The Global Magnitsky Act: Make it make sense, Joe | Human Rights
The empire has struck again. On March 4, the United States imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and serious human rights abuses through…
Marilyn Lands, backing reproductive rights, wins Alabama vote
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say…
US State Dept human rights officer latest to resign in Gaza protest | Israel War on Gaza News
Annelle Sheline, a Middle East analyst who promoted human rights on behalf of the United States government, has become the latest staffer at the US…
Can we talk about Tate? The ‘manosphere’ in Australian schools | Women’s Rights News
Young fans of self-styled “manfluencers” like Andrew Tate, currently facing charges including rape in a Romanian court, are increasingly bringing misogynist views into Australian schools,…
Human rights crisis in El Salvador ‘deepening’: Amnesty | Human Rights News
Rights group says President Nayib Bukele has reduced gang violence by replacing it with state violence. As El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele embarks on his…
Trapped, abandoned: Filipino workers lured to Poland by shadowy agents | Workers’ Rights
Names marked with an asterisk* have been changed to protect identities. On a bitterly cold night in February, Robby* was finishing up his shift on…
Thousands in Ladakh protest demanding climate action and land rights in freezing conditions
In short: Thousands of people are protesting in freezing conditions in a remote part of India.The group is demanding climate action and greater autonomy over how…
Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns | Hong Kong Protests News
A new national security law has come into force in Hong Kong despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the China-ruled city…
US sanctions Nicaragua’s attorney general over human rights concerns | News
Washington says Morales Urbina ‘exploited her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent’. The United States has imposed sanctions on Nicaragua’s attorney general…
Slain Soldiers: ‘As Army Intensifies Manhunt, Troops Must Respect Human Rights’
Following the brutal killings of personnel of the Nigerian Army on a peace mission to two warring communities in Delta State in the South-south, President…
Migrant workers exploited, abused in Italy’s prized fine wine vineyards | Labour Rights
Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. Piedmont, Italy – One of the first words that Sajo* learned in the Langhe,…
Profits from forced labour at nearly one-quarter of a trillion dollars: ILO | Human Rights News
Sexual exploitation accounts for nearly three-quarters of ‘obscene’ illegal profits from forced labour, says UN agency. Criminals are reaping “obscene” profits of nearly one-quarter of…
The Gambia votes to reverse landmark ban on female genital mutilation | Women’s Rights News
Rights groups say proposed rollback of 2015 law will overturn women’s rights across the region as a whole. The Gambia has taken steps towards lifting…
Trans rights could be weaponised in the election, but what do voters really care about?
As the UK approaches its next general election, it’s seeming more and more likely that the so-called ‘trans debate’ will be a prominent talking point…
Justice Department, FTC support renewing consumer repair rights
The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission Thursday weighed in on urging renewal of copyright exemptions allowing consumers to repair products they own.…
Algeria: Opposition leader Karim Tabbou given six-month suspended sentence | Human Rights News
An Algerian court has issued a six-month suspended sentence and a 50,000 dinars ($372) fine to the prominent democracy activist Karim Tabbou, according to a…
EU countries endorse diluted draft rules on gig economy workers’ rights | Workers’ Rights News
Revised text scraps a set of criteria proposed by the European Commission to determine if an online company is an employer. European Union countries have…
‘We are tired, angry and mad’: 180,000 women march in Mexico City | Women’s Rights
By midday on March 8, 2024, small groups of women dressed in lilac, wearing purple bandanas tied around their wrists, hair and necks, started to…
Iran condemns UN experts’ report on protest crackdown as ‘false’, ‘biased’ | Human Rights News
Report by UN fact-finding mission says Iran’s brutal suppression of 2022 protests amounted to crimes against humanity. Iran has condemned a report by United Nations…
Varadkar concedes defeat in Ireland’s referendum on family, women’s roles | Women’s Rights News
The Irish PM had called the referendum a chance to do away with ‘very old-fashioned, very sexist language about women’. A dual referendum in the…