Fault Lines examines how state laws in the US can lead to child sexual abuse in religious communities going unpunished. Over the past 20 years, religious organisations from the Catholic Church to Jehovah’s Witnesses have had a reckoning with cases of child sexual abuse. Many states have tried to tackle the abuse by making clergy … Read more
Israeli captives: Families meet with Israel’s Prime Minister Al Jazeera English ‘If We, Families of Hamas Hostages, Stop Keeping Efforts Up, the Fight Will End’ – Israel News Haaretz Is a hostage swap deal on the cards for Netanyahu? sparks backlash over selective meeting with Gaza hostage families Times of India Freed Israeli hostage warns soldiers not to … Read more
Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa, 45, has been laid to rest in southern Gaza, with dozens of mourners, including journalists, paying their respects to the cameraman killed in an Israeli drone attack. The funeral was held on Saturday in the city of Khan Younis. Abudaqa’s family, friends and colleagues bid a tearful farewell as his … Read more
A global chemical giant covered up its product’s links to Parkinson’s. Fault Lines investigates. For decades, one of the world’s largest pesticide manufacturers deployed the Big Tobacco playbook to keep its flagship product ubiquitous—despite the company’s own internal research showing that it harmed farmers. Today the pesticide, paraquat, is banned in 58 countries—but its use … Read more
An environmental prosecutor in Peru tries to disrupt the illegal trade of shark fins that’s harming the world’s oceans. Every year, more than 70 million sharks are harvested worldwide for their fins. They are considered a delicacy in Asia and used to make shark fin soup, which has been a status symbol for thousands of … Read more
Nearly 1.8 million people have been displaced across the Gaza strip since October 7 Al Jazeera English What the Displacement in Gaza Looks Like in Maps, Charts and Photos The New York Times UNRWA’s Lazzarini ‘deeply concerned’ that Israeli offensive could move to southern Gaza • FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24 English Israeli assault on southern Gaza could push … Read more
Freed Palestinians share accounts of challenging conditions in Israeli prisons Al Jazeera English Israeli prison authorities are free to beat, torture any woman inmate, says freed Palestinian Anadolu Agency Released Palestinians recount harsh conditions in Israeli prisons | Al Jazeera Newsfeed Al Jazeera English Stolen childhoods: Hundreds of Palestinian minors held in Israeli jails Al Jazeera English View Full … Read more
Gaza truce has also seen a lull in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah Al Jazeera English Lebanese residents of border towns come back during a fragile cease-fire between Hamas and Israel Yahoo News Lebanese return to find bombed-out houses near Israel border Al-Monitor Lebanese residents of Israel border towns come back during a fragile ceasefire The Times of Israel … Read more
Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 42 Al Jazeera English Israel-Hamas war rages as outcry grows over Gaza crisis CNN The latest on the Israel-Hamas war | Nov. 16 CBS News Gallant: IDF has cleared out western Gaza City, moving to ‘next phase’ of ground operation The Times of Israel Israel-Palestine War: Israeli army releases video of military … Read more
Silencing the media: 40 journalists killed in Gaza since October 7 Al Jazeera English Israel can’t hide truth by killing journalists, say protesters at Pakistan rally Anadolu Agency | English More than one journalist per day is dying in the Israel-Gaza conflict. This has to stop The Conversation Indonesia Journalists have been killed covering the war in southern … Read more