From The Daily Monitor // Bishop Tutu OpEd in Uganda
The following op-ed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu addressing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda appeared yesterday in Uganda’s largest daily newspaper, The Daily Monitor. The staff of RFK Partners for Human Rights worked closely together with Archbishop Tutu to organize and place this call on Uganda’s parliament to protect the human rights of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, […]
December 10 // Human Rights Day
June 4th is National Cheese Day. March 8th is Woman’s Day. October 3rd honors poetry. But today, today is special (Woman’s Day is special too). Today is Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day pays tribute to the Universal Declaration for Human Rights (UDHR), which was ratified 64 years ago on December 10, 1948 in Paris, France. […]
New concerns in Syria: chemical weapons
With reports that Syria is chemically arming bombs, NATO – as of Thursday – is in the process of placing Patriot missiles along the boarder of Turkey and Syria. While these aerial interceptor missile systems are mainly used to protect Turkey in the case of an attack, the news of chemical weapons places Syrian President Bashar Assad […]
Woman listed as world’s oldest person dies in Georgia
Born in 1896 — which made her 116 years old this year #mathwhiz — Besse Cooper passed away on Tuesday afternoon in her nursing home in Monroe, Georgia. She was recognized by the Guinness Book of World records as the oldest person alive. The Washington Post spoke with her 77-year-old son, Sidney Cooper, who said his mother had felt […]
Remembering Pearl Harbor
On December 7th 1942, the United States Navy was attacked by the Japanese Empire at Honolulu’s Pear Harbor. The attack, which officially brought the United States into World War II, killed 2,390 servicemen and 49 civilians. In an address to the United States Congress the following day, President Roosevelt remarked that the day of the attack will be […]
Global Summit on the LRA // the highlights
At MOVE:DC we hosted a Global Summit on the LRA which consisted of a panel of leaders from countries and global institutions with the highest stake in ending the LRA crisis. It was the first time that all of these international leaders gathered to discuss the ongoing conflict and what steps need to be taken to stop […]
Solar Power Coming to Ghana
According to Blue Energy, a renewable energy company in the United Kingdom, Ghana may soon have the largest solar power plant on the African continent. The $400 million plant is projected to be able to power up to 100,000 homes upon completion. Until now, costs for renewable energy projects have been too high for many […]
Getting Back on Track: Implementing the UN Regional Strategy on the LRA
Today, Invisible Children joins ten other central African and international organizations in the release of a new LRA report entitled “Getting Back on Track: Implementing the UN Regional Strategy on the Lord’s Resistance Army.” The report reveals that the United Nations has made very little progress in implementing its international LRA strategy, which was released in […]
Who is M23?
For the past eight months, a rebel group called M23 has been causing trouble in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They claim to be fighting to improve Congo’s struggling democracy, though reports claim that they are being led by none other than Bosco Ntaganda, who has been indicted by […]
UN recognizes Palestinian state
On Nov. 29, the UN General Assembly voted on recognizing Palestine as a non-member observer state. Although met with hesitation from a few key countries, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas moved forward, stating it was the “last chance to save the two-state solution” with Israel. The U.S. and Israel agreed the resolution would place further obstacles between the Palestinian and Israeli peace process. 138 nations voted […]