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Trans Rights Activists Stage Protest In Bathroom Next To Mike Johnson’s Office
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Trans Rights Activists Stage Protest In Bathroom Next To Mike Johnson’s Office

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — More than a dozen transgender rights activists were arrested Thursday after staging a protest in a women’s bathroom right next to the office of Speaker Mike Johnson, who recently imposed a ban on transgender and nonbinary people using bathrooms in the House that align with their gender identity. For about 20 minutes, Manning and others …

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A prominent Cambodia environmentalist is arrested while investigating illegal logging
1 month ago

A prominent Cambodia environmentalist is arrested while investigating illegal logging

Associated Press  

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A prominent Cambodian environmentalist was arrested along with five others while investigating illegal logging in a national park, a rights group and a government official said Sunday. Ouch Leng, who was awarded a 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize for his activism, was arrested Saturday in northeastern Stung Treng province, the rights group Licadho said in a statement. …

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Why Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega is cracking down on civil society
4 months ago

Why Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega is cracking down on civil society

Firstpost  

Sometimes even major developments in smaller countries don’t get the global attention that they deserve. In the biggest single crackdown, the Daniel Ortega government banned civil society groups such as the Nicaraguan Red Cross, several Catholic charities, some sports associations including chess clubs and private universities. More than 5,000 civil society groups, media outlets, social and sporting clubs, and private …

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Detained Uganda anti-pipeline activist released
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Detained Uganda anti-pipeline activist released

Al Jazeera  

Environmental Governance Institute says Stephen Kwikiriza in ‘poor condition’ after ‘severe beatings’ in detention. Doctors are conducting various examinations.” EGI is campaigning to stop the construction of the 1,445km East African Crude Oil Pipeline, which is to carry oil from oilfields in western Uganda to a port on Tanzania’s coast. “He was taken into custody for questioning regarding his illegal …

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Why the New Social Media Trend to Block Celebrities Over Gaza Is Really Catching On
7 months, 1 week ago

Why the New Social Media Trend to Block Celebrities Over Gaza Is Really Catching On

Slate  

As the war in Gaza reaches new levels of catastrophe—fighting has resumed in the north and escalated in the south, thousands of children are orphaned, and alarming rates of hunger have become famine—in America, pro-Palestinian and pro-peace activists are still imploring legislators and the White House to call for a cease-fire and end, stem, or condition U.S. military aid to …

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US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Monday it is rolling out a new policy that will allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. Such targeting has been linked to arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings in the most egregious of cases.” Biden issued a executive order nearly a year ago …

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Government mandates Aadhaar for disability IDs; activists say mechanism inaccurate
1 year, 2 months ago

Government mandates Aadhaar for disability IDs; activists say mechanism inaccurate

The Hindu  

Despite being pulled up by a House panel on the inability of the government’s UDID programme to accurately record the number of Persons with Disabilities in the country in real-time, the Union government has gone on to issue gazette notifications mandating each UDID applicant to either produce an Aadhaar card or show proof of having applied for one — irrespective …

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Bangladesh court jails prominent rights activists for two years
1 year, 3 months ago

Bangladesh court jails prominent rights activists for two years

Al Jazeera  

Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan of the Odhikar group documented extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and police brutality. A court in Bangladesh has sentenced two leading human rights activists to two years in jail in a trial that critics say is part of a government crackdown ahead of elections. Both Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan, leaders of the Odhikar …

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UAE promises to allow climate protests at COP28
1 year, 4 months ago

UAE promises to allow climate protests at COP28

Al Jazeera  

Official permission is required for protests in the Gulf nation, which is hosting UN climate talks this year. The United Arab Emirates has said it will allow environmental activists to “make their voices heard” and peacefully assemble at this year’s UN climate talks. “In line with UNFCCC guidelines and adherence to international human rights norms and principles, there will be …

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Activists condemn violence against LGBTQ community in St. Vincent, where gay sex is illegal
1 year, 5 months ago

Activists condemn violence against LGBTQ community in St. Vincent, where gay sex is illegal

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Advocacy group Human Rights Watch released an in-depth report Thursday that details the abuse and discrimination the LGBTQ community says it faces in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where gay sex is still criminalized. “These laws still have an impact,” said Jeshua Bardoo, an international human rights lawyer from St. …

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Over 550 civil society groups, activists, lawyers call for PM to break silence on Manipur
1 year, 6 months ago

Over 550 civil society groups, activists, lawyers call for PM to break silence on Manipur

The Hindu  

Over 550 civil society groups, retired bureaucrats and police officers, activists, lawyers, filmmakers, journalists, academics and writers have now come together to issue a public statement, calling for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence over the unabated ethnic violence in Manipur, which has been under way for over a month now — killing at least 100 people, injuring …

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US to adopt new restrictions on using commercial spyware
1 year, 8 months ago

US to adopt new restrictions on using commercial spyware

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world, under an executive order issued Monday by President Joe Biden. The order “demonstrates the United States’ leadership in, and commitment to, advancing technology for democracy, including by countering the misuse of commercial …

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Unknown gunmen kill popular Eswatini opposition politician
1 year, 11 months ago

Unknown gunmen kill popular Eswatini opposition politician

Al Jazeera  

Thulani Maseko was shot dead on Saturday night by unknown attackers. Gunmen in Eswatini killed a prominent opposition politician and human rights lawyer at his home, hours after the country’s absolute monarch challenged activists opposed to his rule. Maseko was a leading human rights lawyer and columnist in Eswatini who had a pending court battle with King Mswati III over …

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US Supreme Court allows Meta, WhatsApp to sue NSO for installing Pegasus spyware on devices
1 year, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court allows Meta, WhatsApp to sue NSO for installing Pegasus spyware on devices

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to allow Meta and WhatsApp to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp and installing spyware on the devices of over 1400 people across the world. NSO’s seeking immunity Ever since Meta announced that they will be going after NSO to the extent that the …

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WhatsApp’s Pegasus spyware lawsuit can go ahead: US top court
1 year, 11 months ago

WhatsApp’s Pegasus spyware lawsuit can go ahead: US top court

Al Jazeera  

Israeli firm NSO Group’s spyware has been linked to state surveillance of human rights activists and dissidents. The United States Supreme Court has allowed the WhatsApp messaging platform to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group, which makes the Pegasus spyware linked to state surveillance of journalists, human rights advocates and dissidents around the world. “NSO’s spyware has enabled cyberattacks …

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Human rights activists in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus win Nobel Peace Prize, in rebuke to Putin
2 years, 2 months ago

Human rights activists in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus win Nobel Peace Prize, in rebuke to Putin

LA Times  

Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, the head of Human Rights Center Viasna, shares the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties, the Russian human rights group Memorial and imprisoned Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski were chosen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to share the award. Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian …

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Activists blast holiday for Philippine dictator’s birthday
2 years, 3 months ago

Activists blast holiday for Philippine dictator’s birthday

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Human rights activists in the Philippines rejected on Saturday President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s move to proclaim the birthday of his late father, an ousted dictator, a special holiday in their northern home province. Satur Ocampo, who was arrested as a suspected communist insurgent in the 1970s and tortured under the Marcos dictatorship, criticized in an online news …

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Tea, biscuits and talks with workers: How Rahul Gandhi signed off 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 3 months ago

Tea, biscuits and talks with workers: How Rahul Gandhi signed off 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Tamil Nadu

India TV News  

Highlights Congress leader Rahul Gandhi signed off his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Tamil Nadu He interacted with a group of disabled rights activists in the district en route to Kaliakkavialai Gandhi met Tamil Nadu's first woman bus driver Vasanthakumari Congress leader Rahul Gandhi signed off his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Tamil Nadu on Saturday by saying unemployment among the youths …

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Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Minnesota State Fair gun ban
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Minnesota State Fair gun ban

Raw Story  

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by gun rights activists challenging the Minnesota State Fair’s ban on guns, ruling the ban does not violate the activists’ Second Amendment rights. “At the same time, it’s unconscionable for a subdivision of government, like the State Fair, to prevent a law-abiding citizen from exercising their constitutional right to bear arms.” …

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Racism and the roots of conservative philanthropy in the US
2 years, 10 months ago

Racism and the roots of conservative philanthropy in the US

Al Jazeera  

From New Deal liberalism in the 1930s to the academic culture wars of the 1980s and the rise of Donald Trump, how white fears of losing power led to philanthropy that openly discouraged discussions of race and diversity. African Americans’ demand for the expansion of civil rights fuelled the eventual creation of a “conservative labyrinth” of philanthropy foundations, think tanks …

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Hundreds of Afghan women’s rights activists urge Biden to take action over killings and abductions
2 years, 10 months ago

Hundreds of Afghan women’s rights activists urge Biden to take action over killings and abductions

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Scores of advocates have been …

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Olympic athletes urged by activists not to criticize China
2 years, 11 months ago

Olympic athletes urged by activists not to criticize China

The Independent  

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Israel lawmakers outraged over claim police used NSO spyware
2 years, 11 months ago

Israel lawmakers outraged over claim police used NSO spyware

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday called …

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6 Palestinian rights activists hacked by NSO spyware: Report
3 years, 1 month ago

6 Palestinian rights activists hacked by NSO spyware: Report

Hindustan Times  

Security researchers disclosed Monday that spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group was detected on the cellphones of six Palestinian human rights activists, half affiliated with groups that Israel’s defense minister controversially claimed were involved in terrorism. The forensic findings, independently confirmed by security researchers from Amnesty International and the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab in a joint …

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