Human Rights
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Brazil Indigenous leaders sue Jair Bolsonaro for ‘crimes against humanity’
Two top Brazilian Indigenous leaders have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate President Jair Bolsonaro for “crimes against…
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Mali/France: Investigate French Airstrike Killing 19
The Malian and French governments should promptly and impartially investigate the French airstrike on January 3, 2021, in central Mali that killed 19…
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More than 30 countries condemn Australia at UN over high rates of child incarceration
Australia has come under international pressure to reduce the number of children in detention, with more than 30 countries using…
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‘Like flying’: Dozens more refugees released from hotel detention in Melbourne
But the second day of releases is bittersweet news to the 14 men who remain detained at the hotel, who…
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Holocaust survivors and Tory MPs press Boris Johnson over Uighur ‘genocide’
LONDON — Holocaust survivors and Conservative rebels want Boris Johnson to get tough with China over the Uighurs — and…
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We are Israel’s largest human rights group – and we are calling this apartheid
One cannot live a single day in Israel-Palestine without the sense that this place is constantly being engineered to privilege…
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Irish prime minister to make formal apology over deaths of 9,000 children at Catholic-run care homes
The report, which covered 18 so-called Mother and Baby Homes where young pregnant women were hidden from society for decades,…
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Fresh disturbance at Christmas Island detention centre due to ‘inhumane’ conditions, advocates say
Further unrest among detainees on Christmas Island is due to the Australian government holding people in “inhumane” conditions, refugee advocates…
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South Korean court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves from WWII
The landmark ruling is set to rekindle animosities between the Asian neighbours — Japan immediately protested, maintaining that all wartime…
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Australia on bottom rung of Reconciliation ladder
Finally, I breathed a sigh of relief. We had done it; we had reached the momentous occasion of being united…
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Julian Assange to seek release from prison after extradition ruling
Julian Assange will make a fresh appeal to be released from prison this week after a British judge ruled that…
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UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange
LONDON — A British judge on Monday rejected the United States’ request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage…
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Young children are intuitive urban planners — we would all benefit from living in their ‘care-full’ cities
And yet, important voices are missing from urban planning debates — the voices of those who will one day inherit…
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Father takes Assange’s fight to New York
Assange is being held at London’s Belmarsh Prison, pending a court decision on a warrant for his extradition to the…
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Saudi activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive to be released from prison within months
A Saudi court has handed prominent activist Loujain al-Hathloul a prison term of five years and eight months for terrorism-related…
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Saudi activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive sentenced to nearly six years in prison
A Saudi court sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after…
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