Mexico’s President Says Most Domestic Violence Calls Are ‘Fake’
The numbers were startling: In March, Mexico’s government said, the country’s emergency call centers were flooded with more than 26,000 reports of violence against women,...
Tag : Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
Western Countries Leave Children of ISIS in Syrian Camps
BEIRUT, Lebanon — As about 900 children languish in fetid, disease-ridden detainment camps in northeastern Syria, the Western states their parents hail from have insisted...
A Son’s Long Struggle to Clear His Family’s Name Is Only Half Won
SEOUL, South Korea — The soldier spoke in a shaky voice, describing how he had lived like a beggar in South Korea and smoked “cigarette...
The ‘Liberal World Order’ Was Built With Blood
If you read the commentary coming out of New York and Washington, or speak with elites in Western Europe, it’s easy to find people panicking...
Hungary Outlaws Changing Gender on Documents After Birth
Yet with migration fading as a potent issue, and with the world struggling to manage the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Orban’s government has shifted its focus...
Will President Trump Stand With Hong Kong?
That China’s Xi Jinping is taking more steps to bring Hong Kong under the central government’s control should come as no surprise. President Xi has...
U.N. Documents Abductions and Torture Of Iraqi Protesters
BAGHDAD — Hundreds of people were killed and thousands wounded in the antigovernment protests in Iraq last fall and winter that halted political life and...
Afghan Power-Sharing Deal Would Promote General Accused of Rape
KABUL, Afghanistan — The two sides in the monthslong dispute over Afghanistan’s presidential election are close to signing a power-sharing deal, the terms of which...
Why Bombs Made in America Have Been Killing Civilians in Yemen
President Trump sees arms deals as jobs generators for firms like Raytheon, which has made billions in sales to the Saudi coalition. The Obama administration...
Sister Fights to Free Uighur Businessman Held in China After U.S. Trip
WASHINGTON — When Ekpar Asat saw his older sister for the last time one winter night in Manhattan, he promised her he would return to...