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#riyadh-comedy-festival
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1 week ago
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Comedians Called Out for Accepting Offers to Perform at Saudi Arabian Festival: They Have Slaves for F*ck's Sake!'

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1 week ago
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Comedians Called Out for Accepting Offers to Perform at Saudi Arabian Festival: They Have Slaves for F*ck's Sake!'

fromwww.theguardian.com
14 hours ago

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

Ali al-Ahmed didn't think that Elon Musk was responsible for the decline and fall of Twitter. Musk was another face representing an old regime. And its sins began well before Musk bumbled into Twitter HQ, in October 2022, carrying a porcelain sink. (In an attempt at humour, Musk posted a video of himself arriving at the Twitter offices carrying a sink with the caption Entering Twitter HQ let that sink in!)
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
23 hours ago

Activists warn Trump's Caribbean boat strikes risk regional war

Human rights groups urge Congress to block unauthorized U.S. Caribbean strikes to prevent extrajudicial killings and escalation into broader regional conflict.
#saudi-arabia
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago
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Marc Maron, Human Rights Watch and others slam Saudi comedy festival

A Riyadh Comedy Festival featuring major comedians has prompted criticism for potentially whitewashing Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses.
fromVulture
1 week ago
World politics

'Two Weeks of Laughter in the Desert'

High-profile comedians are performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival despite criticism that their participation normalizes Saudi Arabia's human-rights abuses.
#bill-burr
fromConsequence
1 day ago

Jimmy Kimmel Challenges Aziz Ansari Over Appearance at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

This is something that's become a big part of the news because people, a lot of comedians especially, are very upset because the people who paid the comedians to come to this are not good people. It's a pretty brutal regime. They've done a lot of horrible, horrible things... I'm curious as to why you decided to do that.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

US activist from Gaza flotilla alleges psychological torture' by Israel

Sumud Flotilla activists were kidnapped, stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded, subjected to psychological torture, and detained in a Negev internment camp after interception in international waters.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Disgraceful': Right And Left Unite to Blast Zohran Mamdani's 10/7 Statement

I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities, In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: a death toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language.
US politics
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

A British Ice and more stop and search: Badenoch's Tories set out new policies

Conservative plan proposes leaving the ECHR, repealing the Human Rights Act, restricting immigration rights, large welfare and public spending cuts, and curbing judicial independence.
#gaza
fromIrish Independent
2 days ago
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Irish activists detained by Israel forced to drink 'toilet water' and had 'access to insulin denied' as they return home

fromIrish Independent
2 days ago
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Irish activists detained by Israel forced to drink 'toilet water' and had 'access to insulin denied' as they return home

fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

Tunisia pardons man sentenced to death over Facebook posts

Ben Chouchane, who was arrested in January 2024, had been sentenced to death by a court in Nabeul, east of Tunis, on Wednesday, Bouthelja told the AFP news agency. His client had been found guilty of insulting the president, the minister of justice and the judiciary, spreading false news and some of his social media posts were also deemed to be incitement, Bouthelja added.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

Myanmar activists to sue Norway's Telenor for handing data to military

Telenor allegedly shared millions of customers' data with Myanmar's military, enabling targeting, torture, and execution of activists and prompting planned legal action.
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2 days ago

Israel Detained Over 450 Activists, Including Greta Thunberg

They dragged little Greta before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag,
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

US sends another third-country' deportation flight to Eswatini

The U.S. is deporting non-nationals to third countries like Eswatini despite human rights concerns and blocked attorney access for deportees.
fromwww.dw.com
3 days ago

Ghana faces growing criticism over US deportee agreement DW 10/06/2025

The initial 14 were brought to Ghana on September 6. Three were deported that night. 11 were held in military detention. Out of that 11, 10 were deported with the matter in court, and eight of them are in Togo,
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Louis CK defends decision to perform at Riyadh comedy festival as a good opportunity'

Speaking on Real Time With Bill Maher, CK, who is co-headlining the festival with the British comedian Jimmy Carr on Monday night local time, said other comedians had been really surprised by the response from audiences in Riyadh so far. There's a woman who's a lesbian and Jewish, who did a show there, and she got a standing ovation, CK said, referring to Jessica Kirson, who has expressed sincere regret for performing at the festival.
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World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

More Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment in Israeli detention

Deported international activists report Israeli guards physically abused, pointed weapons, withheld medicine, mocked detainees, and stole belongings after interception of a Gaza aid flotilla.
#pete-davidson
fromFox News
5 days ago
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Pete Davidson stands by Saudi Arabia gig after FDNY father's 9/11 death despite backlash

fromFox News
5 days ago
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Pete Davidson stands by Saudi Arabia gig after FDNY father's 9/11 death despite backlash

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fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 days ago

Enough is enough' says chief of police federation over Palestine Action rally

Hundreds were arrested at a Palestine Action protest in London amid tensions after the Manchester synagogue attack, prompting human rights concerns and police criticism.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
5 days ago

As U.S. pressure mounts, Venezuela's foreign 'hostages' face growing uncertainty

Foreign nationals are detained in Venezuelan prisons amid political tensions, causing severe emotional distress for families and raising international human rights concerns.
Social justice
fromThe Oaklandside
5 days ago

Alameda County half-adopts 'ethical investment policy' amid concerns around Gaza war

Alameda County adopted an ethical investment policy discouraging investments linked to human-rights abuses and certain industries, but delayed implementation pending further review.
fromwww.dw.com
6 days ago

Why does Taiwan still have the death penalty? DW 10/03/2025

In January 2025, the execution of inmate Huang Lin-kai reignited Taiwan's death penalty debate, with activists saying authorities acted in disregard of the law. The execution, the island's first in five years, came just months after Taiwan's Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling narrowing the scope of capital punishment and requiring stricter safeguards for its application. At the time, some observers thought the ruling meant Taiwan was edging toward "de facto abolition" of the death penalty.
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fromTheregister
1 week ago

MEPs: EU must explain funding to spyware companies

EU public funds have flowed to commercial spyware companies linked to unlawful surveillance, raising governance, transparency, and accountability concerns.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to demand Jagtar Singh Johal's release

The sisters of the British-Egyptian human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah have intervened for the first time since his release from prison in Egypt to call on Keir Starmer to push Narendra Modi to free a British Sikh activist when he meets the Indian prime minister next week. Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, has been held in an Indian jail for nearly eight years without facing full trial in what his supporters say is an arbitrary and egregious denial of justice by a British ally.
UK politics
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Starmer is Reform-lite': Readers voice fears over human rights law review

Plans to review application of human rights laws to asylum seekers in Britain have sparked debate over potential weakening of protections amid rising migration pressures.
World news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

From real sport to esports - why Saudi Arabia spent $55bn on EA

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is leading a $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts, prompting scrutiny over sportswashing, human rights, and expanding PIF global influence.
#iran
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Controversy erupts in Rio de Janeiro over wild west bonus' for police officers who kill criminals

The return of the controversial paid bonus, eliminated years ago due to civil society pressure, comes at a time when Rio has its lowest police lethality rates in a decade. The paid bonus was introduced in a bill reforming the career path of civil police officers, who focus mainly on investigations rather than street patrols. Under the law, officers could receive a bonus of 10% to 150% of their salary for seizing high-caliber or restricted-use weapons and neutralizing criminals, according to O Globo.
World politics
Social justice
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 week ago

Remembering Ann Fagan Ginger, 100, 'oracle of justice' who fought McCarthyism and championed human rights

Ann Fagan Ginger dedicated seven decades to civil liberties and human rights law, founding the Meiklejohn Institute and challenging McCarthyism despite persecution.
#echr
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago
UK politics

Starmer to curb asylum seekers using human rights to avoid deportation

The government will review UK courts' application of ECHR articles to limit asylum protections, while independent journalism seeks funding to continue open, on-the-ground reporting.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago
UK politics

Badenoch expected to back ditching human rights convention after review

The Conservative Party is expected to support withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights after a review found the ECHR exceeds its original intent.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Unprecedented in history': global academic freedom group warns of dismantling in US

A global academic freedom group has warned that the Trump administration's assault on universities is turning the US into a model for how to dismantle academic freedom. We are witnessing an unprecedented situation really as far as I can tell in history where a global leader of education and research is voluntarily dismantling that which gave it an advantage, said Robert Quinn, executive director of Scholars at Risk (SAR).
Higher education
World news
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 week ago

Afghanistan Goes Dark As Taliban Imposes Nationwide Communications Blackout

The Taliban imposed a nationwide telecommunications shutdown in Afghanistan, severing fiber-optic and mobile Internet, disrupting flights, banking, businesses, education, and cutting global connectivity.
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 week ago

Iran Confirms Deportation Of 120 Citizens From US This Week

Some of those being deported held valid US residency permits, he said, but were nonetheless included on the deportation list, with their consent obtained for repatriation. The confirmation comes after the New York Times, citing unnamed officials in Tehran, said a plane carrying around 100 Iranians left Louisiana late on September 29 and was set to arrive in Iran via Qatar the following day.
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#morocco
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fromESPN.com
1 week ago

Rams, Clippers sign deals to promote Rwanda

Rwanda signed multiyear tourism sponsorships with the LA Rams and Clippers amid long-standing allegations of severe human rights abuses and prior high-value sports deals.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Gen Z protesters rally across Morocco demanding health, education reforms

Mass protests across at least 11 Moroccan cities demand better public services, employment, education, health reforms, and an end to corruption, with nearly 200 arrests.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

What's behind Microsoft's canceling of some services to Israel's military?

Microsoft blocked Israeli military access to its cloud and AI services after an investigation found Azure used for mass surveillance and attacks on Palestinians.
#immigration-detention
fromTruthout
1 week ago
US politics

Over 60 Lawmakers Launch Investigation Into Trump Administration's Disappearances

fromTruthout
1 week ago
US politics

Over 60 Lawmakers Launch Investigation Into Trump Administration's Disappearances

#haiti
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Xi celebrates in Xinjiang amid surveillance and repression DW 09/26/2025

Xi Jinping celebrated Xinjiang's 70th anniversary amid ongoing mass detention and surveillance of Uyghurs, causing distress among exiles and international criticism.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Deportation Depot: How Florida is repeating Alligator Alcatraz's recipe' for abusing migrants

Detainees at Deportation Depot (as it was dubbed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis) have complained of limited access to medical care, including emergencies, poor and insufficient food, lack of drinking water, and no privacy to speak with their lawyers, according to testimonies collected by the legal network Sanctuary of the South (SOS). They have also reported having no mechanisms to file complaints or store legal documents or religious items, that staff threaten them with solitary confinement as retaliation,
US politics
Privacy technologies
fromPrivacy International
1 week ago

PI's submission on the right to be safe in education

EdTech surveillance threatens students' and staff's safety and learning; states must require human-rights due diligence, necessity/proportionality analysis, and strong data-protection safeguards.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

US is violating human rights laws by backing fossil fuels, say young activists in new petition

Continued US funding and support of fossil fuel-based energy systems violates international law and harms young people's human rights.
fromTruthout
1 week ago

Rep. Summer Lee Says US Must Hold Israel Accountable for Killing Americans

U.S. lawmakers are demanding that Israel be held accountable for the violence perpetrated against Palestinian Americans by Israeli soldiers and settlers. "The grief and outrage of the families of American citizens killed and detained by Israeli forces was palpable," Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pennsylvania) posted on social media on Wednesday. "I am so grateful for their courage and advocacy driven by the hope that more families do not have to experience the pain they do." Since 2022, Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 10 American citizens in the West Bank and Gaza, according to Lee's office. No one has been prosecuted in connection with any of the deaths, reports.
US politics
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Rights advocates accuse Eswatini of stalling case weighing US deportations

A court hearing on the detention of four men deported to Eswatini was delayed after the presiding judge failed to appear.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Activists outraged after Rio lawmakers approve wild west bonus' for police who kill criminals'

There is no country in the world which has managed to bring down its high levels of criminality without taking stances such as this, Knoploch told Rio's legislative assembly on Tuesday, hailing the law as a way of fighting criminals he called scum.
World news
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Greece's expansive refugee deportation law tests limits of rights in EU

Greece enacted the EU's strictest refugee deportation law, imposing ankle monitors, short appeal windows, fines and detention even for children.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

An eye for an eye': some Duterte death squad members unrepentant as he awaits ICC trial

The kills were easier to swallow after a few drinks. Following each operation the police death squads would haunt Manila's bars to take the edge off, and because some were superstitious, to ward off malevolent spirits following them home. Imagine, I kill 47 people and can just sleep? No, I was drinking, drinking just to sleep, says one. You need to release stress and we are Filipino If we go home after killing, the spirit may follow you.
World news
US politics
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Trump Could Target More Than 60 Countries Under Proposed War Authorization

A proposed AUMF would permit U.S. military actions against drug cartels globally, potentially enabling intervention in dozens of countries.
#alaa-abd-el-fattah
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

West Africans deported by the US were denied their rights, says lawyer

Eleven West Africans deported by the US to Ghana were subsequently sent to their home countries despite fearing for their safety, prompting legal action.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

The UN documents deepening repression in Venezuela amid escalating tension with the US

Venezuelan authorities continue repressing political opponents, with hundreds detained, deteriorating prisoner health, and renewed international concern amid escalating US–Venezuela tensions.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

L.A. petition alleges 'ethnic cleansing' by federal immigration agents, demands UN probe

Federal immigration raids were petitioned to the U.N. as alleged ethnic cleansing, seeking independent investigation into detentions, arrests, and excessive use of force.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Egypt pardons jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah DW 09/22/2025

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi granted a presidential pardon releasing British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah before his scheduled 2024 release.
#russia
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist

Zhang, 42, is thought to have stood trial in Shanghai on Friday on a charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, a charge often used in China to target critics of the government. Western diplomats were reportedly turned away from observing the trial. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a media freedom NGO, said on Saturday that Zhang had been sentenced to four years in prison.
World news
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Jameela waits for her son's body, taken by Israel, so she can bury him

Israeli commandos shot and took Mahmoud Sanaqra; his family lacks confirmation of his fate while Israel reportedly holds thousands of Palestinian bodies.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Cycling world heads for Rwanda under a cloud of controversy after Vuelta chaos

Hosting the road world championships in Rwanda highlights cycling's internal conflicts and raises concerns about Rwanda's human rights record amid protests and accusations of sportswashing.
#solitary-confinement
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

UN: North Korea worst human rights violator DW 09/18/2025

The people of North Korea endure the harshest repression in the world, with the death penalty reportedly used for sharing foreign media, including popular South Korean television dramas, according to a new report from the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR). The 14-page document detailed how ordinary North Korean people's lives have become significantly more difficult in the last decade. The report was based on interviews with around 300 people who have managed to leave North Korea,
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US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

You can roll out the red carpet for Trump, give him the gilded carriage but after he's left, the UK will still be in crisis | Frances Ryan

The UK staged a lavish, evasive state visit for Donald Trump that prioritized optics and investment over confronting protests, human rights abuses, and moral concerns.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

EU proposes suspension of trade concessions with Israel over Gaza war

The European Commission proposes suspending parts of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and imposing sanctions on Israeli extremists, violent settlers and Hamas while pausing most bilateral support.
#genocide
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
3 weeks ago

Iran Blocks Family Memorial For Mahsa Amini On Third Anniversary Of Her Death

A source close to the family told RFE/RL's Radio Farda on September 16, the third anniversary of Amini's death, that her father, Amjad Amini, was summoned by intelligence officials in Saghez, in Iran's Kurdistan Province and warned not to take any action to mark the occassion. Amateur videos posted online showed shops in Saghez closed on September 16 in what was described as a strike by local shopkeepers to mark the anniversary.
World news
Social justice
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

As Prisons Deal With Heat Waves, Climate Crisis Makes Abolition Even More Urgent

Climate change is exacerbating hazardous prison conditions, turning deteriorating infrastructure and extreme weather into life-threatening risks for incarcerated people.
UK politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Police brace for huge London protest against Donald Trump as US President carries out unprecedented second state visit

Large protests are expected in London against Donald Trump's second state visit, prompting strong political divisions and major policing preparations.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Ukraine war briefing: Russian court sentences Pussy Riot members in absentia to jail over war criticism

Five Pussy Riot members imprisoned in absentia for anti-war performances rejected politically motivated charges amid ongoing Russian strikes in Ukraine.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

MI5 concedes it unlawfully' obtained data from former BBC journalist

The admission came in a letter to the BBC and Kearney, in relation to a tribunal examining claims that several reporters in Northern Ireland were subjected to unlawful scrutiny by the police. It related to work carried out by Kearney for a documentary into the independence of the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI). Kearney is now the northern editor at Irish broadcaster RTE.
Privacy professionals
Privacy technologies
fromComputerWeekly.com
3 weeks ago

Amnesty: AI surveillance risks 'supercharging' US deportations | Computer Weekly

AI-powered systems like Babel X and Palantir's Immigration OS enable mass monitoring of migrants and risk automated visa revocations, deportations and human rights violations.
Environment
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Indonesia's climate ambitions can't shine in the dark

Indonesia cannot pursue an ambitious climate agenda while neglecting human rights, policing protests, and allowing inequality and environmental destruction to continue.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Mahsa Amini: 3 years on, will Iran face fresh protests? DW 09/15/2025

Three years after Jina Mahsa Amini's death, widespread hijab resistance and broader demands for personal freedom and economic justice persist across Iran.
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