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Pressure on Biden to End Yemen Blockade Builds With New Letter From Lawmakers
Yemeni children from families affected by the war and blockade receive a lunch meal from a charitable center on April 12, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
'Critical First Step' But 'Long Overdue': Biden Repeals Trump Sanctions on the ICC
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Gambian war crimes lawyer Fatou Bensouda takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony as the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor in The Hague, on June 15, 2012. (Photo: Bas Czerwinskini/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
"Trump's sanctions set a dangerous precedent for attacks on victims, lawyers, human rights advocates, and courts."
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House Progressives Implore Biden State Dept. to Center Palestinian Rights
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) wears a protective mask while walking through the Canon Tunnel to the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)
"The conversation is shifting, public sentiment is changing, and it's time the...
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Rights Groups Say Biden's Denial of Visas to Victims of Muslim Ban Has 'Cemented Trump's Legacy of Harm'
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
A Muslim woman participates in an English as a second language class at the Rohingya Cultural Center in Chicago on February 10, 2020. (Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
"To those families whose dreams were crushed by the Muslim Ban over the past...
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United States and Cuban flags fly side-by-side near Cuba's Capitol Building in Havana on March 20, 2016, ahead of then-President Barack Obama's visit to the island nation. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
80 House Democrats Urge Biden to Repeal Trump's 'Cruel' Sanctions on Cuba, Reverse US Hostility
A view of the unlawful Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the illegally occupied West Bank of Palestine. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)
Jewish Groups Urge Biden to 'Review and Revoke' Trump-Era 'Made in Israel' Settlement Goods Policy
Activists demanding climate and racial justice marched in New York City on September 20, 2020. (Photo: Steve Sanchez/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
'Words Are Not Enough': Biden Pushed to Take Bold Climate Action as US Returns to Paris Agreement
Mohamed Soltan, 32, a U.S. citizen who became a prominent Egyptian political prisoner, at his home on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Fairfax, Virginia. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Washington Post via Getty Images)
After Vowing 'No More Blank Checks for Trump's Favorite Dictator,' Biden Seeks $200 Million Arms Sale to Egypt
Due to sea level rise, many islands in the gangetic delta region of West Bengal, India are facing fast erosion. The island of Mousuni is one such island. Homes and lands are sinking at a steady rate and people are staring at a bleak future where the probability of them becoming climate refugees looms large. (Photo: Arka Dutta/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Biden—Handed Road Map for Action—Told US Has Moral Responsibility to Lead on Climate Refugees
"It would be much simpler if the United States decided to make good on its commitments earlier rather than later," said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday, February 7, 2021. (Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Iran Foreign Minister Tells Biden US 'Violated' Nuclear Deal, So It Is US 'That Has to Return'
Israeli warplanes launched attacks on the residential "Italian tower" in the al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City during "Operation Protective Edge" in August of 2014. (Photo: Ibrahim Khader/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
'Better Late Than Never': Palestinians Welcome ICC Decision Enabling War Crimes Probe of Israel
Yemeni people affected by war receive food aid from a humanitarian organization on February 11, 2020 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
Citing Humanitarian Impact, Biden Reverses 'Dangerous' Designation of Houthis as Terrorist Group
Robert Malley of the International Crisis Group speaks during the Forum MED Mediterranean Dialogues summit in Rome, Italy on November 30, 2017. (Photo: Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Progressives Applaud Rob Malley, Key Nuclear Deal Negotiator, as Biden's Special Envoy for Iran
Doctors and nurses of Cuba's Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade take part in a farewell ceremony before traveling to Andorra to help in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, at the Central Unit of Medical Cooperation in Havana, on March 28, 2020. (Photo: Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images)
'Despicable': Outgoing Trump Administration to Designate Cuba a 'State Sponsor of Terrorism'
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda during a trip to Sudan on October 18, 2020. (Photo: Mahmoud Hjaj/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Targeting Lawyers Supporting ICC Afghan War Crimes Probe
A study published last year by Amnesty International found that the U.S.-led bombing campaign on Raqqa, Syria in 2017 killed an estimated 1,600 innocent civilians while leveling the city. (Photo: Amnesty International)</p>
UN Human Rights Expert Urges US to Lift Sanctions That 'May Exacerbate the Already Dire Humanitarian Situation in Syria'

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