A Council of Europe delegation has criticized the arrest of a Turkish activist who was detained after denouncing President Erdogan's government at a meeting of Europe’s leading human rights body.| AP News
The passivity — and complicity — of Global North liberals and social democrats has paved the way for the global rise of the far-right of a special type. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Samar Abu Elouf, who won the…Read more →| Consortium News
The controversial appointment of Josh Smith as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Prisons has drawn ire from employees while many inmates are supportive. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News President Donald Trump in early June did something that no…Read more →| Consortium News
Mara Kronenfeld, executive director of UNRWA USA exposes Israel’s war on the U.N. and how the destruction of UNWRA infrastructure is an attack on all civilian life in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report For millions of Palestinians, the…Read more →| Consortium News
Dozens of small civilian vessels carrying activists, parliamentarians, doctors and trade unionists, along with humanitarian cargo, are preparing for departure. By Peoples Dispatch In July 2025, a new international maritime initiative was launched: the Global Sumud Flotilla. It was formed| Consortium News
It is a principle of parliamentary sovereignty that Parliament’s law making powers are not subject to any restriction, and therefore Parliament cannot bind its successors (see e.g. Dicey: “Parliame…| informationrightsandwrongs
Explore the difference between true neurodiversity-affirming practice and “neurodiversity-lite,” and why justice, and lived experience matter.| Autistic Realms
Reporters Without Borders In an unprecedented international operation organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the global campaigning movement Avaaz, more than 250 news outlets from over 70 countries simultaneously blacked out their front pages and website homepages, and interrupt their broadcasting to condemn the murder of journalists by the Israeli army in the Gaza| Asia Pacific Report
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social lead Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has hinted that the country may “hold its first-ever referendum” following a landmark Supreme Court opinion aimed at amending the 2013 Constitution. On Friday, the nation’s highest court ruled that thresholds for constitutional amendments should be lowered — requiring only a two-thirds majority| Asia Pacific Report
Pacific Media Watch Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists in the Gaza Strip as part of a worldwide action by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and the community politics organisation Avaaz. On August 25, one| Asia Pacific Report
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The Israeli military “offers an important insight into how the latest technologies can be adopted for widespread monitoring and control.”| Global Voices
For members of the Brazilian Academy of Prison Letters, the case is about free speech: “After all, a prison sentence doesn’t strip the person from other fundamental rights.”| Global Voices
Devastating flash floods triggered by cloud burst and glacier lake outburst (GLOF) have killed over 800 people across Pakistan in recent weeks, with entire villages swept away and thousands displaced.| Global Voices
When Ruth Adamu finds her son, Hikame, he is in school. She walks down its corridors to find him, takes his hand, and tells him to come with her. She promises to buy him a new pair of shoes, and together, they head towards the gate. But just as they are about to leave, he … The post Her Missing Son Returns In Her Dreams appeared first on HumAngle.| HumAngle
Ahead of Indonesia's Independence Day, viral photos and videos of people waving the Jolly Roger cartoon pirate flag from the popular Japanese anime ‘One Piece’ broke the internet.| Indonesia at Melbourne
The Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR) is delighted to announce a new report prepared by the Cambridge Pro Bono Project (CPP), ‘Mapping Rights and Duties at the Intersection of Sport, Human Rights and the Climate Crisis’. CSHR commissioned and supported this important piece of research and analysis, which was conducted by students at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law with inputs from Lucy Amis and Shubham Jain from CSHR| idrottsforum.org
The Trump Administration is using the Alien Enemies Act to seize Venezuelans and ship them to a notorious prison El Salvador without due process. What can be done to protect and uphold the rule of law and human rights in the face of the Trump Administration's rejection of them? What are some means of legal and political resistance when human rights are being violated? [ dur: 58mins. ] Jennifer Selin is Associate Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State Uni...| The Scholars' Circle
Will the so-called peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan legitimize ethnic cleansing? Will it bring peace to the two nations? Or is it a recipe for future conflict? Military aggression and violations of the notion of sovereignty have marked the conflicts in the South Caucuses region over the last three decades. Will the peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue this trend or will it avert claims to sovereignty? This agreement brings the US directly into the South Caucus...| The Scholars' Circle
Turkmen activist Murat Dushemov is held in detention for 81 days. His brother and sister have been illegally barred from leaving the country.| turkmen.news
Indonesia continues to murder children as they escalate their military operations across West Papua. Two schoolchildren were killed by the occupying military in the build up to Indonesian Independence Day: security forces also killed a 14-year-old girl in Puncak Jaya, while 13-year-old Martinus Tebai was murdered in Dogiyai on August 10th after soldiers opened fire on a […]| Free West Papua Campaign
La entrada Desde el río hasta el mar, una declaración de amor por la vida se publicó primero en Vist Projects.| Vist Projects
Asia Pacific Report West Papuan civil society and solidarity networks are calling for urgent action over a brutal Indonesian security forces crackdown that has led to a wave of arrests and political repression. Protests erupted in Sorong, in the western part of the Melanesian territory, on Wednesday over the transfer of 4 political prisoners out| Asia Pacific Report
COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello I am alarmed by reports that Filipino journalists were flown in by the Israeli government to participate in what is essentially a whitewashing campaign for the ongoing genocide in Gaza. At least two articles, atrocious excuses for journalism, have come out of this trip.One is a piece by Wilson Lee Flores| Asia Pacific Report
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The dominant issue going into the next election in Bougainville next week is not much different from the last election five years ago. The autonomous Papua New Guinea region goes to the polls on September 4. In 2020, there were strong expectations Bougainville would soon be independent, given| Asia Pacific Report
...urbanisation, rising education levels, and access to digital platforms have given women new scripts. Child freedom, once unthinkable, is quietly gaining momentum.| Global Voices
Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, Everglades, FL – According to reporting by Noticias 23/Univision, an uprising took place on or around Thursday, August 28 at the notorious immigrant detention center called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ by some and the ‘Everglades Concentration Camp’ by others. The site has… The post Reports of Uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.| UNICORN RIOT
Amnesty International has issued a statement on the freezing of the bank accounts of seven Georgian NGOs| Geography
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Chances are, anyone whose family is dying of starvation would not be looking for New Zealand to have a prolonged debate over how they deserve to be defined. Yet a delay in making even the symbolic gestures seems to be all that we have to offer, as hundreds of thousands of| Asia Pacific Report
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell “Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu has ‘lost the plot’ and has condemned attacks on Gaza. “It is among the strongest language the New Zealand leader has used against Netanyahu and comes amid reports of intense aerial attacks on Gaza after Israel’s decision to launch a fresh| Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence advocate has accused Indonesia of “continuing to murder children” while escalating its military operations across the Melanesian region. United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) interim president Benny Wenda says West Papua faces two connected crimes — ecocide and genocide. Two schoolchildren were killed by the occupying military| Asia Pacific Report
Ten years after its first edition and its author’s arrest, a book which adapts philosopher Gene Sharp’s work has a new edition. GV spoke with the author, Domingos da Cruz.| Global Voices
In 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) published a groundbreaking report exposing the extensive use of colonial boarding schools to indoctrinate and forcibly assimilate Tibetan children into Han Chinese culture and society. (See CDT’s two-part interview with TAI’s Lhadon Tethong on this topic.) This May, TAI issued a follow-up report that looked more closely at the […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
Following rare mass protests that broke out in the city of Jiangyou in Sichuan province earlier this month in response to the bullying of a 14-year-old girl, CDT Chinese editors have tracked unusually intense online censorship of related videos, photos, hashtags, articles, comments, and other content. The protests were sparked by a July 22 incident […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
OFFICERS have been trained on human rights, conflict resolution, and community-based policing. The post Human rights training for cops appeared first on Islands Business.| Islands Business
Can the PM reconcile politics and principle over the ECHR?| New Statesman
Since the mid-20th century, traditional practices involving coca leaves have been restricted by the international drug control regime, following their inclusion in Schedule I of the 1961 Single Convention, promoted by a WHO report influenced by cultural and racial prejudices. The post The WHO’s “Critical Review” of the Coca Leaf appeared first on ICEERS.| ICEERS
Language, in addition to communicating, can become an ideological tool. Words are not only vehicles of information, but also construct realities. And, in the field of drug policy, the words used determine who is criminalized, which practices are delegitimized, and which knowledge is rendered invisible. The post Words Matter: Decolonizing Language About Psychoactive Plants appeared first on ICEERS.| ICEERS
Amanie Issa is a PhD Researcher and Hardiman Scholar at Irish Centre for Human Rights and Centre for Disability Law and Policy. – In recent years, Israel has been lauded internationally for its advocacy in disability rights. Its policies are often held up as models of inclusion, accessibility, and care for the disabled. But as… Continue reading Gaza’s Genocide and the Fragility of Israel’s Disability Rights Claims→| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Kirsten Larson, Ph.D. Researcher, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway – Yesterday marked the release of the joint study “Child Trafficking and Armed Conflict,” conducted by the United Nations (UN) Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG-CAAC) and the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and… Continue reading UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and U...| Irish Centre for Human Rights
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific Correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has ended an extended seven-day visit to New Caledonia with mixed feelings. On one hand, he said he was confident his “Bougival deal” for New Caledonia’s future is now “more advanced” after three sittings of a “drafting committee” made up| Asia Pacific Report
"This revolution is being carried forward by all kinds of people: frontline protesters, participants in the Civil Disobedience Movement, workers, students, and everyone who refuses to accept military rule."| Global Voices
Threats to human security, political stability, and sustainable prosperity are spreading; the possibility of a rights-focused climate-resilient economy provides important leverage for reversing tha…| Climate Civics
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The recent internal report on RNZ’s performance, variously described as “scathing” and “blunt” in news coverage, caused considerable debate about the state broadcaster’s performance and priorities — not all of it fair or well informed. The report makes several operational recommendations, including addressing| Asia Pacific Report
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The President of Bougainville, Ishmael Toroama, says he is not feeling the pressure as he seeks a second five-year term in office. Bougainville goes to the polls next Thursday, September 4, with 404 candidates vying for 46 seats in the Parliament of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region.| Asia Pacific Report
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21 August, 2025 Like many of you, we have heard the recent NDIS reform announcement that includes removing children with […] The post Thriving Kids Announcement: Our Response as an Autistic-Led Organisation appeared first on Reframing Autism.| Reframing Autism
By Antony Loewenstein in Sydney| Asia Pacific Report
Trump regime threatens to deport Abrego Garcia to a nation of arbitrary detentions, corruption COMMENTARY Five months after U.S. officials’ “administrative error” led to the wrongful deportation of immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador for nearly three months of confinement at that nation’s CECOT anti-terrorism prison, the Trump regime today arrested him again and… The post Deportation to a human rights wasteland? Uganda is not so unlike Trump’s America appeared first on E...| Erasing 76 Crimes
By Asiye Latife Yilmaz in Istanbul| Asia Pacific Report
After much delay, Marco Rubio’s State Department finally released the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, known internally as the Human Rights Reports (HRRs). These congressionally mandated reports are usually published in early spring about the events of the previous year. In addition to the significant lag in their release, the 2024 reports are drastically shorter and cover a much narrower range of human rights abuses than in previous years. They no longer include prison condi...| Responsible Statecraft
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Delta police say officers can conduct warrantless searches, sparking public concern about rights, accountability, and abuse of stop-and-search powers. The post Delta Police Say Officers Can Search Without Warrants appeared first on The Nigerian Inquirer.| The Nigerian Inquirer
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s surprise announcement yesterday that he will call for a parliamentary confidence vote in his government is set to further complicate protracted talks in New Caledonia on the French territory’s political future. The announcement comes as French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls| Asia Pacific Report
RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is condemning Israel’s E1 settlement plan for the occupied West Bank, despite New Zealand not signing a joint statement on the matter. Twenty-seven countries, including the UK and Australia, have condemned Israel’s plans to build an illegal settlement east of Jerusalem. The countries have said the plan would “make| Asia Pacific Report
By Pip Hinman and Alex Bainbridge of Green Left More than 200,000 people took the streets across Australia on Saturday in a national day of action demanding that the Labor government sanctions Israel and stops the two-way arms trade. It comes after 300,000 people marched, in driving rain, across Sydney Harbour Bridge on August 3| Asia Pacific Report
By Alifereti Sakiasi in Suva West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor has vowed not to be silenced despite years of threats, harassment and even a bomb attack on his home. The 51-year-old founder and editor-in-chief of Jubi, West Papua’s leading media outlet, was in Fiji this week, where he spoke exclusively to The Fiji Times about| Asia Pacific Report
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A newly established “drafting committee” held its inaugural meeting in Nouméa this week, aiming to translate the Bougival agreement — signed by New Caledonian political parties in Paris last month — into a legal and constitutional form. However, the first sitting of the committee on Thursday| Asia Pacific Report
Two New Zealand Palestinians, Rana Hamida and Youssef Sammour, left Auckland today to join the massive new Global Sumud Flotilla determined to break Israel’s starvation blockade of the besieged enclave. Here, two journalists report on the Asia-Pacific stake in the initiative. Ellie Aben in Manila and Sheany Yasuko Lai in Jakarta Asia-Pacific activists are preparing| Asia Pacific Report
Pacific Media Watch Three media commentators addressed the 98th week of New Zealand solidarity rallies for Palestine in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today, criticising the quality of news reporting about the world’s biggest genocide crisis this century. Speakers at other locations around the country also condemned what they said was biased media coverage. The critics said| Asia Pacific Report
By Andrew Mathieson Exiled West Papuan media are calling for Fiji — in a reflection of Melanesian solidarity — to hold the greater Pacific region to account and stand against Indonesia’s ongoing media blackout in addition to its human rights abuses. The leaders in their field which include two Papuans from Indonesia’s occupied provinces have| Asia Pacific Report
RNZ News New Zealand has joined more than two dozen other countries to call for “immediate and independent” foreign media access to Gaza. Earlier this month, an Israeli strike in the city killed six journalists — four Al Jazeera correspondents and cameramen, and two other media workers. The Israeli military admitted in a statement to| Asia Pacific Report
RNZ Pacific New Zealand’s police commissioner says he understands the potential impact the country’s criminal deportees have on smaller Pacific Island nations. Commissioner Richard Chambers’ comments on RNZ Pacific Waves come as the region’s police bosses gathered for the annual Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police conference in Waitangi. The meeting, which is closed to media,| Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report The advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand’s “deliberate distraction” over sanctions against Israel and has vowed more protests against Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ “failed policy” on Gaza. After the huge turnout of thousands in Palestine solidarity rallies across more than 20 locations in New Zealand last| Asia Pacific Report
ANALYSIS: By Treasa Dunworth, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau It’s now more than a week since Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his government had begun to formally consider New Zealand’s position on the recognition of a Palestinian state. That leaves two weeks until the UN General Assembly convenes on September 9, where it is| Asia Pacific Report
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls is once again in New Caledonia for a four-day visit aimed at maintaining dialogue, despite a strong rejection from a significant part of the pro-independence camp. He touched down at the Nouméa-La Tontouta Airport last night on his fourth trip| Asia Pacific Report
Journalists like Anas al-Sharif who report the truth in Gaza to the world and are targeted by Israel deserve protection, not just sympathy. COMMENTARY: By Sara Qudah During the past 22 months in Gaza, the pattern has become unbearable yet tragically predictable: A journalist reports about civilians; killed or starved, shares footage of a hospital| Asia Pacific Report
Why the recognition of the State of Palestine by Australia is an important development. Meanwhile, New Zealand still dithers. This article unpacks the hypocrisy in the debate. ANALYSIS: By Paul Heywood-Smith The recognition of the State of Palestine by Australia, leading, it is hoped, to full UN member state status, is an important development. What| Asia Pacific Report
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor| Asia Pacific Report
In a world that is more and more full of fights over power, money and land, Switzerland’s firm choice to stay neutral is a big help for peace. Some may think staying out of fights is not doing much, but Switzerland shows that by not taking sides, using talks, helping others and having money and… Continue reading Switzerland’s Neutrality is Key in a World of High Tensions The post Switzerland’s Neutrality is Key in a World of High Tensions appeared first on Fair Observer.| Fair Observer
Fair Observer Founder’s Video Producer & Social Media Manager, Rohan Khattar Singh, talks with Steven Zunes, director of Middle Eastern Studies and professor of politics at the University of San Francisco. They analyze the US–Israel–Iran relationship and its broader implications. Zunes traces Washington’s hostility toward Tehran, Iran, to the 1979 Iranian Revolution that overthrew the… Continue reading FO° Talks: Iran Vows Stronger Response If Attacked Again By America, Israel The ...| Fair Observer
Corporate media are now gesturing toward engaging questions of Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. But what does that amount to at this late date?| FAIR
William Wilberforce Day is a celebration of a man who dedicated his life to fighting for justice and equality. As a leading figure in the movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade, Wilberforce spent decades tirelessly campaigning against one of history’s greatest injustices. His perseverance and deep sense of moral duty led to the passing […]| Days Of The Year
Victims of the conflict in Syria have no access to justice. And a Dutch journalist from NRC is asking me questions about who financed cases to obtain reparations for Syrian victims. Why does the journalist focus is on who financed the efforts to help the victims while she ignores the substance of the cases presented? […]| Luis Moreno Ocampo
Caracas, August 11, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan social movements and activists mobilized to demand the release of human rights lawyer Martha Lía Grajales, a member of human rights collective Surgentes who was detained Friday. The 45-year-old activist was detained shortly after participating in a demonstration. Witnesses reported that Grajales was taken in a grey vehicle... The post Venezuelan and International Organizations, Intellectuals Demand Release of Activist Martha Lía...| Venezuelanalysis
DHS refuted claims that Luis Rivas Velásquez died at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, as rights groups demand accountability.| Venezuelanalysis
By Buba Gagigo Michael Sang Correa, a former member of ex-President Yahya Jammeh’s notorious paramilitary unit known as the “Junglers,” broke down in tears in a U.S. courtroom as he pleaded for leniency before being sentenced to 67 years and six months in prison for torture.Clad in a prison uniform, handcuffs, and chains, Correa appeared […]| Kerr Fatou Online Media House
By Makutu Manneh The Gambia Police Force has announced that 19 individuals arrested on Friday for protesting against the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s (PURA) newly introduced mandatory data price floor for GSM operators have been cautioned, charged, detained, and are currently under investigation. In a statement, the police described the protest outside PURA headquarters as […]| Kerr Fatou Online Media House
Lawyer Khadijatou Jallow of Dandimayo Chambers has provided updates on the detained protesters following demonstrations against PURA’s mandatory data price floor. The information includes the detainees’ locations, conditions, and reported treatment in custody. Detainees at Kairaba Police Station Detainees at Kotu Police Station According to the lawyer, all detainees at these two stations were reported […]| Kerr Fatou Online Media House
By Makutu Manneh The arrest of protesters opposing the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s (PURA) decision to impose a mandatory price floor of D50 per gigabyte for mobile data has sparked public outrage and renewed scrutiny over the state of The Gambia’s security sector reform. The controversy stems from the conduct of Police Superintendent Lamin Sarr […]| Kerr Fatou Online Media House
ICCL has consistently campaigned for a human rights-based approach to all restrictions on rights during the Covid-19 pandemic.| Irish Council for Civil Liberties
The European Disability Forum submitted this contribution in response to the Committee’s call for written inputs regarding the implementation of Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies – in the context of the war in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Our observations […]| European Disability Forum
Children in the criminal justice system have complex physical and mental health needs that are often exacerbated by incarceration and go ignored.| FXB Center
On this year’s International Women’s Day, we remember the 74th genocide committed against the Yazidi community in northern Iraq by the Islamic State (ISIS) over a decade ago. Women and children were abducted, sexually abused, and forced into slavery.| FXB Center
This 2025 Black History Month theme is African Americans and Labor so we recall that “everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”| FXB Center
Chris Rickleton for Freedom For Eurasia Jenish Aidarov takes cover at the side of a road during intense clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in April 2021. Photo credit Jenish Aidarov In April 2021, when war broke out at Kyrgyzstan’s frontier with Tajikistan, Jenish Aidarov was among the first journalists on the scene, taking cover by […] The post Central Asia: A Prime Casualty In Trump’s War On Pro-Democracy Media appeared first on Freedom For Eurasia.| Freedom For Eurasia
OMCT and FIDH Host Side Event: Repressive Trends Threatening Human Rights Defenders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia The original Helsinki Act, more formally the Helsinki Final Act, signed on August 1, 1975, by 35 countries, including the U.S., Canada, and most European nations, to reduce tensions during the Cold War. It established principles for […] The post Repression Surging Against Human Rights Defenders in Eastern Europe and Central Asia” appeared first on Fre...| Freedom For Eurasia
Chris Rickleton and Beiimbet Moldagali for Freedom for Eurasia Family members and neighbor (far right) of Alimnur Turganbay outside their house on August 4, 2025, in the village of Uzynagash near Almaty, Kazakhstan. Photo by Chris Rickleton As Alimnur Turganbay was preparing to set off for Kazakhstan’s Kalzhat–Dulata border crossing with China, he let his oldest daughter Riza […]| Freedom For Eurasia
Headlines in recent weeks about Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s past advocacy for the Tamil community have reignited questions about who truly belongs in Canadian public life. Critics have pointed to his long-standing involvement in Tamil human rights efforts as problematic. They imply dangerous affiliations, but don’t adequately provide the political and historical context of […]| Magazines – Policy Options
By Sanjana Kumar — The climate crisis has been described internationally as “the greatest human rights challenge of the 21st century.” Despite this, there has been great difficulty in legally recognizing it as such. This article focuses on existing variability across paradigms used to assess climate suffering, exploring the legal basis for framing bureaucratic failure to address preventable harm as a violation of human rights. While the principle of a human rights framework exists withi...| Princeton Legal Journal
For decades, C-Fam has been following the story of how UN human rights experts, including treaty monitoring bodies, have been exceeding their mandates to promote concepts that do not enjoy... The post What’s New on the C-Fam Human Rights Database? appeared first on C-Fam.| C-Fam
Grace Schara, a 19-year-old teen with Down’s syndrome, was taken by her father to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Appleton, Wisconsin on October 6, 2021, because of a positive home Covid... The post First Covid Wrongful Death Trial – A Cautionary Tale for Medical Freedom Advocates appeared first on Health Freedom Defense Fund.| Health Freedom Defense Fund
The violence, marginalisation, and dispossession faced by indigenous communities in Indonesia are not disconnected incidents. They are expressions of a deeper historical logic in which colonial methods of control have been repurposed by the postcolonial state.| Indonesia at Melbourne
Global activists aim to halt the Gaza genocide by interrupting the flow of arms to Israel.| Truthout
First, will Donald Trump's and the republican party's efforts to redraw electoral maps give them a permanent majority? [ dur: 24mins. ] Jeremi Suri is Professor in the Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. He holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the co-author of “Problems with President Records are Not Just About Trump” with Kenneth Osgood. He is also t...| The Scholars' Circle
On July 7 the U.N. Human Rights Council approved without dissent a resolution stressing the close link between the advancement of human rights and the fight against corruption. It unequivocally and without qualification proclaims what advocates of each have long … Continue reading →| GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog
As President of the ULMWP, I call on all West Papuans to refuse to take part in Indonesian Independence Day on August 17th. The presence of the Indonesian flag in West Papua is illegal. To my people, whether you are living in the cities, the villages, refugee camps in Papua New Guinea, or in hiding […] The post President Wenda: No Indonesian Independence Day Celebration in West Papua appeared first on Free West Papua Campaign.| Free West Papua Campaign
On behalf of the ULMWP, I express my heartfelt sorrow and condolences on the death of John Licht, former Vanuatu Ambassador to Belgium, France, the UK and the EU. In his years of diplomatic service to the Republic of Vanuatu, Mr Licht was a constant champion of the West Papuan cause. He helped keep alive […] The post President Wenda: Condolences on the death of Ambassador John Licht appeared first on Free West Papua Campaign.| Free West Papua Campaign
On behalf of the people of West Papua, I condemn the arrest of the 42 ULMWP representatives last week by the Indonesian police. Indonesia has proven once again that fundamental human rights do not exist in West Papua. John Wenggi, a 74-year-old tribal chief, was arrested at his residence during a political meeting in Waropen, Saireri, along […] The post Urgent notice: 42 ULMWP representatives arrested by Indonesian police appeared first on Free West Papua Campaign.| Free West Papua Campaign
