Recently, Grand Valley State University The Department of Integrative, Religious and Intercultural Studies (IRIS) has created a support letter which recognizes the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the community members affected by the events. “As a community of scholars, we hold ourselves accountable to certain ethical standards as faculty and staff,” said IRIS Affiliate Professor […]
Chelsea’s Kai Havertz, right, celebrates scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Norwich City and Chelsea at Carrow Road, Norwich, England on Thursday March 10, 2022. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP) Joe Gidens PA A preview of what’s happening in European football on Sunday: ENGLAND Chelsea host Newcastle in the first game at Stamford […]
Sunday, March 13, 2022, 6:53 a.m.Press release: Euro Med Monitor Geneva – Unlawful, disproportionate and unnecessary interference with the personal data of individuals in Europe, especially asylum seekers who are treated as liars until proven guilty, has escalated, said Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and GIWEH in a joint address to the Human Rights Council. 49th […]
Posted on March 09, 2022 Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture, and society and has been observed every March in the United States since 1987. In the spirit of this mission, every Wednesday of this month, we’ll be featuring women historians from all walks of life in the hope […]
A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity in the besieged port of Mariupol and injured at least 17 people, Ukrainian officials said, prompting international condemnation from Washington, London and the Vatican, among others. The bombing of the hospital came as humanitarian corridors set up to allow civilians to flee several besieged towns around Ukraine failed to […]
When Texas lawmakers considered two bills to criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender children last year, then 10-year-old Kai Shapley told a roomful of officials that “it makes me sad that some politicians are using trans kids like me to get votes. people who hate me just because I exist”. His powerful testimony to the Senate […]
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HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) – Children in Connecticut have a unique opportunity to learn about the state’s legal system and various social justice issues. This is done interactively through the Kids Court Academy program. “It really teaches you a lot and shows you what you know about the law,” said Saige Edwards. Saige is in fifth […]
The Israeli maker and distributor of Ben & Jerry’s said Thursday it was suing the ice cream maker and its parent company Unilever for unlawfully ending their business relationship. Last summer, Ben & Jerry’s announced that it would no longer sell its products in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory”, apparently referring to settlements in the West […]
By CTN Staff | 17 hours ago According to a global analysis of threats and attacks facing human rights activists, compiled by Front Line Defenders (FLD) and the Human Rights Defenders Memorial, 358 human rights defenders were murdered in 35 countries in 2021, many of them, according to the groups, could have been prevented, because […]
KYIV – Russia and Ukraine will discuss a ceasefire in a second round of talks on March 3, Moscow’s chief negotiator says as Russian military forces resume their assault on Ukrainian cities . Live briefing: Russia invades Ukraine Consult the RFE/RL live briefing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how Kiev is fighting back and […]
The Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in Geneva walk out of the room during the screening of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s pre-recorded speech during the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council at the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva. Jean Marc Ferré/UN Photo/dpa Representatives of dozens of countries protested Russia’s […]
A man holds a poster that reads ‘No war’ as people lay flowers near where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot, with the Kremlin wall, left, Spaskaya Tower, center, and St. Basil’s in the background in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Denis Kaminev) Denis Kaminev PA MOSCOW From Moscow to Siberia, Russian […]
Human rights activist Loretta Rosales shows a book about martial law in the Philippines and a photo, a grainy military photo of her taken after her arrest in 1976, at her home in Manila, the Philippines, February 23, 2022. Memories of the ‘People Power Revolt’ by millions of Filipinos who helped overthrow Filipino dictator Ferdinand […]
(journalist) – This story has been updated with new developments. Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion are beginning to arrive in neighboring countries, many of them traveling on foot. Reuters reports that normally quiet border crossings in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are seeing increasing numbers of Ukrainians, and those countries are bracing for the […]
A resurgence of violent criminal gangs is unleashed, defying the Malawi Police with a “Catch us if you can” message, prompting the Malawi Law Society (MLS) to desperately demand maximum protection for all citizens. MLS chairman Patrick Mpaka made the call in an interview after a number of lawyers were brutally attacked in their homes […]
Despite all the rhetoric about Putin’s authoritarian hold over former Soviet states, we have our own authoritarian Putins who now rule Western democracies and crush all political dissent. Detaining someone without bail for staging a peaceful protest against the government sounds like something Putin would do, but it is happening now in Canada and has […]
In the UK, February marks LGBT History Month. It is a time when we celebrate the hard-won rights and freedoms now enjoyed by the queer community, including a fully equal age of consent, the legal right to change gender, and an equal right to marry. However, it also reminds us of the work that remains […]
American activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning values community building. On Thursday night, Manning gave his first in-person lecture since the pandemic began to an audience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Manning was responsible for one of the largest leaks in military history, concerning human rights abuses in Iraq. She was convicted of violations of the […]
Li Chunjian, Ding Song, Ye Jielong and She Hao of China slide during the 1-4 series at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Yanqing District in Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) Pavel Golovkin PA Taipei, Taiwan The post, on the Chinese social platform Weibo, resembled many others published by state media during […]
A total of 27 member countries of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States signed a statement in which they clearly expressed their dismay at the death of the former guerrilla fighter, retired brigadier general and political prisoner on the orders of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, Hugo Torres Jimenezand reiterated their condemnation […]
FILE – Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., center, with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, join fellow Democrats at a press conference to discuss their priorities as they will assume a majority in the 116th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 30, 2018. Democratic Rep. Selma Rural’s trip to the halls of Congress offers a stark […]
FILE – Taylor Gold of the United States competes in the men’s halfpipe final at the 2022 Winter Olympics Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file) Gregory Bull PA BEIJING After a morning training session at the Big Air Shougang site of the Winter Olympics, British snowboarder Katie Ormerod stopped by […]
On this day in 1990, the great Nelson Mandela was released after spending 27 years in various South African prisons. A famous civil rights activist, the country’s first black head of state and an inspiration to many, the actions of him and his peers in the African National Congress were directly linked to the end […]
Amira Osman sits at home after being released from detention, in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. Osman is one of many pro-democracy activists and protesters who have been detained without charge since a coup he military state in October deposed the transitional government, in what many fear is a return to the tactics of […]
Image source: AP Muslim women take part in a march against the ban on Muslim girls wearing the hijab from attending classes in some schools in the state of Karnataka in southern India Strong points Mass protests for and against wearing the ‘hijab’ escalate in several educational institutions Karnataka HC has ruled that no religious […]
Massive protests for and against the wearing of ‘hijab’ in educational institutions have erupted in various colleges across Karnataka. The situation escalated on Tuesday when a Muslim girl wearing a hijab entered the college, while a group of boys wearing saffron headscarves shouted “Jai Shri Ram”, trailing behind the woman. The turmoil began when a […]
FILE – A makeshift migrant camp stands near the El Chaparral pedestrian border bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, July 1, 2021. About 100 members of the police, national guard and army were expelled on Sunday 6 February 2022 nearly 400 migrants, mainly Central Americans and Mexicans, from the makeshift camp in which they had been […]
BEIRUT: Friday marks the first anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese researcher and publisher Lokman Slim, but his family has not yet received any new information regarding the progress of the judicial investigation to discover the circumstances of the crime. Slim, 58, was shot on February 3, 2021. His body was found in his car […]
Athe latest news from mnesty international report defining Israel as an “apartheid” state since its founding has been controversial. On the merits, the group is wrong, because the Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid and US Representative. Ted Deutsch eloquently demonstrated. The group’s methodology is also flawed. After the report was released, Lazar Berman, the […]
One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has hired Dan Wolfford, a former NSA analyst who also worked for a UAE-based hacking firm accused of spying on US citizens, journalists and security forces. human rights activists. Update: After Motherboard reached out to the company for comment, they said Dan Wolfford “wasn’t onboarded” and wouldn’t be […]
A worrying new normal for corruption has taken hold internationally, reports anti-corruption organization Transparency International in its annual index, while highlighting the role of facilitators in aiding corruption. The Corruption Perceptions Index finds that levels of corruption have stagnated in the majority of countries over the past 10 years. With accountability and transparency reduced amid […]
Taliban representatives and Western diplomats have begun their first formal talks behind closed doors, meeting in Norway to discuss Taliban demands amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis facing the country. The Associated Press reported that a Taliban demand would unfreeze nearly $10 billion that the United States and Western countries have frozen as Afghans face starvation. […]
In the summer of 2020, a group of five cyclists from Ramallah were out for a ride when they were stopped by a group of Israeli settlers. According to Reuters, upon discovering that the cyclists were Palestinian, the settlers began throwing stones at them. Four escaped to a nearby field. One of them, Samer Kurdi, […]
PARIS (Reuters) – The foreign ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain on Wednesday night urged Israeli authorities to halt construction of new housing in East Jerusalem. Earlier this month, Israeli authorities approved plans for the construction of around 3,500 homes in occupied East Jerusalem, nearly half of which are to be built in the […]
Rights groups and a former United Nations official have issued a final appeal to the international community to use the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to pressure China to improve its record in on human rights, amid widespread persecution of Uyghur Muslims, Tibetans, Hong Kongers and other groups. Thousands of athletes, officials and diplomats from […]
In January 2021, Malawian rights activist Paul Msoma wrote that he was in Kamuzu Central Hospital, struggling to breathe. The hospital had oxygen cylinders but no flowmeters – the instrument needed to connect him to these. I wondered where the funds that had been released for the country’s response to Covid-19 were going. “My situation […]