Is the international community finally speaking up about Israel?

Many across the world are rounding on Israel’s war on Gaza, with states in the ‘Global South’ leading the way.

Repressive Laws Are Increasingly Being Used to Silence Activists Across Asia

From Hong Kong to India, governments are passing and weaponizing new laws to pursue and jail whoever speaks up for human rights.

Fired B.C. nurse launches human rights complaints, says constitutional advocacy group

College found Amy Hamm made discriminatory statements towards transgender people while identifying as nurse.

How a far-right ‘Japanese First’ party made big election gains

A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election.

Elderly British couple face dying in Afghanistan detention, UN experts warn

Human rights officials demand Peter and Barbie Reynolds be moved to hospital and out of ‘degrading’ jail conditions.

South America: Five presidents launch pact to defend democracy and human rights

Faced with rising extremism, widespread misinformation, and rising inequality, the presidents of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, and Uruguay have joined forces to launch a common agenda to defend democracy.

Human rights groups denounce Greek law for alleged violation of international law

Human rights organizations in Greece condemned a new law for its alleged violation of international and EU legal protections for asylum-seekers in a joint release on Wednesday.

UN experts cast blame on Rwanda and Uganda. What are they doing in DRC?

M23 rebels take ‘instructions’ from Kigali, as Kampala ‘doubles’ army presence in DRC, says leaked report by UN experts.

Mapping a movement

What the academic study of LGBTQ+ rights can teach us about social change, with Professor Phillip Ayoub.

Families of Italian nationals held in Alligator Alcatraz plead for their release

Two Italian nationals living in the United States are among the inmates currently being held at the ICE detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida, according to Italy’s foreign ministry.