(Erbil) - Iraq's central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government should protect besieged minorities in the disputed territories of Nineveh province, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. read more
(New York) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should press President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines to prosecute military members responsible for politically motivated killings, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
(New York) - Four Iranians are among 37 writers from 18 countries who are receiving the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award, Human Rights Watch said today. The award recognizes their commitment to free expression and the courage with which they have faced political persecution. read more
(New York) - United States President Barack Obama should raise key human rights concerns publicly on his first official visit to China, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today. read more
(Beirut) - The Lebanese government should investigate the deaths of eight migrant domestic workers during October 2009, as well as the reasons for the disproportionately high death rate among this group of workers, Human Rights Watch said today. An estimated 200,000 domestic workers, primarily from Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Ethiopia, work in Lebanon. r […]
I am so happy to receive an offer of project manager from CARE International in Vietnam. What I am thinking is that I will try my best to do a good work in Quang Nam Province and do the right things to give local people a good impact on their lives. I hope I will learn more about fundraising campaign so that I can get fund for CARE to help people. That' […]
Settlement by stealth belies promises of restraint Hillary Clinton has praised Israel for its policy on settlers but, the displacements go on By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem Maysaa Al-Kurd has lived all her life in the home her family moved into in 1956. The pomegranate tree standing in the garden was planted by her father when she was [...]
Members of Congress are considering a bipartisan resolution that officially rejects the findings of the United Nations-commissioned Goldstone Report on Israel’s military offensive against Gaza. The resolution also calls on President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to urge U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice to veto the […]
The enemy is the only appropriate reference to the NaZionist and illegal state improperly named Israel. For Israel was Jacob, a great Prophet. The country that uses his name is but the Devil himself. As such, the enemy’s way of thinking is simply mind boggling. They really think that they are a victim of a [...]
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ (31:25) AND THUS it is [with most people]: if thou ask them, “Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth?” – they will surely answer, “God.” Say: “[Then you ought to know that] all praise is due to [...] […]
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Dan Balilty-Pool/Getty Images By Bouthaina Shaaban* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Most Arab and world media expressed astonishment when the US secretary of state Hilary Clinton described the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's willingness to "restraint the policy of settlements" as "unprecedented". Perhaps, many of the re […]
By Max Ajl * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Was the recently held J Street conference the herald of an incipient peace treaty in Israel-Palestine? The supporters of the new lobby group hope so. For decades, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has had a cloaked but powerful grip on American discussion of Israel. If politicians were to criti […]
Illustration By Carlos Latuff Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Yesterday, world leaders gathered in Berlin to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, which paved the way for the end of the Cold War and reunification of Germany. Alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, President Dm […]
By Sami Jamil Jadallah | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz "If we kill a gentile who had sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments… there is nothing wrong with the murder" Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira head of the Od Yosef Yeshiva in the illegal Jewish settlement of Yitzhak was quoted in the Israeli newspaper Maariv. Rabbi Shapira (no doubt an Amer […]
Humanitarianism is an informal ideology of practice, whereby people practice humane treatment and provide assistance to others; it is the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare.[1]
Humanitarianism is based on a view that all human beings deserve respect and dignity and should be treated as such. Therefore, humanitarians work towards advancing the well-being of humanity as a whole. It is the antithesis of the "us vs. them" mentality that characterizes tribalism and ethnic nationalism. Humanitarians abhor slavery, violation of basic and human rights, and discrimination on the basis of features such as colour of skin, religion, ancestry, place of birth, etc. Humanitarianism drives people to save lives, alleviate suffering and promote human dignity in the middle of man-made or natural disasters. Humanitarianism is embraced by movements and people across the political spectrum. The informal ideology can be summed up by a quote from Albert Schweitzer: "Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose."