Human Rights Activists Facing Threats In 40 Countries For Cooperating With UN
Be warned: If you are a human rights activist or an individual cooperating with the UN in revealing abuses, you
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Author: Thalif Deen
Thalif Deen, author of the book “No Comment – and Don’t Quote Me on That,” is Editor-at-Large at the Berlin-based IDN, an ex-UN staffer and a former member of the Sri Lanka delegation to the UN General Assembly sessions. A Fulbright scholar with a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University, New York, he shared the gold medal twice (2012-2013) for excellence in UN reporting awarded by the UN Correspondents Association (UNCA).
Articles by Thalif Deen :
High Seas Treaty Aimed At Protecting Polluted Oceans Is Now A Reality – OpEd
A historic new international treaty, described as “a monumental win for the protection of the world’s oceans”, will be open
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Saudi Arabia, Under Fire For Civilian Killings, Is Largest Buyer Of US Arms – OpEd
Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s richest oil-blessed countries in the politically volatile Middle East, continues to strengthen its military
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Artificial Intelligence Likely To Augment, Not Destroy Jobs – OpEd
The growing new global phenomenon—Artificial Intelligence (AI)—has sparked both positive and negative reactions, including a perceived threat that it will
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Will Military Coup Leaders Show Up At The UN? – OpEd
The rash of recent military take-overs in Africa was perhaps best described by French President Emmanuel Macron as “an epidemic
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Saudi Arabia Seeks Civilian Nuclear Program In Return For Ties With Israel – OpEd
The US continues its backdoor negotiations to broker a deal to help establish diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia—a
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UN Aims To Decolonize 17 Territories Still Dependent On Colonial Powers – OpEd
The military coups in three former French colonies in West Africa—Burkina Faso, Mali, and most recently Niger—have turned the spotlight
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Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Triggers Self-Defence – OpEd
The Russian invasion of Ukraine—now in its 16th month—has been described by the United Nations as violations of both the
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US Submarine Provokes Renewed Tensions In Korean Peninsula – OpEd
The United States, which has long accused North Korea of nuclear saber-rattling, is now at the receiving end of the
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Is The Philippines A Beneficiary Of US-Chinese Confrontation? – OpEd
When President Ferdinand Marcos was running an authoritarian regime in the Philippines (1965-1986), he was once asked about rumors of
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