Thursday, 28 March , 2024

Children

Increase in Suicides and Child Mortality During Crisis in Greece

By Katherine Filippeos Apr 11, 2017 The glass is both half full and half empty, regarding the prolonged economic crisis in Greece and its impact on the...

A family of heroes

I just got a call... ...from my friend Iyad Burnat.  You may remember the camera that our sister organization, ISM, sent to his brother, Emad...

UN Council: Israel Intentionally Shot Children and Journalists in Gaza

The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 Gaza protests presented its conclusions, according to which 183 Palestinians were killed by Israel, including...

Children – Civilization’s Future, Victims of Western Brutality

By Peter Koenig 30 November 2018 The United Nations Universal Children's Day – 20 November – has come and gone – and nothing has changed. No...

The Plight of Children in a Neoliberal World

By Peter Koenig 27 December 2018 The NYT wrote yesterday, Christmas Day, that an 8-year old Guatemalan boy died in US Border Control custody. The circumstances...

Yemen to face worst humanitarian crisis of 2019: UN

Some 132 million people in 42 countries will need assistance next year, with Yemen topping the list, UN says. by Barbara Bibbo Dec. 4, 2018 Some 132...

Police must end use of excessive force against protesters and high...

14 December 2018 French authorities must exercise restraint when policing demonstrations expected on Saturday and avoid any repetition of the injuries caused by their extremely...

Yemen: 85,000 Dead Kids

by Charles Pierson December 6, 2018 In Yemen, a place where things couldn’t get worse, things have gotten worse. 85,000 children under the age of five may...

‘Food Shouldn’t be a Weapon of War’: Charities Warn of US...

26.112018 Five prominent international charities are urging the US government to stop its military support for Saudi Arabia and the coalition it leads in their...

Yemen crisis: 85,000 children ‘dead from malnutrition’

21 November 2018 An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition in three years of war in Yemen,...