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Environmental Activists Were Quarter of Human Rights Advocates Killed Last Year
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (1287+ words) Of 358 human rights defenders killed in 2025, 84 were protecting land and the environment, according to a new report. Environmental and Indigenous rights defenders remained among the world's most targeted human rights advocates in 2025, despite landmark rulings by international courts affirming governments…...
Despite the State's Attempts to Stamp Out Opposition, Our Movements Persevere
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (171+ words) Echoes of anti-slavery and civil rights struggles reverberate through the current uprising against ICE. This collective resistance to the white supremacist authoritarian immigration regime continues at the GEO Group-run Delaney Hall immigration jail in Newark, New Jersey. On May 22, hundreds…...
Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison
3+ week, 3+ day ago (595+ words) The judge's ruling rejected a request to end the prison's use of grueling farm labor as a disciplinary measure. In a ruling that is notably silent on Louisiana's history of slavery and white supremacy, a federal judge sided with the…...
Trump Admin Reportedly Uses Israeli-Owned Private Jet to Deport Palestinians
5+ mon, 7+ hour ago (427+ words) Israeli media estimates the flight cost roughly $300, 000. The Trump administration chartered a private jet owned by an Israeli American businessman to deport eight Palestinians to the occupied West Bank this week, new reporting says. The Palestinians were taken in a…...
Trump Drastically Cutting Refugee Admissions to 6 Percent of Biden Levels
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (571+ words) The administration said the lowest-ever refugee cap of 7, 500 would primarily be allocated to white South Africans. After months of reporting, President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday officially announced that it is restricting the number of refugees for this fiscal year…...
Asylum Seekers US Deported to Ghana Sent to Home Countries Amid Risk of Torture
9+ mon, 5+ hour ago (759+ words) There is zero pathway for people in danger now to apply for asylum in the United States," says ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! , democracynow. org. I'm Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. AMY GOODMAN: But it…...
Authoritarian Wave in US Shows Democracy's Fragility, South African Scholar Says
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (170+ words) We need help over here and we're not getting it," said a resident of the city where 90 percent of kids live in poverty. The racist upswell in the US looks clearer from the outside," says South African philosopher Nuraan Davids....
Trump Refuses to Participate in UN Review of the US's Human Rights Record
10+ mon, 6+ hour ago (770+ words) The move sets "a terrible precedent that would only embolden dictators and autocrats," said one ACLU official. The ACLU on Thursday condemned President Donald Trump's administration for refusing to participate in a United Nations mechanism "that calls for each UN…...
Trump Mulls Lower Refugee Cap of 40, 000 With Most Space for White South Africans
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (791+ words) The vast number of people allowed in the US next year under this plan would belong to a group not facing persecution. The administration of US President Donald Trump is reportedly discussing a refugee program that would grant the majority…...
Disgrace: Tlaib Slams Bill Threatening Sanctions on South Africa Over ICJ Case
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (406+ words) Republicans and any Democrats who vote for this should forever keep Mandela's name out of their mouths," Tlaib said. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has denounced a bill advancing through the House that threatens sanctions on South Africa over its genocide…...