Government has committed abuses such as torture, enforced disappearances in year-long gang crackdown, rights group says. Authorities in El Salvador have committed “systematic” human rights…
At least 11 US states have placed restrictions or outright bans on gender-affirming treatments for young people under 18. Two states in the southern United…
A report by the group Article 19 has documented nearly 700 crimes against media workers, the most on record. An annual report by the free…
The decision comes as governments around the world face accusations of using spyware to target dissidents. United States President Joe Biden has signed an executive…
The Cuban authorities have said voters elected all 470 legislators for the country’s National Assembly, after the Caribbean island held legislative elections that did not…
International human rights experts denounce ‘witch hunt’ against Nobel Prize-winning group Memorial on Tuesday. Russian security forces have raided the homes of former employees of…
A little piece of cloth is scaring big governments again. The latest instance is in India, where in early March the Supreme Court announced that…
Police misuse of rubber bullets and other less lethal weapons against peaceful protesters has killed dozens of people and maimed thousands in more than 30…
Nearly 65 percent of the hate crimes were based on race and ethnicity, a report by the US security service says. The Federal Bureau of…
Santiago, Chile – Siomara Molina stands on the steps of the Chilean National Library on a busy street in the heart of Chile’s capital. Waving…
On March 8, 2023, the Toronto District School Board ( TDSB) made history by passing the first ever resolution in Canadian legislative history accepting the reality…
Toronto’s school board, the largest in Canada, joins a growing push to ban discrimination based on caste in North America. The school board for the…
Los Angeles, California – “Until I drop.” That’s how long 22-year-old Cruz Martinez says he is committed to carrying out his hunger strike against the…
[Update: The Seattle City Council on February 21, 2023, passed the first local legislation in the United States adding caste to anti-discrimination laws.] On Tuesday,…
Los Angeles, California, the US – Sajad Shakoor faced a painful choice while incarcerated at California’s Pleasant Valley State Prison in 2002: remove his chitrali…
Ilyasah Shabazz said that she plans to sue the NYPD and the FBI, among others, for $100m in a wrongful death lawsuit. The daughter of…
Darryl Tyree Williams, an African American, told police he had a heart problem during an arrest. They tased him anyway. The family of a Black…
Bishop Roland Alvarez was sentenced to 26 years in prison after refusing to join other political prisoners in exile. The United States has called for…
Hong Kong’s largest national security trial gets under way on Monday, with 47 pro-democracy activists and politicians standing trial for “conspiring to commit subversion” by…
As the family of Tyre Nichols prepares to hold funeral services for the 29-year-old on Wednesday, community groups in the United States city of Memphis,…