Hong Kong prepares for Stand News verdict in latest media freedom test | Courts News
Two Hong Kong journalists will learn the outcome this week of their landmark sedition trial, whose verdict could set the tone for the future of…
Minouche Shafik resigns as Columbia president after tumultuous year | Protests News
Shafik drew criticism over her handling of Gaza war protests that rocked the university campus earlier this year.Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, has…
The right-wing lurch of X under Elon Musk | US Election 2024
Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, and changed its name to X, he has banned journalists critical of him, and been accused of censoring Democratic…
Remembering the ‘Stronismo’: How ghost of a brutal dictator haunts Paraguay | Politics
Marina Kue, Curuguaty, Paraguay – A lonely dirt road leads to Marina Kue in eastern Paraguay; 2,000 hectares of arable land forever marked as a…
What is Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law and why is it controversial? | Civil Rights News
The US state of Louisiana has passed a law requiring all state-funded schools and universities to display the biblical Ten Commandments, which are considered central…
Conviction: Free after 25 years of unjust imprisonment | Human Rights
After a quarter-century behind bars, Brandon Jackson is fighting back against Louisiana’s last Jim Crow law. In 1997, Brandon Jackson was convicted for a crime…
‘Standing Together’ against far-right Israeli hate in Jerusalem | Politics News
Tens of thousands of mostly young, right-wing Israelis marched through occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, brandishing Israeli flags and anti-Palestinian slogans at the…
Punched, choked, kicked: German police crack down on student protests | Israel-Palestine conflict News
“We are witnessing a great endangerment of academic freedom – and this has started since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza,” says Cecilia, an…
Where is Ahmad Farhad? The mysterious case of Pakistan’s missing poet | Civil Rights News
Islamabad, Pakistan — A missing poet. A desperate family. A powerful security apparatus. And a court trying to decode conflicting claims in order to dispense justice. Those…
‘No to the Russian law!’ Georgia protesters demand a ‘European future’ | Protests News
Tbilisi, Georgia – Crowds of protesters have been braving tear gas and plastic bullets for more than two weeks in protest against the Georgian government’s…
‘No turning back’: Carnation Revolution divides Portugal again, 50 years on | The Far Right
Lisbon, Portugal – The olive-green military vehicles are the same, as are the uniforms of the personnel riding them. It’s even the same day of…
South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? | Nelson Mandela News
Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for the first time. This marked…
‘Children of the Ganges’ – The mallah community of India’s Varanasi | Workers’ Rights
Varanasi, India - “Hum paani ke jeev hain. We are creatures of water,” says 29-year-old Vishwakarma Sahni. Sahni belongs to Varanasi’s community of approximately 8,000…
‘I am prepared to die’: Mandela’s speech which shook apartheid | Nelson Mandela
“Accused number one” had been speaking from the dock for almost three hours by the time he uttered the words that would ultimately change South…
Fears of discrimination in Thailand despite looming same sex marriage bill | LGBTQ News
Bangkok, Thailand – Thanadech Jandee is thrilled that Thailand’s marriage equality bill, allowing same-sex couples to marry, is moving closer to becoming law. Thanadech, who…
Why is India’s Citizenship Amendment Act so controversial? | India Election 2024 News
The Indian government on Monday announced the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a law that was passed by parliament in 2019 but was…
Ghana’s parliament passes anti-LGBTQ bill | LGBTQ News
Rights activists condemn the law that would punish LGBTQ people as well as those who promote gay rights with years in prison. Ghana’s parliament has…
‘Fix it from within’: More Chinese Indonesians chase seats in parliament | Elections News
Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia will see almost 10,000 people, including some from the country’s ethnic Chinese minority, competing in Wednesday’s general elections to become one…
Hungarian president resigns after pardoning child sex abuse accomplice | Child Rights
NewsFeedHungary’s President Katalin Novak bowed to public pressure to resign after it was revealed she pardoned the deputy director of a state-run children’s school who…