How is education in Gaza defying Israel’s war? | Israel-Palestine conflict
Teachers in tents keep the flame of learning burning brightly.Almost all of Gaza’s schools have been damaged or destroyed – with thousands of students and…
US suspends new funds for aid programmes, excepting Israel and Egypt | Donald Trump News
Trump administration freezes new funding for anti-HIV programme and other health services, excepts key food programmes.The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced…
Trump decree paves way for ‘Muslim ban’, targeting pro-Palestine students | Muslim Ban News
Washington, DC – Civil rights advocates in the United States are raising the alarm over a directive signed by President Donald Trump that they say…
‘Fear is the point’: Immigrant rights groups brace for fight against Trump | Donald Trump News
Washington, DC – Immigrant rights groups have said they are digging in their heels and preparing for a protracted fight as the blueprint for United…
Who are the female Israeli soldiers being released by Hamas? | Human Rights News
The names of the four female Israeli soldiers who will be exchanged on Saturday for Palestinian prisoners have been released by Hamas. This is the…
‘Less than slaves’: The Palestinians detained by Israel despite ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News
When the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was announced on January 15, Ghassan Alyeean says his first feeling was relief that the mass…
Colombia’s Petro decrees emergency powers amid deadly border area violence | Politics News
Violence between armed groups in the Catatumbo region has displaced more than 32,000 people, rights groups estimate.Colombia’s president has issued a decree giving himself emergency…
Sudan’s army accused of ethnic killings after recapturing strategic city | Sudan war News
On January 15, army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced a probe into the alleged abuses committed by his forces in Gezira state. The Sudanese army…
Video: Thai same-sex couples marry as equality law takes effect
Hundreds of gay couples have married in Thailand as a new law took effect that allows same-sex unions. Source link
Trump rescinds guidance protecting ‘sensitive areas’ from immigration raids | Donald Trump News
For more than a decade, US immigration agencies like ICE and CBP have avoided raids on places that provide vital services, like hospitals.The administration of…
Lawsuits target Trump’s orders to end birthright citizenship, fire workers | Donald Trump News
Washington, DC – The legal backlash to United States President Donald Trump’s second term has begun, with rights groups and state governments firing an early…
What can the world expect from Trump 2.0? | Donald Trump
Donald Trump begins his second term as the US president.Donald Trump’s threats and assertions in the weeks before his second term in office as United…
One more broken promise to close Guantanamo | Prison
I was held in Guantanamo detention centre for 14 years without ever being charged with a crime. I was sent there when I was 19.…
Russia hands jail sentences to three Alexey Navalny lawyers | Human Rights News
Lawyers face up to five years in jail on charges of links to Navalny’s groups, which the Kremlin deems ‘extremist’.A Russian court has sentenced three…
Venezuela releases prominent rights advocate Carlos Correa from detention | Nicolas Maduro News
The free-speech advocate was among several activists detained ahead of President Nicolas Maduro’s swearing-in last week.Authorities in Venezuela have released a prominent human rights advocate…
Ugandan military court rules opposition figure can be tried for treachery | Politics News
The move escalates the case against Kizza Besigye as a treachery conviction is punishable by the death penalty.A Ugandan military court has ruled that prominent…
Rescuers recover 36 bodies and 82 survivors from South African gold mine | Mining News
Hundreds more survivors and dozens more bodies still underground, according to a miners rights group.South African rescuers have pulled 36 bodies and 82 survivors from…
Venezuela’s attorney general seeks arrest of opposition leader | Nicolas Maduro News
The Venezuelan government has petitioned the International Criminal Police Organization, known as Interpol, to seek the arrest of leading opposition figure abroad. Attorney General Tarek…
Guantanamo at 23: What’s next for the ‘lawless’ detention facility? | Human Rights News
Washington, DC – The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, turns 23 on Saturday. For Mansoor Adayfi, a former inmate at the prison, the anniversary marks…
Australia violated rights of asylum seekers held in Nauru, UN watchdog says | Human Rights News
UN Human Rights Committee ruling covers cases involving 25 refugees who endured years of arbitrary detention.The Australian government violated a human rights treaty by detaining…