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fromwww.bostonherald.com
6 days ago

Venezuela releases dozens of prisoners in 2 days, hundreds more still detained

266 political prisoners have been released since Jan. 8, but roughly 600 dissidents remain detained amid disputes over official release counts.
World politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
6 days ago

Venezuela reactivates releases and frees over 100 political prisoners

NGOs report 258 prisoner releases since Jan 8 while the government claims 626; rights groups demand transparent, mass releases with 854 still detained.
#iran-protests
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fromESPN.com
1 day ago

Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics

Hundreds in Milan protested ICE agents' deployment to the Winter Olympics, citing human-rights concerns and fears of creeping fascism.
Law
fromSlate Magazine
1 day ago

When The Constitution Is Being Shredded, Legal Memos Are Not The Answer

Obscure legal reasoning can enable grave human-rights abuses; technical memos will not protect individual rights in perilous moments.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

French MPs demand explanation over tech firm's contract to help ICE in US

A Capgemini subsidiary signed a multimillion-dollar contract to provide skip-tracing services for ICE, prompting French officials to demand transparency over potential human-rights breaches.
Media industry
fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

Pro Wrestling Has a New Kind of Supervillain. Even Fans Can't Believe Who It Is.

WWE relocated marquee events to Riyadh, prompting fan backlash over Saudi human rights and signaling corporate assetization after the TKO/Endeavor merger.
#iran
World news
fromTruthout
2 days ago

Trump's Back-and-Forth Threats on Iran Are Psychological Warfare

Donald Trump's rhetoric on Iran is contradictory and self-interested while Iranian protesters suffer severe economic hardship and violent government repression.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Al Jazeera denounces YouTube's compliance with Israel's ban on network

Al Jazeera has condemned YouTube's compliance with an Israeli law banning the network's livestreams in the country, warning that the move signals how major tech companies can be co-opted as instruments of regimes hostile to freedom. YouTube's submission to Israel's ban became apparent on Wednesday, days after Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karahi ordered a 90-day extension of an existing ban on the network's operations in Israel, blocking broadcasting and internet companies from carrying the network's content.
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#irgc
#gaza
#eu-migration-policy
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fromwww.thelocal.com
3 days ago

EU announces new push to overhaul visa system and deportations policy

EU migration strategy prioritizes reducing illegal arrivals, increasing deportations, using external "return hubs", and pressuring third countries despite human-rights criticisms.
#uk-china-relations
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Starmer vows to remain clear-eyed' over national security as he flies to China

The UK will pursue pragmatic engagement with China while maintaining national-security guardrails and raising disagreements such as human rights, seeking economic stability and protecting British jobs.
World news
fromwww.bbc.com
5 days ago

Prime minister flies to China for three-day visit

Keir Starmer is visiting China to rebuild bilateral ties while balancing economic engagement with deep concerns about human rights abuses and national security threats.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Dutch government discriminated against Bonaire islanders over climate adaptation, court rules

The Dutch government discriminated against Bonaire by failing to implement adequate climate adaptation measures and sufficient national greenhouse gas reductions, violating residents' human rights.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

Court faults Netherlands over Caribbean island climate risks

Dutch court found the Netherlands failed to adequately protect Bonaire from climate change, amounting to unjustified discrimination against its residents.
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4 days ago

Ariana Grande urges fans to call senators about ICE

ICE, which was formed in response to the terror attacks on 11 September 2001, is a federal agency that enforces the United States' immigration laws by identifying and deporting people who breach such laws, as well as those who are viewed as a threat to national security. Since Trump returned to the White House for his second term, his administration has led a huge campaign to bolster the work of ICE and make good on his anti-immigration campaign promise to carry out mass deportations.
US politics
#eu-sanctions
#immigration-detention
US politics
fromThe Nation
4 days ago

"The Nation" Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize

Minneapolis and its people are nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democracy, human rights, and resisting federal abuses against immigrant communities.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Only Labour can beat Reform in Gorton and Denton byelection, Starmer claims UK politics live

Keir Starmer says Labour alone can defeat Reform UK in the Gorton and Denton by-election and will raise human rights with Xi in Beijing.
Privacy professionals
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
4 days ago

DSA Human Rights Alliance Publishes Principles Calling for DSA Enforcement to Incorporate Global Perspectives

Include diverse civil society and rights-defending stakeholders in DSA enforcement to ensure human-rights-centred, globally informed platform governance.
#human-rights
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

Trump's Board of Peace' puts rights abusers in charge of global order

The US president proposes a self-serving 'Board of Peace' that undermines the UN and human rights, gathering repressive leaders into a club of impunity.
World news
fromComputerWeekly.com
5 days ago

Saudi Arabia ordered to pay 3m to UK dissident targeted with Pegasus spyware | Computer Weekly

UK court orders Saudi Arabia to pay £3m to Ghanem Al‑Masarir for grossly intrusive Pegasus spyware surveillance and related intimidation.
fromAbove the Law
6 days ago

George Washington And Georgetown Law Ignore Students And Turn Campuses Into Virtual ICE Recruitment Centers - Above the Law

There are many reasons to do so, but the most obvious is that it cuts against the school's tradition of trying to be on the right side of history. It was a joint effort with George Washington Law to keep abductors off their campus. There's good praxis in recognizing that things don't immediately go full tilt fascist overnight - you make a few appeals to diversity
Social justice
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 days ago

This gay couple escaped Iran, fearing for their lives. The administration is sending them back. - LGBTQ Nation

Two gay asylum seekers face deportation to Iran, where a prior conviction for homosexual activity could expose them to execution.
Arts
fromArtnet News
6 days ago

Ai Weiwei Returns to China After a Decade in Exile

Ai Weiwei returned to China after ten years in exile; brief airport interrogation occurred, but no further interference, prompting questions about space for dissent.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Myanmar election enters final stage amid airstrikes and exclusions

Myanmar's staged, one-sided election proceeds under military control, with opposition banned, serious violence ongoing, and major international bodies rejecting its legitimacy.
World news
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 week ago

Iran's Internet Blackout Continues Amid Reports Of Rising Death Toll

Iran has maintained a near-total nationwide Internet blackout for over two weeks, severely restricting communication and hindering verification amid deadly protests.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Should the U.S. be prevented from competing in the Olympics like other lawless nations? - LGBTQ Nation

The 1980 U.S. Olympic boycott responded to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; similar foreign-policy conduct under Trump raises concerns about U.S. participation and international accountability.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

DW correspondent arrested in Niger

A Deutsche Welle correspondent was arrested in Niamey, Niger on January 23 after a DW Hausa report; DW demands the correspondent's immediate release.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

One survivor reported, two killed in US boat strike in the Eastern Pacific

The latest bombing brings the total death toll from US boat strikes to 125 since September, raising human rights concerns. The administration of President Donald Trump has announced United States' latest boat strike in international waters, which killed two people in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Friday's attack brings the total number of bombings to at least 36 since Trump began his campaign on September 2. An estimated 125 people have been killed, including the two latest casualties.
World news
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fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Pakistan arrests rights lawyer, husband, family says

Pakistani rights lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha were arrested and face trial under cyber-terrorism and related charges for posts on X.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Trump says US armada' heading to Middle East as Iran death toll passes 5,000

A US naval armada and additional air defenses are moving toward the Middle East as Iran faces deadly protest crackdowns reported at over 5,000 fatalities.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Jordanian authorities used Israeli spyware to surveil pro-Gaza activists, report finds

Jordanian authorities used Israeli Cellebrite forensic tools to extract extensive data from activists' mobile phones, likely breaching international human rights obligations.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Hong Kong begins national security trial for organisers of Tiananmen vigils

Hong Kong used to host yearly candlelight vigils to mark Beijing's deadly crackdown on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, but those events have been banned since 2020. That year, Beijing imposed a national security law on the former British colony in the wake of huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests. Rights groups and some foreign governments have criticised cases brought against prominent pro-democracy figures under the law as a weaponisation of the rule of law to silence dissent.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Filipino journalist Frenchie Cumpio found guilty of terror financing in verdict rights groups call absurd'

A young Filipino journalist who spent nearly six years in a crowded provincial prison was found guilty of terror financing on Thursday, in a case rights groups and a UN rapporteur labelled a travesty of justice. Community journalist and radio broadcaster Frenchie Cumpio, 26, and former roommate Marielle Domequil broke down in tears and hugged each other as the guilty verdict was read and they were sentenced to 12-18 years in prison by judge Georgina Uy Perez of the Tacloban regional court.
World news
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

A grenade under her pillow?': the Filipino journalist jailed for six years without trial

A young Filipino journalist reporting on army harassment was arrested after alleged planted weapons were produced; she denies terrorism and says the items were fabricated.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Chile's president-elect picks Pinochet lawyers as ministers

President-elect José Antonio Kast appointed two former lawyers of dictator Augusto Pinochet to key cabinet posts, including the justice and defense ministries.
fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

Mamdani Makes Clear He Still Wants to Abolish ICE

I am in support of abolishing ICE, and I'll tell you why. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people - no matter their immigration status, no matter the facts of the law, no matter the facts of the case.
US politics
World news
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 week ago

EFF Joins Internet Advocates Calling on the Iranian Government to Restore Full Internet Connectivity

Iran's nationwide internet shutdowns violate human rights and undermine global internet stability, requiring immediate restoration of open, unfiltered connectivity.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Sanctions request against Netanyahu filed by UK lawyers, rights group

An Arab human rights non-governmental organisation (NGO) has filed a request for United Kingdom sanctions to be lodged against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over incitement to violence and genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. British law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn filed the request on Tuesday with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on behalf of the Arab Organisation for Human Rights UK (AOHR UK), seeking targeted financial and travel sanctions against the Israeli leader.
UK politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Thousands oppose US plans in 'Hands off Greenland' protests

to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy and fundamental human rights,
Miscellaneous
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fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Germany news: Merz to host Syrian leader despite criticism

Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Berlin to discuss refugee repatriation, rebuilding ties with the West, and concerns over continuing violence and minority attacks.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

'Inevitably difficult'

On September 14, Alejandro Carranza, a 42-year-old fisherman, set out to sea from a remote town in La Guajira, Colombia's northernmost province, bordering Venezuela. It was an ordinary fishing trip, in search of tuna and marlin, said Leonardo Vega, a childhood friend and the president of the fishing association Carranza belonged to. But this time, Carranza never returned.
World news
Left-wing politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

The Iranians Who Feel 'Betrayed' by the Left

Iranians risk their lives resisting authoritarian repression to secure basic rights while some activists dismiss the uprising through ideological criticism.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Geopolitical football: Iran? Trump? How the game can stand strong in a fractured world

Five months out from the World Cup the politics are impossible to avoid. There are concerns relating to one of the host countries, the US, with armed immigration officials roaming through its cities and visa restrictions ramped up against foreign visitors. One qualifying nation, Iran, is experiencing a public uprising against its leadership, with the regime attacking its citizens in response.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

US sanctions Khamenei aide, other Iranian officials over protest crackdown

New penalties come as US President Trump welcomes purported Iranian decision to halt execution of antigovernment demonstrators. The United States has imposed new sanctions against Iran, targeting political and security officials over the crackdown on antigovernment protesters, amid US President Donald Trump's threats to intervene militarily against the country. The US penalties on Tuesday targeted Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNCS), and several other officials, who it said were the architects of Tehran's brutal response to the demonstrations.
World news
World news
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

There's an internet blackout in Iran. How are videos and images getting out?

Starlink satellite internet is enabling Iranians to communicate and share protest information despite a near-total state internet shutdown and violent government crackdown.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Polls open in Uganda amid crackdown, fears of violence, internet blackout

Uganda is on edge as polls have opened, with President Yoweri Museveni expected to extend his four-decade rule amid a police crackdown on the opposition, fears of violence and an internet shutdown. The East African nation is holding a contentious general election on Thursday after a Ugandan government regulatory body instructed mobile network operators to block public internet access, starting on Tuesday evening.
World news
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Uganda faces mounting calls to end internet blackout before elections

Uganda imposed a nationwide internet blackout ahead of the January 15 election, prompting UN and Amnesty calls to restore access amid concerns about repression and reduced transparency.
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