Amnesty International called on the Thai authorities on Monday to investigate and implement effective measures to halt malicious state-sponsored smear campaigns and cyberattacks targeting civil society groups, including Amnesty International itself. Amnesty International’s Thailand Researcher, Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong, stated, “These cyberattacks are an outrageous assault on Thailand’s civic space. Thai authorities must immediately end these malicious [...]

Amnesty International urged Mexico and Jamaica to “protect their migrant workers from discrimination and labour exploitation” on Monday, following a review by the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. In an oral statement, the rights organization called on Mexico and Jamaica to “renegotiate their [...]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) decried the escalating obstacles in accessing abortion, contraception, and comprehensive sexuality education for Romanian women and girls in a report released on Monday. The report, titled “It’s Happening Even Without You Noticing: Increasing Barriers to Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Romania“, highlights the systematic failure of authorities to uphold [...]

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UN experts on Monday called for an end to the arbitrary, indefinite detention of approximately 52,000 people in Syria. The detained individuals — mainly concentrated in North East Syria — are those whom the local Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accused of membership to the extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL), with over [...]

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Tens of thousands of Moroccans rallied in Rabat on Sunday to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza. Protestors took to the streets to express their solidarity with the people of Palestine and their anger over US support of the war. Massive crowds of demonstrators wave Palestinian flags while chanting for a “Free Gaza.” Israel’s siege [...]

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UNICEF regional director for Europe and Central Asia, Regina De Dominicis, on Saturday condemned Russia’s rocket attack on Kryvyi Rih in the Ukrainian Dnipro region last week, noting that the organization is working to support affected families while coordinating emergency assistance. The attack, with a missile striking a residential neighborhood, resulted in the death of [...]

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) suspended attorney Erez Reuveni on Saturday for failing to “zealously advocate on behalf of the United States.” The said failure refers to Reuveni’s open admission in court that the DOJ committed an administrative error by removing Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from the US. Garcia is an El Salvador national [...]

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UNICEF on Saturday urged Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza to avoid placing the lives of 1 million children at risk – citing the country’s obligations under international law. According to the statement, no aid has entered Gaza since March 2, resulting in “shortages of food, safe water, shelter, and medical supplies.” UNICEF warned [...]

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Thousands gathered Saturday for an emergency protest in Washington DC to fight the “US-funded Israel genocide,” and the government crackdown on free speech. Protestors stated that US President Donald Trump has spent “billions of US tax dollars to aid Israel in committing atrocities against the Palestinian people.” The People’s Forum, one of the organizers of [...]

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The Trump administration on Friday announced a Title IX Special Investigations Team (SIT) to fight “gender ideology” in school programs and activities. Title IX is a federal law from the Education Amendments of 1972 that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal funds. The Title IX SIT is designed to [...]

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