June 20th, 2019
The UN’s latest investigation into South Sudan has revealed an intensifying pattern of violence against civilians. In the two-hundred-page
report, victims testified in graphic detail about incidents of abductions, killings and brutal attacks which could constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to
Human Rights Watch....
June 4th, 2019
In the countries where our partners work, human rights issues, political events and humanitarian crises rarely reach international headlines. We have put together briefings sourcing the latest humanitarian reports and news from the past three months in Sudan, Nigeria, South Sudan, Burma, Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh, which we will be releasing this week....
May 24th, 2019
On Sunday the 19th May, Annie Crockford ran the Hackney Half Marathon for HART UK. We were overwhelmed with Annie’s success in raising £1,190 for personal hygiene and sanitation kits for women and girls in Hai Masna displacement camp in South Sudan....
March 1st, 2019
Every three months, we publish news-round ups on key issues, humanitarian reports and political conditions which affect HART’s partner organisations. Read about ISIS’ last enclave in Syria, Nigeria’s presidential election, and the release of 119 child soldiers in South Sudan by clicking on the country links below....
February 25th, 2019
A visit report from the latest HART fact-finding trip to South Sudan and the Nuba Mountains in Sudan presents an overview of humanitarian situations, provides first-hand evidence of human rights issues, and includes testimonies from local people, community leaders and political figures. ...
January 17th, 2019
On Thursday 17
th January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its 29
th annual review of human rights practices in more than 100 countries around the world. The report summarises the key threats to human rights in those countries, reporting on events from late 2017 through to November 2018....
January 7th, 2019
In 2018, humanitarian reports were defined by violations against children. Described by UNICEF as the
moral crisis of our age, children in conflict areas were used as human shields, soldiers on frontlines and suicide bombers while atrocities and extreme expressions of violence continued with ‘near-total’ impunity in several countries around the world....
November 27th, 2018
The world’s youngest and most fragile state has suffered under legacies of hunger and violence. With a death toll to rival conflicts in Syria or Iraq, the fastest-growing refugee emergency, and political and ethnic divides that continue to tear the nation apart, five years of war in South Sudan have also carried famine and the outbreak of disease....
November 8th, 2018
Refugee camps are home to some of the most vulnerable portions of global societies – those forced to leave their homes for fear of persecution, war, natural disasters, and other threats to life.
Nearly 25.4 million refugees have endured an experience that, fortunately, most of us will not face....
October 25th, 2018
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a report investigating continued attacks in the Western Region of South Sudan. Despite a ‘Cessation of Hostilities’ agreement between rebel and government factions, tens of thousands of civilians are currently seeking refuge i...
