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Funding Crisis Forces UN Human Rights Office into Survival Mode
NEWS BRIEF
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk warned that his office is operating in “survival mode” due to severe funding cuts, forcing 300 job...
Amnesty Slams India’s Plan to Expand Location Surveillance as ‘Deeply Concerning’
Amnesty International has expressed serious concerns about India's plan to require constant satellite location tracking on phones for surveillance purposes. This proposal aligns with...
Purple Profile Picture Campaign Insufficient to Tackle Patriarchy and Femicide
There is truly no safe place for women when patriarchy is normalized as a culture and violence is silenced as a family matter in...
Trump vows permanent pause on migration from “Third World countries”
Immigration has been a central focus of Donald Trump’s political agenda since his first term, during which he introduced travel bans, reduced refugee admissions,...
Trump Admin Orders Diplomats to Press Allies Against “Mass Migration”
A State Department cable sent to U.S. embassies in Europe, Canada, and Australia instructs diplomats to lobby foreign governments to curb pro-migration policies and...
Cosmopolitanism in Action: Global Governance in the fight to Counter Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a crime that knows no borders or boundaries. Despite a global perception that human trafficking and slavery is an issue that...
Abolishing Female Genital Mutilation: A Global Imperative
How deeply wounded are the morals of women out there, fighting for their lives time after time to maintain their dignity as women, and...
From Values to Deals: Trump Redefines America’s Human Rights Agenda
President Donald Trump’s public defense of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi highlights a deeper realignment...
HRW: Israel Committed War Crimes in West Bank
Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity after the forced expulsion of tens of thousands of Palestinians...
International Crimes Tribunal Hands Ousted Bangladeshi PM Death Sentence
Groundbreaking Precedent in South Asia:
Bangladesh crossed an extraordinary threshold this November when its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced to death in absentia...