The shameful U.N. “List of Shame”: Equating between the Israeli perpetrator and the Palestinian victim

July 23rd, 20220 By Ramzy Baroud “We regret we failed to protect you.” This was part of a statement issued by U.N. human rights experts on July 14, urging the Israeli government to release Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra. Only 14-years-old at the time of his arrest and torture by Israeli forces, Manasra is now 20-years-old. His case is a...

Saudi-led coalition no longer on U.N. blacklist for killing children in Yemen

June 15th, 20200 NEW YORK — On Monday U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres removed a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition from a U.N. blacklist. The coalition was condemned and was on the list for several years for killing and injuring children in Yemen. Reuters reports that Guterres wrote in his annual report to the U.N. Security Council on...