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Slovenia: MPs must reject draconian ‘security’ bill which puts rights at risk and targets Roma community
Ahead of an expected vote in Slovenia’s parliament on hastily proposed sweeping changes which would significantly expand police powers, restrict welfare rights and weaken key safeguards, Esther Major Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Research in Europe, said: “This draconian bill risks stripping all people in Slovenia of an array of vital human rights protections as […]
Tunisia: Escalating crackdown on human rights organizations reaches critical levels
Tunisian authorities have increasingly escalated their crackdown on human rights defenders and independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through arbitrary arrests, detention, asset freezes, bank restrictions and court-ordered suspensions, all under the pretext of fighting “suspicious” foreign funding and shielding “national interests,” Amnesty International said today. In an unprecedented step six NGO workers and human rights defenders working for […]
USA: Amnesty International, S.T.O.P. Lawsuit Reveals NYPD Surveillance Abuses
Language used maybe offensive to some readers Thousands of NYPD records secured by the rights groups detail expansive and unlawful surveillance of protesters, and Black, Indigenous and People of Colour communities. Records obtained by Amnesty International and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, after a five-year long […]
Ecuadorian Rights Group Files Case to Enforce Amazon Oil Referendum
Click to expand Image Waorani Indigenous leaders protest in front of the Constitutional Court in Quito on August 20, 2025, two years after a key victory for climate democracy in an Indigenous-led referendum to halt exploitation of an oil block in Yasuni National Park. © 2025 Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images The grassroots collective Yasunidos […]
Mexico City: Proposed Public Care System Lacking Disability Rights
Click to expand Image A wheelchair user searches for options to cross an under bridge while dredging work is carried out after a historic heavy rainfall in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 10, 2025. © 2025 Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Mexico City) – The care system bill submitted to lawmakers by the government of […]
ILO: Strengthen Global Rules to Protect Gig Workers
Click to expand Image An Instacart worker loads groceries into her car for home delivery in San Leandro, California, July 1, 2020. © 2020 Ben Margot/AP Photo (New York) – Governments negotiating a new global treaty on gig work should strengthen the draft text to ensure fair wages and social security for these workers and protect […]
Tunisia: Overturn Unjust ‘Conspiracy’ Trial Convictions
Click to expand Image Several of the people tried and convicted in the “Conspiracy Case” on April 19, 2025, in Tunis, Tunisia. Top row (L-R): Noureddine Bhiri, Khayam Turki, Abdelhamid Jelassi, Ghazi Chaouachi, and Lazhar Akremi. Bottom row (L-R): Ridha Belhaj, Issam Chebbi, Chaima Issa, Jaouhar Ben Mbarek and Said Ferjani. © Private (Beirut) – […]
Thailand: Vietnamese Refugees at Risk from Hanoi
Click to expand Image Vietnamese police questioning refugees in Thailand, March 14, 2024. © Private Increased cooperation between Thai and Vietnamese authorities is putting Vietnamese refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand at heightened risk of forcible return to Vietnam. Vietnam and Thailand are cooperating more closely and exchanging information about Vietnamese exiles, particularly since early […]
Mexico: ‘Gen Z’ protests spread following mayor’s murder
Demonstrators said the Mexican government has failed to clamp down on violent crime. However, President Claudia Sheinbaum claimed the protests were "inorganic" and orchestrated from abroad.
Suspected migrant boat capsizes off California coast, killing 4
The wooden boat likely capsized amid the strong storm that hit southern California over the weekend. One of the survivors was handed off to the Department of Homeland Security.
