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The Israel Defense Forces began aerial bombardments on Gaza December 27, 2008, with the stated aim of suppressing Hamas rocket fire against Israel, and launched a ground offensive eight days later. Human Rights Watch researchers are now on the ground in Gaza.
Results of the ongoing investigation are published on this page >>
Five Years into the armed conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, the situation remains dire for civilians. The Sudanese government continues to disregard its international humanitarian law obligations and flout UN Security Council resolutions.
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Southern African leaders should adopt the proposed Gender and Development Protocol at their upcoming summit after amending it to include crucial provisions deleted in 2007.
Racism has been a stain on human history, from slavery to the Holocaust to the genocide in Rwanda, yet it continues all over the world, from the silencing of religious minorities and indigenous peoples, to ethnic war, discrimination and xenophobia against migrants.
Racism taints everything and harms everyone. It prohibits, inhibits and stifles diversity and voices. It is too important to ignore or to overlook.