The Guardian: Bangladesh admits no Rohingya willing to take repatriation offer “Bangladesh has conceded that it will be unable to voluntarily repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar as it had planned because it cannot find anyone willing to go back, though efforts to ‘motivate’ people to leave will continue…” (Ellis-Petersen et…

U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: The Power of Heroes in the Fight against Human Trafficking Callista L. Gingrich, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, discusses U.S. efforts to address human trafficking, writing, “Leveraging input from human trafficking survivors is critical to combating human trafficking. … Pope Francis has called for…

Associated Press: Chaldean cardinal says promised U.S. aid for Iraq hasn’t come “The head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church complained on Tuesday that promised U.S. aid for religious minorities in Iraq hasn’t materialized, issuing an unusual public rebuke of the United States on the same day Washington announced a new…

FT Health: The global scourge of mental ill health The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter highlights the issue of global mental health and features an interview with Chris Flowers, head of JC Flowers & Co. and co-founder of the JC Flowers Foundation, who discusses the…

Reuters: Pope compares having an abortion to ‘hiring a hit man’ “Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to ‘hiring a hit man’ to eliminate a problematic person, in comments sure to be welcomed by conservative Catholics who have accused the pontiff of not speaking out enough on ‘cultural…

Washington Post: Has America lost its voice on human rights around the world? Editorial Board “…The State Department report [on atrocities in Northern Rakhine State] was an opportunity to say and do more. At the very least, the United States should have labeled the atrocities a crime against humanity. Human…

Reuters: Two health scares at U.S. airports tied to Mecca pilgrims: U.S. officials “Two major health scares at U.S. airports involving inbound flights are related to pilgrims returning from the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which ended in late August, U.S. health officials…

Associated Press: U.N. rights chief: Vowed U.S. cuts wouldn’t be ‘fatal’ to office (Keaten, 8/29). Agence France-Presse/SABC News: U.N. summit on TB seeks to put spotlight on killer disease (8/24). Borgen Magazine: The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid: Moving Forward (Hallum, 9/2). Deutsche Welle: President Trump’s Global Gag Rule endangers…

Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Faith-based coalition sends letters to Congress to champion the Global Fund “136 members of the faith-based coalition Hope Through Healing Hands, founded and chaired by former Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), sent letters to the chair and ranking member of the…

U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Charting a New Path to Promote Global Human Rights Kevin E. Moley, assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the State Department, discusses the U.S. stance on human rights, writing, “[T]hese past weeks have marked an important point of departure…