Subjects Archives: Human Rights

When news broke over the weekend that President Biden just approved an $8 billion deal for shipping weapons to Israel, a nameless official vowed that “we will continue to provide the capabilities necessary for Israel’s defense.”

The trial over the decade-long abuse involving numerous men has shaken many, and requires us to demand societal and judicial change.

A study came out in December that made me cry.

The number of homeless people living in shelters or on the streets topped 770,000 this year, according to the annual report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Friday, a rise of 18 percent over 2023.

Twenty years ago this month, on December 10, 2004, former San Jose Mercury News investigative reporter Gary Webb died by apparent suicide, following a stretch of depression.

The indictment comes as some states expand terror laws to ensnare protesters who block “critical infrastructure.”

“This exceptional year of extreme weather shows how dangerous life has already become… and highlights the urgency of moving away from planet-heating fossil fuels as quickly as possible.”

Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people.

Aid group accuses Tel Aviv of deliberate ethnic cleansing in latest damning report.

A half-baked report highlights the double standard U.S. officials use for Israel.

There’s no reason to doubt the incoming Republican government will continue its attacks on trans people and their rights, only now with much more power at its disposal.

The aim of all fascistic governments is to disempower the people; and the Modi government is no exception.

After being denounced by German government officials following its February premiere in Berlin, the film has become one of the year’s most acclaimed works.

Healthcare workers in the U.S. have long been fighting for a radical transformation of the current for-profit healthcare system in order to provide quality care to all.

The Israeli military’s destruction of entire Palestinian cities and neighbourhoods in the Gaza Strip is a clear manifestation of the genocide Israel has been committing in Gaza for the past 14 months, and a primary tool for its implementation.

(As if they ever were.)

This case has been widely highlighted as one of the consequences of the intense Islamophobia whipped up, largely in order to justify the U.S.’ ‘War on Terror’.

Following the Eurocentric pathways to identity and development are a fallacy that is holding Africa back, ROGER McKENZIE argues.

The international community wants to hold Israeli leaders accountable for war crimes committed in Gaza. Why is the United States standing in the way?

Nothing that Israel and its supporters can say or do will avoid the historical accountability of the extermination of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.