Category: Politics & Human Rights
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Mexican activist and pageant winner Lorena Amor Barajas hopeful for US return as Biden reverses Trump’s transphobic policies
Louisiana woman whose fetus had no skull forced on ‘extremely traumatizing’ 2,500-mile abortion journey
Victims of British imperialism won’t be mourning the Queen’s death
Washington Post ripped for ‘neocolonial’ editorial opposing new Chilean constitution
Outrage after Ohio cop kills unarmed Black man Donovan Lewis in bed
Mikhail Gorbachev, who presided over end of Cold War and Soviet Union, dies at 91
US refuses to return $7 billion in seized Afghan funds—even as 6 million face famine
Israeli ex-diplomat says growing acknowledgment of apartheid ‘must be wakeup call’
Human rights groups cautiously welcome Pentagon’s civilian casualty action plan
Mississippi town’s Black residents ‘terrorized’ by racist police seek DOJ investigation
Saudi Arabia’s enablers condemned as activist Salma al-Shehab sentenced to 34 years for tweets
Lawsuit alleges CIA ‘blatantly violated’ rights of journalists and lawyers visiting Julian Assange
‘Dictatorship never again’: Massive pro-democracy protests sweep Brazil
800,000+ Brazilians sign pro-democracy manifesto amid Bolsonaro coup threat
At least 45 Palestinians—including 16 children—killed during Israeli attack on Gaza
Albert Woodfox, ‘Angola 3’ Black Panther wrongfully imprisoned 43 years, dies at 75
China accuses US of ‘playing with fire’ as Pelosi arrives in Taiwan
Advocates demand justice for Brett Rosenau, 15-year-old killed during Albuquerque police attack
‘We WILL fight back’: Outrage, resolve as protests erupt against SCOTUS abortion ruling
US rejecting 90% of Afghans seeking asylum under humanitarian program
Quakers renew demands for Yemen War Powers Resolution as US complicity in Saudi-led airstrikes revealed
US military clears itself of blame in Syria airstrike that killed ‘piles’ of women and children
As senators try to expand war crimes jurisdiction, critics ask if US war criminals count
Palestine defenders hail Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s ‘historic’ Nakba resolution
Jailed Palestinian lawyer implores ICC to probe Israeli ‘crimes against humanity’ in East Jerusalem
Abbas vows ICC probe, says killing of Shireen Abu Akleh must not ‘go unpunished’
Marcos’ victory in Philippines election bodes ominously for human rights: Amnesty
After court OKs ethnic cleansing in West Bank, Israel advances 4,000 new settler homes
New details of CIA torture told by the man paid $81 million to develop the program
Leaked draft opinion shows Supreme Court set to reverse Roe v. Wade
Global military spending tops $2 trillion for first time in history
‘Organizing works,’ campaigners declare after Biden protects Cameroonian immigrants
Ilhan Omar says US ‘hypocrisy’ hamstrings justice for Russian war crimes
Brazil’s Lula vows to end illegal mining on Indigenous lands
Civil rights groups demand justice for Patrick Lyoya, unarmed Black man killed by Michigan cop
New report details corporate media’s war industry pundits
Progressives hail Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic Supreme Court confirmation
Biden rebuked for failure to end US first-strike nuclear policy
Guantánamo, Bush war crimes in spotlight at Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearing
Declassified documents show CIA used black site prisoner as torture training prop
Brett Wilkins 