report: “People Power Under Attack”
Common threads are apparent worldwide. The populist right stokes economic fears, nationalism, and anti-immigration sentiment, mixed with “culture war” talking points, to foster an environment of ongoing turmoil. These approaches are combined with attacks on checks and balances, freedom of the press, and scapegoating specific groups.
Hopes for the Jewish New Year 5786: “The Possibility of Beginning Again”
Clearly, it will be the people who can hold two narratives simultaneously that will lead the fight for change in the “Holy Land.”
American Jews Say “No More” in NYC Rally
A long-time fixture in New York politics and former President of the human rights organization, American Jewish World Service, Ruth Messinger, told me, “I’m here because Torah states we can’t stand idly by. Starvation is not an appropriate weapon of war.”
“Postcards to Hitler:” A Story of Individual Resistance
Reading Postcards to Hitler: A German Jew’s Defiance in a Time of Terror during the first one hundred days of the Trump regime, it was impossible not to see the equivalencies to America and to feel inquietude at the parallels.
The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want to Know About Each Other
Khouri and Wilkinson advocate for a commitment to “deep listening,” stressing that engaging with stories from the other side will allow a shift from prioritizing internalized viewpoints to being open to new perspectives despite the angst it triggers.
Standing Together Leaders Abed and Green Lay Out a New Vision: “We’re In This Together”
With Jewish extremists trying to present Palestinian citizens of Israel as a fifth column, Standing Together is focusing on the de-escalation of those inflammatory messages, reframing the dialogue with their code words: “We’re in this together.”
Kate Nace Day: Fighting Sexual Trafficking as a Professor, Filmmaker, and Author
Explaining the genesis of her book, Day said, “I’m trying to memorialize what the average person should know about sex trafficking.”
