There are all the press releases and news from International Non-Governmental Organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, WWF, Doctors Without Borders, etc.
The Afghan authorities must take urgent steps to provide journalists with greater protection, said Amnesty International on World Press Freedom Day, following a year of spiraling threats, intimidation, harassment, and violent attacks against the country's media workers. At least 11 journalists were killed in 2020 in targeted attacks in Afghanistan, with four more reported killed […]
At least 41 people, including civilians, including a young woman reportedly hit by mortar fire, have been killed and hundreds injured in border clashes between Tajik and Kyrgyz forces since April 28. The clashes have affected at least a dozen villages in the Kyrgyz districts. of
Civilians harmed in Kyrgyzstan, border clashes with Tajikistan Keep Reading »
(Bangkok) – Myanmar's military junta should immediately stop threatening the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a leading human rights monitoring group, Human Rights Watch said today. The group has documented security force abuses since the February 1, 2021 coup, including killings of protesters, arbitrary arrests and detentions, enforced disappearances, and unjust court convictions. on
Myanmar: End Threats Against Rights Group Keep Reading »
“Accusing journalists of helping terrorists because they don't follow the regime's line is the first step towards a totalitarian state,” journalist Sue Turton told me a few years ago. Turton, the force behind the #FreeAJStaff campaign that helped free three Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt in 2013,
Can independent journalism fight back in Türkiye? Keep Reading »
Belarusian authorities are ruthlessly targeting independent unions and trampling on labor rights as part of their brutal crackdown on the protest movement, Amnesty International said today. In a new briefing, the organization highlights retaliation against independent unions and their members. These include illegal dismissals, arrests and
Belarus: Authorities target independent unions to root out dissent Keep Reading »
Last week, the New York City Council passed a bill directing the city's health department to develop educational materials on how so-called "normalizing" surgeries on children born with variations in their sex characteristics are medically unnecessary and risk risk of lifelong damage. This
New York City Government Votes to Promote Intersex Rights Keep Reading »
Tonight, President Biden addresses a joint session of Congress during a week marking his first 100 days in office. From the day he took office, the president has made it clear that he wants environmental leadership to be at the center of his agenda. This
WWF statement on President Biden's speech and the first 100 days Keep Reading »
Hundreds of Syrian refugees whose residence permits have been revoked by Danish authorities could face torture, enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention if they are forced to return, Amnesty International has said. The Danish Immigration Service has informed at least 380 refugees, including children, that they will have to return to Syria
Last week, members of the U.S. House of Representatives reintroduced a bill to reduce prescription drug costs. Congress now has the opportunity to provide relief to millions of people in the US struggling to pay for life-saving medications. For many in the US, the
An opportunity to reduce drug costs in the US Keep Reading »
On April 19, the World Food Program (WFP), the food assistance arm of the United Nations, announced that it had reached an agreement with the government of Nicolás Maduro, after more than a year of negotiations, to deploy in Venezuela to supply food to young children in need. The agreement
The World Food Program prepares to help Venezuelan children Keep Reading »