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For Most Refugees in Canada, a Warm Embrace. For Others, Jail.
New York Times· 5 hours agoHuman rights groups are urging Canada to stop holding migrants seeking asylum in jails, often with...
Moldovan President Signs Changes to Treason Law Denounced by Opposition, Amnesty International
US News & World Report· 5 days agoThe amendments were approved last week by parliament, dominated by President Maia Sandu's Party of Action and Solidarity, with the aim of fighting organised crime groups authorities say are ...
China jails MeToo activist Huang Xueqin for five years for ‘subversion of state’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“These convictions will prolong their deeply unjust detention and have a further chilling effect on...
Social Media Companies’ Removal of Abortion-Related Content May Hinder Access to Accurate Health...
Amnesty International· 4 days agoIn Obstacles to Autonomy: Post-Roe Removal of Abortion Information Online, Amnesty International...
South Africa's Ramaphosa set to be re-elected despite ANC hammering
Reuters· 1 day agoCyril Ramaphosa was set on Friday to be re-elected as South Africa's president, having brokered a...
Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day ago"On the contrary, as oppression persists and injustice grows, more activists like them will continue to rise." Amnesty International on Friday called the...
Huang Xueqin: Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years
BBC News· 1 day agoA prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for...
A report says women were abused in Nigerian military cells after fleeing Boko Haram captivity
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 5 days agoAmnesty International says in a new report that dozens of women and young girls have been unlawfully detained and abused in Nigerian military detention ...
UN agencies urge Greece to shed light on migrant shipwreck that killed hundreds one year ago
WJTV Jackson· 1 day agoATHENS, Greece (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee and migration agencies on Friday criticized...
Honduras to build 20,000-inmate ‘megaprison’ as part of gang crackdown
Al Jazeera· 5 hours agoAuthorities in Honduras have announced a series of measures aimed at tackling organised crime,...