by jakeloeffenames | 28 June 2018 | News
Max Eisen lost his entire family in the Holocaust. Each year, he returns to their place of death at Auschwitz to commemorate their lives. Surrounded by the horrors of the concentration camp, he warns of the dangers of hatred and intolerance, urging today’s...
by jakeloeffenames | 3 August 2017 | News
In the summer of 2014, the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS) launched a systematic campaign of mass atrocities against civilians in northern Iraq. By 3 August that campaign reached Sinjar City and many other towns and villages in the region that were home to a...
by jakeloeffenames | 6 March 2017 | News
The new executive order also suspends the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days. While ostensibly focused on national security, today’s executive order remains intrinsically linked to President Trump’s December 2015 campaign promise for “a total and complete...
by jakeloeffenames | 22 February 2017 | News
Ethno-political and sectarian interests and competition, intensified by internal migration, jihadist influx and unchecked movement of weapons, drugs and black money, have created an explosive mix. A heavy-handed, politicised crackdown by paramilitary Rangers is...
by jakeloeffenames | 7 February 2017 | News
According to the findings of the report, human rights violations committed by the security forces include mass gang-rape, extra judicial killings – including of babies and young children – brutal beatings and disappearances. These attacks have taken place in the...