What Happened in East Timor?
East Timor, or Timor-Leste, is a small nation on the island of Timor, sharing land with Pulau Timor, a portion of Indonesia. Timor is one of the larger islands in Southeast… Read more…
East Timor, or Timor-Leste, is a small nation on the island of Timor, sharing land with Pulau Timor, a portion of Indonesia. Timor is one of the larger islands in Southeast… Read more…
The 2017-2018 STAND Managing Committee has issued a formal statement in response to the Supreme Court decision on the most recent iteration of President Trump’s Muslim Ban. Please find the… Read more…
In broad daylight on November 4, 2017, Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh man, was abducted from the streets of Jalandhar, Punjab in India by police officers in plain clothes…. Read more…
Located in Central America, Guatemala has always been an important center of Mayan culture and civilization. Guatemala is a region with which many Mayans have a strong connection, and, in… Read more…
The Trump administration’s first year has been marked with numerous actions that highlight an “America first” narrative. This includes a series of Executive Orders that have outcasted citizens of multiple… Read more…
Until last week, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe had been president for 30 years. As of last Wednesday, however, his time as president has come to a clear end. Zimbabwe’s army… Read more…
Southeast Asia Burma Earlier this week ,the U.S. announced that they will withdraw their assistance from Burmese units and officers involved in the violence against the Rohingya. Secretary of State… Read more…
Venezuela is currently facing a human rights crisis that has persisted since 2014. In 2016, 87% of the population did not have enough money to buy necessary food and 30%… Read more…
Since 2010, international civil society efforts have made major strides towards the elimination of conflict minerals from the global electronics supply chain. By preventing mined gold, tin, tantalum, and tungsten… Read more…
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says that while there are 65.6 million displaced people in the world, ten million of them are stateless people. According to UNHRC, a stateless… Read more…