Human Rights

The indigenous population in Assam of northeast India continues getting shocking revelations every alternate day from none other than State chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma. Pursuing a series of eviction drives to reclaim hundreds of thousands of bighas of government…

By Maxine Lowy An honor granted by the president of a democracy to the dictator of a neighboring country offers clues for understanding the background of a military intelligence orchestration from 50 years ago, known as Operation Colombo or the…

The image of a ten-year-old child weighing only 4.2 kilograms is not up for debate. It is not an opinion. It is not a symbol. It is evidence. Evidence so brutal, so simple, so definitive, that it exposes every word…

24 July 2025, Quezon City.  As affected families and communities rise from the onslaught of recent severe weather disturbances, civil society groups urged President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to prioritize policies, programs and resources to effectively uphold the right of every…

Belgian federal police arrested two Israeli soldiers at the Tomorrowland festival, following a complaint from the Hind Rajab Foundation and the Global Legal Action Network. The two are suspected of having committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The Foundation…

Ilhan Sami Çomak, the Kurdish poet, was recently honored with the Jack Hirschman Poetry Prize, presented by the Poets of Planet Network. This recognition not only celebrates the life and legacy of the renowned American poet Jack Hirschman but also…

On Tuesday, 15 July at 12:30 p.m., demonstrators from across Europe gathered in front of the European External Action Service (EEAS) at 234 Petite Rue de la Loi, demanding the immediate suspension of the EU–Israel Association Agreement. On the eve…

Babardee Fakeh Samura is 35 years old, lives in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, and is one of those unusual cases. Having spent his childhood and early youth in a very vulnerable situation, he took advantage of the opportunities that…

“Young people are resisting and are on the front lines, but at the same time, other people are caring for the population and rebuilding the country. It’s not a revolution that looks to the future, to the post-revolution, but rather…

The decision by Donald Trump’s administration to sanction Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, is not only an unprecedented political reprisal against an international official. It is also a direct attempt to delegitimize a…