Walt Disney agrees to pay $43.3m to settle pay discrimination suit | Women’s Rights News
The suit was filed in 2019 after the plaintiff learned that six men with same job title earned substantially more.Walt Disney has agreed to pay…
Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of same-sex couple rights | LGBTQ News
Judge rules that the government’s policies favouring heterosexual couples ‘cannot be justified’.Hong Kong’s top court has ruled to affirm housing and inheritance rights for same-sex…
Gang recruitment of Haitian children soars by 70 percent: UN | Child Rights News
Haitian gangs increasingly target children, using them as informants, fighters, and forced labor, says UNICEF report.An unprecedented number of children have been recruited by gangs…
Weak Protection of Musicians’ Rights and Indonesian Music Copyrights
Historically, legislation related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has existed in Indonesia since the pre-independence period introduced by the Dutch Colonial Government. In this case,…
‘Exponentially worse’: Immigrant rights groups brace for second Trump term | Migration News
As Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House on January 20, immigrant rights groups are bracing in anticipation of a crackdown promised…
Haiti’s children ‘dragged into hell’ as gang violence rages | Child Rights News
Jude Chery has heard talk of armed gangs for most of his life. The 30-year-old Haitian activist remembers that he started to learn the names…
Nicaragua approves reforms boosting power of President Ortega and his wife | Civil Rights News
Legislators greenlight reforms giving more authority to Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, accused of stifling dissent.Legislators in Nicaragua have approved a constitutional amendment that will…
Gatwick Airport mass cancellations – your rights if your flight is impacted
Footage shows sniffer dogs working through crowds of people, as passengers were handed bottles of water and blankets by staff after a suspicious item was…
Russian lawmakers endorse bill banning ‘child-free propaganda’ | Child Rights News
Upper house of parliament also approves bill that bans citizens from several countries that allow gender reassignment from adopting Russian children.Lawmakers in Russia’s upper house…
Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting over colonial-era treaty bill? | Civil Rights News
A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A nine-day-long hikoi, or peaceful march…
Thousands protest as Maori rights march reaches New Zealand parliament | Protests
NewsFeedTens of thousands of protesters gathered in front of New Zealand’s parliament as a march against proposed changes to Maori rights reached the capital. Al…
Al Jazeera series on children in care attacked by Sweden’s government | Child Rights
NewsFeedSweden’s prime minister has said an Al Jazeera documentary series on children taken into social care poses a security threat to his country. The AJ360…
A Muslim perspective on abortion: Beyond ‘pro-choice’ and ‘pro-life’ | Women’s Rights
A recent “pro-choice” billboard campaign in Chicago, designed by a progressive “reproductive health and justice” charity for Muslims, has reignited a complex conversation on abortion…
‘I will not be silent’: Australia censures senator for King Charles protest | Indigenous Rights News
Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe says she has no regrets as Senate expresses disapproval of protest against the monarch.Australia’s Senate has voted to censure Indigenous lawmaker…
‘Dastardly deeds’: Family of Malcolm X sues US agencies over assassination | Civil Rights News
Three daughters of Malcolm X, a Black empowerment and civil rights icon in the United States, have accused the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal…
What happened in Abu Ghraib and why did a US court award damages? | Civil Rights News
A United States jury has ruled that Virginia-based defence contractor CACI must pay $42m to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the Abu Ghraib…
Rights groups condemn Bangladesh for canceling accreditation of 167 journalists
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Why New Zealand’s PM has apologised to 200,000 abused in state care | Civil Rights News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday made an unprecedented formal and “unreserved” apology to survivors of abuse in state and church care over…
Canada orders binding arbitration to end port lockout | Workers’ Rights News
With the lockouts, $930m of goods are being affected daily, affecting supply chains and local economy, the government says.Canada’s labour minister is intervening to end…
US sanctions RSF commander accused of rights abuses in Sudan’s Darfur | Conflict News
Abdel Rahman Juma Barkalla is accused of leading a campaign marred by sexual and ethnically motivated violence.The United States has imposed sanctions on Abdel Rahman…