July 29, 2024
Read our latest publications:
12 Ways the U.S. Discreetly Restricts Substance Use Treatment Access: A Perpetuating Cycle by Victoria Ferimer
Africa’s Tenuous and Critical Democratic Future by Dr. Rich Quinlan
International Observances
July 24, 2024 - International Self-Care Day
July 26, 2024 - Americans with Disabilities Act Day
News Briefs
July 22, 2024 - Spain’s Gender Violence Detection Algorithm Reveals Failures in Saving Domestic Violence Victims
July 24, 2024 - HRRC Condemns Russia's Sentencing of Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva Amidst Media Crackdown
Other Breaking Human Rights News
July 22, 2024
US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti (AP News)
July 23, 2024
New law paves way for justice for prisoners convicted in flawed trials in north-east Syria (Amnesty International)
Italian government angered by legal probe into migrant shipwreck (Angelo Amante, Reuters)
Where do I go now, ask Gazans uprooted by new Israeli evacuation orders (Daniel Johnson, UN News)
July 24, 2024
‘Life has come to a standstill’: the Palestinian refugees struggling to survive in Egypt (Thaslima Begum, The Guardian)
July 25, 2024
Father of American hostage in Gaza shares insight on meeting with Biden and Netanyahu (Nick Schifrin, PBS News)
Ghana's top court upholds law criminalizing gay sex (Reuters via NBC News)
July 26, 2024
Brazil apologizes for post-World War II persecution of Japanese immigrants (AP News via NBC News)
Poland's firearm bill sparks human rights concerns (Adam Easton, BBC News)
July 27, 2024
Southeast Asia top diplomats condemn Myanmar violence, urge peaceful means to settle sea disputes (AP News)
Australia’s north-west reefs teem with life – but they are also at the centre of a massive fossil fuel expansion (Adam Morton, The Guardian)
July 28, 2024
Professor sacked over abuse claims in rare win for China’s #MeToo movement (Amy Hawkins, The Guardian)
Russia Punches Through Weakened Lines in Eastern Ukraine (Constant Méheut, The New York Times)