Murders of environmental and land defenders hit a record high last year, according to a report published by the international human rights organization Global Witness on Sept. 13. The report revealed that 227 people were killed in 2020 — the …
A report from the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) published on Wednesday has revealed that air pollution is cutting short the lives of billions of people by up to 5.6 years. The researchers reported that coal burning is the principal …
Global hunger has increased dramatically in 2020 largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic as 2.4 billion people lack access to adequate food, five United Nations (UN) agencies warned on July 12. The annual report on the State of Food Security …
Four out of five of the world’s top executioners in 2020 were Middle Eastern countries, Amnesty International reported on April 21. According to the human rights organization’s annual death penalty report, Iran, Egypt, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia accounted for 88% …