The Trump administration sued Harvard University Friday over claims that the school was violating the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli people, an escalation of the government’s yearlong clash with the Ivy League university. The complaint alleges that Harvard failed to enforce its campus policies against hostile demonstrations targeting Jewish and Israeli students. It further [...]
Two poets, Artyom Kamadarin and Yegor Shtovba, are still imprisoned, as of Friday, on account of reading anti-war poems. This has been an ongoing matter since December 2023, in which a Moscow court sentenced Kamardin to seven years and Shtovba to five and a half years in prison. The Russian court declared both poets’ participation [...]
Over 650 delegates, from over 33 countries and 120 organizations, arrived in Cuba on Saturday, bringing 20 tons of aid. The Neustra America Convoy, named for the essay by Cuban nationalist José Marti, arrived in Havana to break the US embargo. Inspired by the Global Sumud Flotilla, which attempted to bring aid to Gaza in [...]
The United Nations warned Thursday that children in Palestine are facing a mounting mental health emergency amid escalating violence, displacement, and personal loss, with over one million children in Gaza now in urgent need of mental and psychological or social support. The crisis is compounded by rising risks, such as a resurgence of child marriage, [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged authorities on Norway to release human rights defender Tommy Olsen and block his extradition to Greece. The rights organization warned that extraditing Tommy Olsen could expose him to serious violations and undermine Norway’s obligations to protect activists. On March 16, Olsen was arrested in his home in Tromsø, [...]
Belarus has freed 250 political prisoners following sanctions-relief negotiations with the United States, a move human rights organizations cautiously welcomed, while warning that true justice has yet to be served. President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the mass release on Thursday. The decision was the result of direct negotiations with the Trump administration, which agreed to lift [...]
Amnesty International on Friday said that FIFA’s refusal to take action against the Israeli Football Association (IFA) over the participation of clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) flouts international law. In October 2024 FIFA accepted a Palestinian Football Association (PFA) petition to investigate alleged human rights violations and discrimination [...]
Amnesty International on Thursday urged Israel to immediately halt attacks on healthcare workers, medical facilities, and first responders in Lebanon, warning that such actions may constitute violations of international humanitarian law. Deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Kristine Beckerle, stated: Healthcare workers are risking their lives to save others, and hospitals, [...]
A coalition of international human rights organizations on Friday called for the immediate release of Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, three years after his arrest by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA). Nearly three dozen rights groups, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists, said Mehraj’s continued detention is based on charges [...]
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday released Estefany Rodríguez Flórez, a reporter whose work includes covering ICE for Nashville Noticias, after 16 days in custody on $10,000 bond. The federal government has alleged that Florez illegally overstayed a tourist visa and failed to attend two immigration appointments. The first happened during a massive winter [...]
