Irene Khan’s report to the UN General Assembly on attacks on journalists, and on the suppression of advocacy for Palestinian rights in Western countries. [...]

A UN Special Rapporteur warns of pariah status for Israel — and raises the accountability of governments that stayed silent. [...]

The General Assembly backed Palestine’s membership bid on 10 May 2024. Nine countries voted against. Voting records are the part of diplomacy that cannot be reworded later. [...]

Coordinate, communicate, network. SAMNET’s call to plan a united effort around the first anniversary of 7 October — and to let others lead where they can. [...]

SAMNET called on citizens in India to lodge objections to the Waqf Amendment Bill before 13 September 2024. Legislative safeguards only work if they are used. [...]

SAMNET on the drop-off in critical reporting on Palestine, the over-reliance on agency feeds, and the UN findings that went largely uncovered. [...]

SAMNET called on UP stakeholders to write to the university leadership urging it to break its relationships with Israeli academic institutions — five minutes of activism, respectfully and factually put. [...]

Let us not forget the many places where people are oppressed and in danger. In Rakhine, young men are caught between an active war and forced conscription. [...]

The veto is a vestige of a colonial and post-war order that has passed. Africa has the largest bloc of UN members and not one permanent seat. Reform should mean removing the veto, not adding to it. [...]