Former US police officers face federal charges over death of Tyre Nichols | Courts News
The five officers are already facing state-level charges for beating Nichols, who died in the hospital three days later. Five former police officers in the…
California state legislature passes bill banning caste-based discrimination | Civil Rights News
Los Angeles, California – The California state legislature has become the first in the United States to pass a bill banning discrimination based on caste,…
‘Lively in faith’: Pope Francis heads to Mongolia with eye on diplomacy | Religion News
Pope Francis has a reputation for visiting some of the world’s most remote countries, even in places where Catholics are few in number. So, it…
Myanmar’s striking civil servants: Displaced, forgotten, but holding on | Conflict News
Mizoram, India – From the patio of a concrete house overlooking the verdant mountains stretching from the Indian state of Mizoram to her native Chin…
Thousands gather 60 years after Martin Luther King’s ‘dream’ speech | Civil Rights News
The 1963 march brought more than 250,000 people to the nation’s capital to push for an end to discrimination on the basis of race, colour,…
Judge sides with youth activists in historic US climate crisis case | Climate News
In a first-of-its-kind trial, US youth accuse Montana of violating their rights through lax environmental policies. A federal judge in the United States has sided…
India passes data protection bill amid surveillance concerns | Business and Economy News
The new law has drawn criticism from opposition lawmakers and rights groups over the scope of exemptions, weakening gov’t accountability. Indian lawmakers have passed a…
US lawmakers urge Biden to withhold more military aid to Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi News
US senators call on Biden administration to withhold $320m in aid over Egypt’s ‘deteriorating’ human rights record. A group of 11 US senators has called…
US Justice Department opens civil rights probe into Memphis policing | Civil Rights News
The US Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the city of Memphis and its police department, months after the beating death…
Photos: Monument cements Emmett Till case as ‘an American story’ | Civil Rights News
US President Joe Biden’s establishment of a national monument honouring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, marks the fulfilment of a promise Till’s relatives…
Biden honours Emmett Till, his mother with US national monument | Civil Rights News
Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden has established a national monument to honour Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanised the civil rights…
Guatemala police raid office of Semilla presidential candidate | Courts News
Guatemalan police have raided the offices of the progressive Movimiento Semilla or Seed Movement, a political party whose presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo defied expectations to…
Honduras to build island colony to imprison gang members | Prison News
Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighbouring El…
US sanctions Guatemalan officials over ‘undemocratic’ activity | Corruption News
US State Department accuses Guatemalan judicial officials of targeting journalists and undermining democracy. The United States government has slapped sanctions on 10 Guatemalan officials, including…
Peru’s Boluarte denounces protests as ‘threat to democracy’ | Protests News
President Dina Boluarte has faced criticism for her government’s heavy-handed response to anti-government protests. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has denounced a series of protests scheduled…
More than 40 women killed in Honduran prison riot | Prison News
Honduran President Xiomara Castro blames violence on criminal groups, which wield significant power in prison system. A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras…
US DOJ: ‘Systemic’ police problems led to murder of George Floyd | Police News
Report details abuses against Black residents long before the May 2020 killing of Floyd captured the world’s attention. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ)…
US groups celebrate first Muslim woman to serve as federal judge | Courts News
Confirmation of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury as a federal judge in New York is a significant first for US Muslim community. US civil liberties and Muslim…
Malaysia will ‘not survive’ if it does not change: Anwar Ibrahim | Politics News
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reaffirmed the need for reforms, saying Malaysia must change or it will not survive. “When…
Living the ‘Chinese Dream’: Beijing’s new world order | Politics News
Ever since China abandoned its zero-COVID policy at the end of last year, Beijing has been involved in a flurry of engagements from East to…