Jacob Goldberg

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Investigations Reporter and Editor at The New Humanitarian

@newhumanitarian // [email protected]

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Myanmar earthquake worsens one of the world’s largest and most neglected humanitarian crises

3 weeks ago | thenewhumanitarian.org | Ali M. Latifi |Jacob Goldberg

Republish this article Swathes of central Myanmar have been reduced to rubble following a series of powerful earthquakes that struck on 28 March. For many communities near the epicentre, the disaster is piling further agony on a years-long – and worsening – humanitarian crisis. The official death toll, including 22 fatalities in Thailand, has surpassed 2,900 and is expected to rise further. Almost 5,000 people have been injured and hundreds reported missing, some potentially still trapped...
Reto Meneghini, Founding Partner & CEO of Monday Coffee

1 month ago | theceomagazine.com | Jacob Goldberg

The modern world is full of brilliant, convenient digital tools; however, tools are not the primary driver of digital transformation. This observation inspired Reto Meneghini to set up MondayCoffee, a certified Microsoft partner simplifying collaboration and assisting with digital transformations across the German-speaking world. He uses the analogy of a kitchen to illustrate his point.
Deaths in Houthi detention raise urgent questions for aid work in Yemen

1 month ago | thenewhumanitarian.org | Jacob Goldberg

Republish this article About this investigation: The New Humanitarian began this investigation in late October 2023, within days of Save the Children International’s announcement that its staff member, Hisham al-Hakimi, had died in Houthi custody.
Thailand deports Uyghur asylum seekers to China after more than a decade in detention

1 month ago | thenewhumanitarian.org | Jacob Goldberg

Republish this article Thailand has deported some 40 Uyghur asylum seekers to China after detaining them for more than a decade, UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, said on 27 February. “This is a clear violation of the principle of non-refoulement and the Royal Thai Government’s obligations under international law,” Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, the agency’s assistant high commissioner for protection, said in a statement. The deportation represents a major blow to human rights activists who have been...
Opinião - Jacob Pinheiro Goldberg: Discurso contemporâneo recicla velhas ilusões e sustenta novos dogmas

2 months ago | www1.folha.uol.com.br | Jacob Goldberg

[RESUMO] O autor sustenta que a humanidade oscila entre ilusões e desilusões, repetindo erros do passado sob novas roupagens. Critica dogmas, sejam religiosos, políticos ou tecnológicos, alerta para o risco de discursos que eliminam a incerteza e defende a singularidade do humano frente à inteligência artificial.
Danish Refugee Council announces “emergency termination” of staff

2 months ago | thenewhumanitarian.org | Jacob Goldberg

Republish this article The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is planning to lay off around 2,000 staff members because of President Donald Trump’s suspension of US aid funding, three staff members told The New Humanitarian. DRC Secretary General Charlotte Slente announced the initial estimate for the planned layoffs during a global staff meeting on 7 February, the staffers said. The estimate represents roughly a quarter of DRC’s global workforce, signalling the unprecedented restructuring that aid...
Questions grow over UNHCR inaction as Uyghurs in Thailand face deportation threat

Jan 22, 2025 | thenewhumanitarian.org | Jacob Goldberg

Republish this article As Thailand faces calls from rights groups and UN experts not to deport a group of Uyghur asylum seekers to China, further questions have surfaced about the approach of the UN’s refugee agency, including why it withdrew asylum seeker status from two of the men. Thai authorities arrested more than 300 Uyghur asylum seekers near the Malaysian border in 2014. The two countries were part of a popular overland route for Uyghurs fleeing repression in China to claim asylum in...
Save the Children staff report “obvious blunders” amid restructuring

Nov 29, 2024 | theafricanmirror.africa | Jacob Goldberg

This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. By Jacob Goldberg SAVE the Children International has come under criticism by staff following a series of alleged missteps during the organisation’s ongoing restructuring.
Diego Garcia asylum seekers offered direct transfer to the UK

Nov 4, 2024 | thenewhumanitarian.org | Jacob Goldberg

Republish this article The UK has offered dozens of asylum seekers who are – or were – detained on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia the chance to apply to enter the UK directly, a British official told the group on 4 November, according to a transcript of the conversation seen by The New Humanitarian. The offer replaces a controversial plan announced by the British government last month to transfer most of the asylum seekers – all but one of whom are from minority Tamil communities –...
The risk of return: As Israel bombs Lebanon, Syrian deportees face detention, conscription, or worse

Oct 18, 2024 | theafricanmirror.africa | Ali Al ibrahim |Mohammed Bassiki |Jacob Goldberg

This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. By Ali Al Ibrahim, Mohammed Bassiki and Jacob Goldberg SYRIAN refugees deported from Lebanon say they suffered abuses by security forces on both sides of the border, including beatings by Lebanese authorities and forced conscription into the Syrian army. Some have died in detention or disappeared.

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In June, the Houthis arrested a WHO worker who had previously clashed with the group over his concerns about aid diversion. After his arrest, some of his duties were left with a colleague who joined WHO after serving as a senior Houthi official. https://t.co/EDnMyQlkUQ

Jacob Goldberg

Articles

Myanmar earthquake worsens one of the world’s largest and most neglected humanitarian crises

Reto Meneghini, Founding Partner & CEO of Monday Coffee

Deaths in Houthi detention raise urgent questions for aid work in Yemen

Thailand deports Uyghur asylum seekers to China after more than a decade in detention

Opinião - Jacob Pinheiro Goldberg: Discurso contemporâneo recicla velhas ilusões e sustenta novos dogmas

Danish Refugee Council announces “emergency termination” of staff

Questions grow over UNHCR inaction as Uyghurs in Thailand face deportation threat

Save the Children staff report “obvious blunders” amid restructuring

Diego Garcia asylum seekers offered direct transfer to the UK

The risk of return: As Israel bombs Lebanon, Syrian deportees face detention, conscription, or worse

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