The year in humanitarian news
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A timeline of significant events in 2022. From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (and the global impacts) to Haiti’s spiralling gang violence...


Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday faced unprecedented dissent after thousands of demonstrators protested in cities across China over...


Zero-Covid protests are spreading across China – but a violent crackdown will follow
From Xinjiang to Shanghai and Beijing, protests are creating a rare sense of unity that Xi Jinping cannot afford to allow China’s...


Un nuevo informe de la ONU denunció más casos de torturas y detenciones arbitrarias en Venezuela
El documento abarca el período entre el 1 de mayo de 2021 y el 30 de abril de 2022 y se centra en acontecimientos relacionados con los...


Covid-19 Vaccine Access is a Right, Not a Privilege
As we enter another year of this wretched pandemic that has killed more than 6 million the divide between the vaccine haves and have-nots...


Modi’s BJP set for big win in India’s state elections
The state polls are a crucial test for PM Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party before national elections in 2024....


First Ukraine City Falls as Russia Strikes More Civilian Targets
Russian forces seized the southern city of Kherson and besieged other cities, with casualties and destruction mounting, as Western...


Wealth of 10 richest men doubled in pandemic as 99% of incomes dropped: Oxfam
While 99% of the globe's income fell, billionaires "had a terrific pandemic." The 10 richest men in the world doubled their fortunes...


Dutch Journalist Interrupted In Winter Olympics Live Shot, Dragged Off-Camera By Chinese Authorities
Chinese authorities interrupted a Dutch journalist’s live report on the Winter Olympics Friday, dragging him off-camera and creating...


Myanmar: A year into the coup, Bachelet urges governments & businesses to heed voices of the people
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged the international community to intensify pressure on the military...