The new commitment by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to developing binding global standards on “gig work” is a “positive breakthrough,” according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday. HRW advocate Lena Simet stated that the ILO’s recent resolution on the issue was a “major win” for “advancing binding standards for platform work.” Simet elaborated [...]

Internet access in the Gaza Strip was restored on Monday following a complete three-day internet blackout due to Israel’s apparent targeting of Palestine’s communications infrastructure, allowing civilians to access essential information and the resumption of humanitarian operations. Palestine’s Telecommunications Regulation Authority accused Israel of “systematically” targeting Gaza’s communications infrastructure. Israel has not responded to these [...]

Amnesty International Nigeria on Saturday condemned the invasion of the Yelewata farming community that resulted in the death of approximately 200 people, calling on authorities to immediately act to end the violence. The statement came after gunmen attacked the community in the Nigerian state of Benue late Friday amid a wave of “alarming escalations of [...]

On the evening of Friday, June 13 at 6:00 PM, I was present as a diverse, impassioned group of strangers gathered in downtown Lowell to demand an end to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in Lowell and beyond. The demonstrators denounced a broader system of state violence, police brutality, the state’s complicity [...]

Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker stated on Saturday that the country’s gun laws must be strengthened following a mass shooting earlier in the week. Stocker suggested multiple changes to the current gun policies, such as raising the minimum age for purchasing weapons and improving data sharing between officials to better identify warning signs. He also announced that [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged the Kyrgyz authorities on Friday to release two cameramen who worked for Kloop, one of Kyrgyzstan’s last independent investigative news sources. RSF condemned what it called the Sadyr Japarov regime’s deliberate targeting of Kloop’s personnel. The two media professionals, Alexander Alexandrov and Zhoomart Duulatov, are still detained, and charged with [...]

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday attacked military and nuclear facilities in Iran, killing several top military leaders and nuclear scientists. The IDF confirmed on X that the chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the commander of Iran’s Emergency Command were killed during [...]

On Saturday, I joined the No Kings Day protest in Ardmore, an affluent suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  I was scared, but I had to go. “Action binds anxiety,” is a maxim in my daytime work.  The current political environment creates an ambient fear, like computer malware jamming wi-fi and wasting battery.  I needed to get [...]

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights Council (UNHRC) warned on Friday that the current regional instability in South Sudan could result in a “collapse” of the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement, which ended the second South Sudan Civil War. UNHRC said that the current coalescence of military and political unrest requires an urgent coordination of [...]

Two state lawmakers were shot Saturday morning in their homes in Minnesota, one fatally. Representative Melissa Hortman, Senator John Hoffman, and their spouses are said to be the victims of politically motivated violence. Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband Mark were killed in the attack on their home. Images [...]