L’Ancienne Présidente de l’Instance Vérité et Dignité Arrêtée Arbitrairement - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Sihem Bensedrine fait l’objet d’une enquête depuis février 2023 pour « faux », « falsification » et « abus de position » à la suite d’une plainte concernant la falsification présumée du chapitre sur la corruption dans le secteur bancaire dans le rapport final de l’IVD. La détention provisoire de Sihem Bensedrine est arbitraire, car elle repose uniquement sur l’exercice pacifique de ses droits fondamentaux.
Tunisia

Satellite Imagery Shows Vast Destruction in Rafah - Godin, Jake (bellingcat, 2024)
After the IDF began an operation in the Tall As Sultan neighbourhood, the majority of buildings were destroyed. Using OpenStreetMap building data, Bellingcat found that out of the roughly 670 buildings in an eastern neighbourhood of Tall As Sultan, only 224 remained standing. Based on historical imagery from Google Earth, it is possible to see that the largely residential area was built more than a decade ago. But most buildings were demolished between July 18 and August 4 2024, after the IDF arrived.
Palestine

Satellite Imagery Shows Vast Destruction in Rafah - Godin, Jake (bellingcat, 2024)
Based on historical imagery from Google Earth, it is possible to see that the largely residential area was built more than a decade ago. But most buildings were demolished between July 18 and August 4 2024, after the IDF arrived.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

Detained defendants demand system for accessing electronic exhibits - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
Calls are being made by defence lawyers for the authorities to move swiftly to put plans in place for accused persons in custody or prison to have access to the exhibits from the prosecution, which are being disclosed electronically.
Jamaica

Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages - Barton, Fraser (The North West Star, 2024)
Languages from across Australia will be collected in an archive to protect the hundreds of Indigenous tongues while...
Australia

New evidence shows atrocities committed by army in Burkina Faso - France 24 (France 24, 2024)
New documents verified by FRANCE 24 illustrate the scale of the atrocities committed by the Burkina Faso army on February 25, 2024. In April, the NGO Human Rights Watch reported the massacre of 223 civilians,…
Burkina Faso

President Akufo-Addo Challenges Ghanaian Journalists To Combat Disinformation Ahead Of 2024 Elections - Africa Press Release (Zawya.com)
President Akufo-Addo Challenges Ghanaian Journalists To Combat Disinformation Ahead Of 2024 Elections
Ghana

Marie-Louise et les petits Chinois d'Afrique - Larochelle, Catherine (Mémoire d'Encrier, 2024)
Les archives d’une association missionnaire à Rome conservent des lettres de catholiques du Québec datant des 19e et 20e siècles. Ces fidèles offraient un don pour « acheter un petit Chinois », croyant contribuer ainsi à sauver l’’âme d’enfants en besoin de rédemption. Ces histoires intimes révèlent les rapports à la religion, à la colonisation, à soi, à l’autre ? De lettre en lettre, Marie-Louise et les petits Chinois d’Afrique met en lumière un pan de l’histoire du Québec qui s’interprète comme le récit aux multiples couches de femmes et d’hommes en quête de relations avec le monde.
Canada

Ongoing efforts to tackle syphilis in NT desert communities, as outbreak continues - Allisson, Charmayne (ABC News, 2024)
Syphilis is continuing to spread in remote Indigenous communities across Australia. The sexually transmitted disease was almost eradicated, until an outbreak began in 2011.
Australia

The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest - Gomez-Garcia, Juan Sebastian (TheCollector, 2024)
From the late 19th to mid-20th century, the Amazon rainforest faced intensive rubber exploitation, dubbed “rubber fever,” that caused immense suffering and death.
Brazil

How Brazil’s Experiment Fighting Fake News Led to a Ban on X - Nicas, Jack; Conger, Kate (The New York Times, 2024)
To combat disinformation, Brazil gave one judge broad power to police the internet. Now, after he blocked X, some are wondering whether that was a good idea.
Brazil
Keywords: Brazil; Censorship; Computers and the Internet; Freedom of Speech and Expression; Moraes; Alexandre de (1968- ); Musk; Elon; Politics and Government; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Rumors and Misinformation; Social Media; Supreme Federal Court (Brazil); X (Formerly Twitter)

This Obscure Army Office Is Blocking Repatriation of Native Children’s Remains - Pember, Mary Annette (Truthout, 2024)
The Office of Army Cemeteries is blocking the return of remains of children who died at the infamous Carlisle school.Americas
Americas

Mujeres buscadoras de México y Colombia tejen luchas - EFE Noticias (EFE Noticias, 2024)
Women searching for their missing relatives in Mexico and Colombia unite their struggles in the face of the indifference and abandonment of their countries in the framework of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
Colombia

Escalating Crackdown on Critics - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Azerbaijani authorities have arrested a researcher and political analyst, Bahruz Samadov, on spurious treason charges, in the government’s escalating crackdown against its critics.
Azerbaijan

Indigenous Mothers Fight To Search CIA Experiment Site In Montreal - Leiser, Mathiew (Barron's, 2024)
A group of Indigenous women are hoping to stop the bulldozers at a former Montreal hospital which they believe could hold the truth about children still missing from a grisly half-century-old CIA experiment.
Canada

South Korea Says an Official Leaked a Classified Spy Roster to China - Sang-Hun, Choe (The New York Times, 2024)
The sales of intelligence agency data raised awkward questions as the nation is expanding military information sharing with the United States.
South Korea
Keywords: Bribery and Kickbacks; China; Classified Information and State Secrets; Cyberwarfare and Defense; Defense and Military Forces; Espionage and Intelligence Services; International Relations; Korean War; North Korea; Nuclear Weapons; Politics and Government; South Korea; United States; Yanji (China)

South Korea Says an Official Leaked a Classified Spy Roster to China - Sang-Hun, Choe (The New York Times, 2024)
The sales of intelligence agency data raised awkward questions as the nation is expanding military information sharing with the United States.
China
Keywords: Bribery and Kickbacks; China; Classified Information and State Secrets; Cyberwarfare and Defense; Defense and Military Forces; Espionage and Intelligence Services; International Relations; Korean War; North Korea; Nuclear Weapons; Politics and Government; South Korea; United States; Yanji (China)

South Korea Says an Official Leaked a Classified Spy Roster to China - Sang-Hun, Choe (The New York Times, 2024)
The sales of intelligence agency data raised awkward questions as the nation is expanding military information sharing with the United States.
United States of America
Keywords: Bribery and Kickbacks; China; Classified Information and State Secrets; Cyberwarfare and Defense; Defense and Military Forces; Espionage and Intelligence Services; International Relations; Korean War; North Korea; Nuclear Weapons; Politics and Government; South Korea; United States; Yanji (China)

The Bawdy House Riots of 1668 - Editors, The (JSTOR Daily, 2024)
Though so-called bawdy house riots were common in seventeenth-century London, the disorder of 1668 revealed the city’s deep political and religious resentments.
United Kingdom

Families of ‘Disappeared’ Persecuted - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The Sri Lankan government continues to persecute the families of victims of enforced disappearance who seek to enforce their rights.
Sri Lanka

Signs, props and light-up wristbands − the 2024 political conventions find a home in the Smithsonian collections - Jerry, Claire; Grinspan, Jon; Graddy, Lisa Kathleen (The Conversation, 2024)
The Whigs started holding political conventions in the 1830s − and historians from the Smithsonian who visited the GOP and Democratic conventions this year found the tradition is still very vibrant.
United States of America

Partnering with the Netherlands to Strengthen Legal Identity Management in MENA Countries - International Organization for Migration (International Organization for Migration, 2024)
“Legal identity is particularly important for migrants, who often face multiple challenges and vulnerabilities in accessing and maintaining their legal identity documents,” according to Asmara Achcar, Deputy Regional Director for Operations at IOM Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa.
Africa

In Timor-Leste, Guterres celebrates past unity and looks to the future - Timor Leste (UN News, 2024)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres received a warm welcome in the capital of Timor-Leste on Wednesday where he hailed the 25th anniversary of its vote for independence, praising the national unity of the past, and pledging the UN’s unwavering support in the future. |
Timor Leste

Condemnation for new Taliban ‘virtue and vice’ order targeting women - UN News (UN News, 2024)
A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that “completely erase” women’s presence in public, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling for it to be immediately revoked. |
Afghanistan

Guterres strongly condemns Burkina Faso terror attack; hundreds killed and injured - UN News (UN News, 2024)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of around 200 people in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho at the weekend, which left a further 140 injured. |
Burkina Faso

l’ONU demande l’abrogation immédiate d’une loi sur « la morale » visant les femmes - UN News (UN News, 2024)
Le Bureau des droits de l’homme de l’ONU a demandé, mardi, « l’abrogation immédiate » d’une nouvelle loi sur « la morale » qui durcit davantage les restrictions imposées aux femmes en Afghanistan, relevant que celle-ci pourrait « rendre invisible et sans voix la moitié de la population afghane ». |
Afghanistan

Through the lens of Czech-British photographer Liba Taylor: The power of photography - Elmira Lyapina (Global Voices, 2024)
“People don’t just sit and wait for aid, but when there’s no condition to survive, they don’t have another choice” explains documentary photographer Liba Taylor, famous for documenting human resilience to adversity.
Czech Republic

Through the lens of Czech-British photographer Liba Taylor: The power of photography - Elmira Lyapina (Global Voices, 2024)
“People don’t just sit and wait for aid, but when there’s no condition to survive, they don’t have another choice” explains documentary photographer Liba Taylor, famous for documenting human resilience to adversity.
Slovakia

UN Report Details Sri Lanka’s Dire Rights Situation - Ganguly, Meenakshi (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The Sri Lankan government has been trying to persuade international partners of its achievements in reforming the economy and protecting human rights. However, a new report by the United Nations high commissioner for human rights warns that Sri Lanka is facing renewed threats to fundamental freedoms.
Sri Lanka

The Geneva Conventions: ‘Rules of war’ saved me, says former child soldier - UN News (UN News, 2024)
Seventy-five years since the ratification of the Geneva Conventions, a former child soldier-turned foreign minister of Sierra Leone has urged greater international support for the key accords, highlighting their importance in rehabilitating him and tens of thousands of his fellow compatriots following the country’s bitter civil war. |
Sierra Leone

UNITAD Delivers Processed Information to Kurdistan Regional Government - United Nations Iraq (United Nations Iraq, 2024)
This information, received from judicial and non-judicial authorities in the Kurdistan Region in support of the UNITAD mandate, was enhanced by the Team through categorization and tagging, and analyzed for legal review. It represents an important step forward towards facilitating the rapid identification and handling of information that may be relevant to investigations when used in conjunction with appropriate e-discovery software and remains critical for accountability efforts in Iraq and beyond.
Iraq

UNITAD Delivers Processed Information to Kurdistan Regional Government - United Nations Iraq (United Nations Iraq, 2024)
This information, received from judicial and non-judicial authorities in the Kurdistan Region in support of the UNITAD mandate, was enhanced by the Team through categorization and tagging, and analyzed for legal review. It represents an important step forward towards facilitating the rapid identification and handling of information that may be relevant to investigations when used in conjunction with appropriate e-discovery software and remains critical for accountability efforts in Iraq and beyond.
Kurdistan

Policing the Holocaust in Paris - Wills, Matthew (JSTOR Daily, 2024)
Unlike in the rest of Nazi-occupied Europe, the arrest of Jewish people was largely in the hands of ordinary policemen in France, especially in Paris.
France

For Young Cambodians, a Mobile History Lesson From a Dark Time - Anton L. Delgado (New York Times, 2024)
About two-thirds of Cambodia’s population is under 30, born a generation or more after the genocidal rule of the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s. Many of those young people have only a general awareness of its atrocities, which left at least 1.7 million Cambodians dead.
Cambodia

How France's diverse forces were 'whitewashed' during the liberation of Paris - Chemam, Melissa (RFI, 2024)
As France commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Paris this weekend – a pivotal victory over Nazi forces – there's a renewed focus on the long-forgotten colonial soldiers who were excluded from much of the liberation, the victory parade and the subsequent battles of 1944.
France

The Peekskill Riots Revealed the Racism and Antisemitism Hidden Beneath the Surface of the Anti-Communist Movement - Schuerman, Matthew (Smithsonian Magazine, 2024)
In the summer of 1949, World War II veterans protested a pair of concerts held by Paul Robeson, a Black singer and civil rights activist who expressed support for communist causes
United States of America

Les Rohingyas confrontés à de nouvelles atrocités - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Au Myanmar, les musulmans rohingyas sont confrontés aux menaces les plus graves depuis 2017, lorsque l’armée de ce pays a mené une vaste campagne de massacres, de viols et d’incendies criminels dans l’État de Rakhine.
Myanmar

Climate Change Response in Asia and Pacific Held Back by Insufficient Data - Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank, 2024)
Policy makers in Asia and the Pacific are struggling to collect and analyze the data they need to effectively respond to climate change, hampering efforts in a region considered the world’s most vulnerable to the effects of a warming planet.
Asia

Australian Children Facing ‘Egregious’ Violations in Justice System - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
On Tuesday, Australia’s National Children’s Commissioner released a report, “Help way earlier!”, that finds that Australia is failing to protect children’s rights in its criminal justice system.
Australia

New Atrocities against Rohingya - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are facing the gravest threats since 2017, when the Myanmar military carried out a sweeping campaign of massacres, rape, and arson in northern Rakhine State.
Myanmar

Tesha Miller claims rights breach over lack of access to documents - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
Reputed leader of the St Catherine-based Clansman Gang Tesha Miller is objecting to the electronic serving of material by the Crown on the basis that he cannot electronically access them while being incarcerated to prepare his defence.
Jamaica

Digital rights NGO files complaints against European Parliament for data breach - Julia Tar (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Following a major breach of the European Parliament's recruitment system in April 2024, when sensitive personal information was exposed, Noyb filed two legal complaints for alleged data protection law violations against the EU institute.
European Union

NGOs launch missing persons portal in El Salvador - The New Humanitarian (The New Humanitarian, 2024)
A group of NGOs in El Salvador launched an online portal on 22 August to collect information about cases of missing people who have disappeared during the country’s more than two-year crackdown on gangs.
El Salvador

New transitional justice law aids wider search for truth - UN News (UN News, 2024)
The adoption of new transitional justice legislation in Nepal marks an important step in the nation’s long journey towards accountability and reconciliation
Nepal

Conscription Used to Punish Prosecutors, Judges - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Burkina Faso's military authorities are misusing an emergency law to unlawfully conscript magistrates – prosecutors and judges – who have opened legal proceedings against junta supporters.
Burkina Faso

La conscription est utilisée pour punir des procureurs et des juges - Human Rights Watch (2024)
Les autorités militaires du Burkina Faso utilisent de façon abusive une loi d’urgence afin d’enrôler illégalement des magistrats – procureurs et juges – qui ont lancé des procédures judiciaires à l’encontre de partisans de la junte.
Burkina Faso

The report on murdered and missing Indigenous women, children fails to hold anyone to account—it's not enough - Brown, Chay; Shaw, Commie (Phys.Org, 2024)
After two years and 16 hearings, the Senate Inquiry into Missing and Murdered First Nations women handed down its report yesterday. While important, it was not the moment of reckoning many of us had hoped for.
Australia

A documentary investigates deaths of indigenous children at Canadian boarding schools - Folkenflik, Davif (NPR, 2024)
In Canada, Indigenous children from Native tribes were routinely sent to boarding schools well into the 20th century. Many of those children were physically or sexually abused and others did not return home. Now, a number of investigations are underway at several schools to determine if some children may have been buried there.
Canada

A coffee plantation in Brazil enslaved Africans. Centuries later, their descendants have taken over - Rogiero, Tiago (The Guardian, 2024)
And what was once the headquarters of a slaveholding empire has been claimed by descendants of those who were once forced to work there. They recently secured funding from the Brazilian government to transform Ruins Park into a museum and school of jongo, an Afro-Brazilian tradition that mixes music, dance, spirituality and storytelling.
Brazil

Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Iraq’s parliament is moving forward an amendment to the country’s Personal Status Law that would allow Iraqi religious authorities, rather than state law, to govern marriage and inheritance matters at the expense of fundamental rights.
Iraq

L'opportunité historique » pour une gouvernance ancrée sur l’Etat de droit (ONU) - ONU Info (UN News, 2024)
La transition au Bangladesh est une « opportunité historique » pour une gouvernance inclusive ancrée dans les droits de l’homme et l’Etat de droit, a estimé vendredi le chef des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies, Volker Türk. |
Bangladesh

New political era in Bangladesh provides ‘historic opportunity’ for reform - UN News (UN News, 2024)
The political transition underway in Bangladesh represents an historic opportunity to ensure governance is anchored in human rights, inclusivity and the rule of law, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday.
Bangladesh

What's Next for Morocco's Indigenous Sahrawi People? - Hill, Thomas (Inkstick, 2024)
A decades-long war has shifted toward a conclusion as more countries recognize Morocco’s claim of sovereignty over the Western Sahara.
Morocco

Doctor’s Rape, Murder in India Sparks Protests - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Thousands of Indians have taken to the streets to protest the rape and murder of a doctor in a government hospital in Kolkata city last week. They are demanding justice and better security and facilities at medical campuses and hospitals.
India

En Inde, le viol et le meurtre d’une médecin déclenchent des manifestations - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Il faut appliquer les lois contre les abus sexuels, y compris sur le lieu de travail.
India

Parallel lives: Indigenous women united by murder, driven by desperation for change - Lyons, Kate (The Guardian, 2024)
Kirby Bentley’s aunt and Courtney Ugle’s mother were both killed by their partners. As the inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women reports, they demand to be heard
Australia

L'ex-commandant rebelle de la LRA Thomas Kwoyelo déclaré coupable de crimes de guerre - RFI (RFI, 2024)
Un tribunal ougandais a déclaré mardi 13 août l'ancien commandant de la rébellion de l'Armée de résistance du Seigneur (LRA), Thomas Kwoyelo, coupable de 44 chefs d'accusation relevant de crimes de guerre et de crimes contre l'humanité. Arrêté il y a maintenant plus de 15 ans dans le parc de la Garamba en République démocratique du Congo, il est le premier responsable de la LRA à avoir été jugé par une cour nationale.
Uganda

Michel Band society looks for scattered descendants as it pushes to re-establish First Nation - Schwientek, Samantha (CBC News, 2024)
''When we lost the band, we lost everything,' says Michel descendant Brandy Callihoo
Canada

Five Years of Silence and Struggle in Kashmir - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
New media laws have stifled reporting, creating a climate of fear among journalists. Local newspaper editors have been replaced by state-supported staff, and entire archives have been erased.
India

Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages - Barton, Fraser (The North West Star, 2024)
Indigenous languages will be gathered from across Australia for an archive project aimed at preserving them and their hundreds of dialects. The University of Queensland and Australian Research Data Commons will develop the archive, also intended to help people better understand the myriad of native tongues and explore their heritage, culture and history.
Australia

Preserving Peace and Memory: The Launch of TSGM Archives Preservation and Digitization Project Phase II | UNESCO - UNESCO (UNESCO, 2024)
UNESCO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), is proud to announce the signing of the Project – “Peace Education, Archives Preservation and Digitalization, and Site Conservation for Youth Empowerment (PEACE)” also known as “Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives Preservation and Digitization Project Phase II”, with the generous support of $3 million from KOICA.
Cambodia

Immigrant advocates begin documenting civil-rights abuses under Texas' Operation Lone Star - Nowlin, Sanford (San Antonio Current, 2024)
Activists say they now have a 'documentation tool' to record complaints from asylum seekers who say they suffered abuse by Texas Guard troops.
United States of America

Discours prononcé par le Procureur de la CPI, Karim A. A. Khan KC, devant le Conseil de sécurité de l’Organisation des Nations Unies à propos de la situation au Darfour, en application de la résolution 1593 (2005). - International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court, 2024)
Monsieur le Président, permettez-moi tout d’abord de vous remercier de me donner à nouveau l’occasion d’informer le Conseil de sécurité sur la situation au Darfour, mais aussi de vous adresser, ainsi qu’à la Sierra Leone, mes sincères félicitations pour votre accession à la présidence du Conseil pour le mois d’août. J’aimerais également remercier le représentant permanent du Soudan pour sa présence.
Sudan

Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A. A. Khan KC, to the United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Darfur, pursuant to Resolution 1593 (2005). - International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court, 2024)
ICC Prosecutor's briefing to the Security Council on the issue of Dafur, Sudan.
Sudan

Au Sénégal, le sacrifice des femmes de Nder - Afrique, mémoires d'un continent - RFI (RFI, 2024)
S’immoler par le feu pour résister et dire non à l’esclavage, c’est le choix fait le 7 mars 1820 par les femmes de Nder, capitale du royaume du Waalo au Sénégal. Afrique, mémoires d’un continent, retrace cette semaine le destin tragique de ces résistantes qui, face aux envahisseurs maures et leurs alliés les Toucouleur, ont opté pour une mort dans la dignité.
Senegal

This story of '60s Catholic social justice still has power decades later - Arellno, Gustavo (National Catholic Reporter, 2024)
When I served as dramaturg for the Los Angeles-based Center Theatre Group's reading of "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine" by Fr. Daniel Berrigan, I didn't expect how profound the experience would be for my Catholicism.
United States of America

Former England players accuse RFU of ‘suppressing data’ in brain injuries case - Hughes, Matt (The Guardian, 2024)
‘Crucial’ medical documents have not been disclosed, according to a complaint signed by former players.
United Kingdom
Keywords: Concussion in sport; England rugby union team; Rugby league; Rugby union; Sport; Wales rugby union team

Landmark Verdict in Stadium Mass Killings Trial - Human Rights Watch (2024)
A Guinean court on July 31 convicted Guinea’s former president Moussa Dadis Camara and seven others in a landmark trial for rapes and killings of protesters in 2009. This is the first time crimes against humanity have been prosecuted in Guinea.
Guinea

Verdict historique dans le procès du massacre du stade - Human Rights Watch (2024)
Le 31 juillet 2024, un tribunal en Guinée a condamné l’ancien président guinéen autoproclamé, Moussa Dadis Camara, et sept autres personnes, lors d’un procès historique pour des viols et des meurtres de manifestants commis en 2009.
Guinea

Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement with Texas in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition - Associated Press (The Gleaner, 2024)
Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, officials said Tuesday. Texas Attorney General Ken...
United States of America

Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in abusive U.S. boarding schools - Brown, Matthew (The Globe and Mail, 2024)
Marked and unmarked graves were found at 65 of the more than 400 U.S. boarding schools that were established to forcibly assimilate Native American children into white society.
United States of America
Keywords: Education & Learning; Politics; Social Issues

Call for Artists, Writers, and Academics: “Creative Responses to Holocaust Materialities” – A special issue of Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History - Cheryl Oestreicher (Publishing in the Archives Profession, 2024)
In this special issue, we aim to further examine the ‘material turn’ of Holocaust studies through the lens of creative practices, which remains an understudied area of this movement. Our scope includes contemporaneous and non-contemporaneous artistic, cultural, and literary works, established by those with and without a direct connection to this history.
Worldwide

Ukraine’s death-defying art rescuers - Higgins, Charlotte (The Guardian, 2024)
When Putin invaded, a historian in Kyiv saw that Ukraine’s cultural heritage was in danger. So he set out to save as much of it as he could.
Ukraine
Keywords: Art; Culture; Museums; Russia; Sculpture; Ukraine

CFP: THE MOVING IMAGE – “Accessibility in moving image archives” - Cheryl Oestreicher (Publishing in the Archives Profession, 2024)
This special issue of The Moving Image is situated around the theme of archival accessibility to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the signing of the ADA. Even 35 years later, representation of people with disabilities in moving image archives is low both in the literature and in employment. The goal of this special issue is to reflect on the relationship between disability and moving image archives.
Worldwide

Sri Lanka: Authorities Target Religious Minorities - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Sri Lankan authorities are conducting a campaign to deny Hindus and other religious minorities access to places of worship and other property and redesignate locations as Buddhist sites.
Sri Lanka

Further video and photographic analysis confirm police unlawfully used lethal and less-lethal weapons against protesters - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International urges the Government of Bangladesh and its agencies to respect the right to protest and end this violent crackdown.
Bangladesh

L’analyse de nouvelles vidéos et photos confirme l’usage illégal par la police d’armes meurtrières et à létalité réduite contre les manifestant·e·s - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
La vérification et l’analyse des preuves vidéo et photographiques qui filtrent hors du Bangladesh dressent un sombre tableau.
Bangladesh

Uso ilegítimo de armas letales y de letalidad reducida contra manifestantes en Bangladesh - Amnesty International (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
“Amnistía Internacional insta al Gobierno de Bangladesh y a sus organismos a que respeten el derecho a la protesta y pongan fin a la represión violenta.”
Bangladesh

‘One goal is to destroy Ukrainian identity’: the haunting images of Russia’s prisoners of war - Harding, Luke (The Guardian, 2024)
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, its forces have detained and tortured thousands of fighters and civilians. Here, the photojournalist Zoya Shu recounts five years of documenting their stories
Russian Federation
Keywords: Europe; Global development; Prisons; Russia; Torture; Ukraine; War crimes

‘One goal is to destroy Ukrainian identity’: the haunting images of Russia’s prisoners of war - Harding, Luke (The Guardian, 2024)
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, its forces have detained and tortured thousands of fighters and civilians. Here, the photojournalist Zoya Shu recounts five years of documenting their stories
Ukraine
Keywords: Europe; Global development; Prisons; Russia; Torture; Ukraine; War crimes

HC asks PSC not to destroy documents while application under RTI is pending - The Hindu Bureau (The Hindu, 2024)
In response to an order by the State Information Commission (SIC) directing the Public Service Commission (PSC) to disclose information on a competitive examination, the PSC revealed that it had destroyed the document in question. The Kerala High Court observed that the destruction of the document was improper.
India

Sri Lanka apologises to Muslims for forced Covid cremations against WHO advice - Agence France-Presse (South China Morning Post, 2024)
Sri Lanka’s government formally apologised to the island’s Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding World Health Organization assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe. Sri Lanka’s entire Muslim community – around 10 per cent of the 22 million population – was still traumatised, representatives said.
Sri Lanka

New Zealand landmark report finds 200,000 suffered abuse in care - Armstrong, Katheryn; Ginto (BBC News, 2024)
Some 200,000 children, young people and vulnerable adults suffered abuse while in state and faith-based care in New Zealand over the last 70 years, a landmark investigation has found. It means almost one in three children in care from 1950 to 2019 suffered some form of abuse, including being subject to rape, electric shocks and forced labour, according to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry. The publication of the commission's final report follows a six-year investigation into the experiences of nearly 3,000 people.
New Zealand

Media literacy, fact-checking investment needed to counter disinfo pollution - Zajmi, Xhoi (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Information pollution is poisoning democracy. The proliferation of disinformation has become one of the greatest concerns of the digital age. To build defences, Europe needs to understand the scale of the problem.
Europe

Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined - Ambrose, Jillian (The Guardian, 2024)
Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets.
Ireland
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Business; Energy; Energy industry; Europe; Google; Ireland; Technology sector; World news

Detainees Face Inhumane Treatment - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Israeli forces have been publishing degrading photographs and videos of detained Palestinians, including children, a form of inhumane treatment and an outrage on their personal dignity that amount to war crimes.
Israel

British Library wanted to buy archive of double agent Kim Philby from his widow - Grierson, Jamie (The Guardian, 2024)
National Archives files show officials were troubled by idea of institution enriching widow of Cambridge Five agent
United Kingdom
Keywords: British Library; Espionage; Kim Philby; National Archives; Russia; UK news; World news

Maryland Is on Track to Process a Nearly 50-Year-Old Backlog of Rape Kits - Rentz, Catherine (ProPublica, 2024)
A new law extends the state’s sexual assault evidence protections to cover DNA samples. But getting justice in hundreds of cold cases will require more than just testing, survivors say.
United States of America

Chinese artefacts in repatriation row were ‘given willingly’ to British Museum - Alberge, Dalya (The Observer, 2024)
Amid calls to return antiquities, historian finds documents that reveal many were not result of imperial plunder.
United Kingdom
Keywords: Archaeology; Asia Pacific; British Museum; China; Culture; Heritage; Parthenon marbles

Chinese artefacts in repatriation row were ‘given willingly’ to British Museum - Alberge, Dalya (The Observer, 2024)
Amid calls to return antiquities, historian finds documents that reveal many were not result of imperial plunder.
China
Keywords: Archaeology; Asia Pacific; British Museum; China; Culture; Heritage; Parthenon marbles

Sandra Hemme freed after 43 years in prison for murder she didn’t commit - McArthur, Tom (BBC News, 2024)
Sandra Hemme was 20 years old when she was found guilty of stabbing to death library worker Patricia Jeschke from St Joseph, Missouri, in November 1980. She was given a life sentence. There was no evidence that linked her to the crime other than a confession she gave under heavy sedation in a psychiatric hospital, a review into her case found. Now 64, she is believed to have served the longest known wrongful conviction of a woman in US history according to her representatives.
United States of America

Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa - UN News (UN News, 2024)
On the heels of this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, marked annually on 18 July, we are taking you back in time to an epic moment at the United Nations in the 1990s when the anti-apartheid hero and icon made a historic debut in the UN General Assembly Hall as the first democratically elected President of South Africa. |
South Africa

La Corte Internacional de Justicia declara a Israel responsable de apartheid - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
El 19 de julio de 2024, la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) emitió una opinión consultiva con importantes consecuencias para la protección de los derechos humanos en Palestina bajo los 57 años de ocupación israelí. La opinión se deriva de una solicitud de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en diciembre de 2022 al tribunal para que considerara las consecuencias jurídicas de las políticas y prácticas de Israel en el Territorio Palestino Ocupado.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion on July 19, 2024, with significant consequences for human rights protections in Palestine under Israel’s 57-year occupation. The opinion stems from a December 2022 request by the United Nations General Assembly to the court to consider the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

Archives & Heritage for Palestine - Archives & Heritage for Palestine (Archives & Heritage for Palestine, 2024)
“I think archiving memory, archiving our stories, archiving our current collective history in the making is immensely important to resist both erasure and theft of narrative as well as perversion of narrative all of which are happening at the same time” - susan abulhawa
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

‘MAGA BLACK’ hats, clear swag bags, the first Trump/Vance signs: Highlights of what the Smithsonian is archiving from the Republican convention - Jerry, Claire; Grinspan, Jon (The Conversation, 2024)
Tight security may be the reason that the GOP Convention isn’t filled with the homemade, and often wacky, stuff that’s usually found by Smithsonian political ephemera curators at the event.
United States of America

CFP: Avec Attention: Archives, Archivistes, et Sociétés - Cheryl Oestreicher (Publishing in the Archives Profession, 2024)
Quelle place pour les archives dans une économie de l’attention ? Comment favoriser l’attention aux archives, quelles curiosités encourager et de la part de qui ? Comment l’attention renégocie-t-elle les missions des archivistes ? Quels archivistes pour quelles attentions ?
Worldwide

CFP: “With Attention: Archives, Archivists, and Societies” - Cheryl Oestreicher (Publishing in the Archives Profession, 2024)
What place for archives in an attention economy? How to encourage attention to archives, what curiosities to encourage and from whom? How does attention renegotiate the missions of archivists? Which archivists for which attentions?
Worldwide

“Your Child Does Not Exist Here” - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The 107-page report, “‘Your Child Does Not Exist Here’: Human Rights Abuses Against Children Under El Salvador’s ‘State of Emergency,’” documents arbitrary detention, torture, and other forms of ill-treatment against children under President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs.” Detained children have often faced overcrowding, lack of adequate food and health care, and have been denied access to their lawyers and family members. In some cases, children have been held, in the first days after arrest, alongside adults. Many have been convicted on overly broad charges and in unfair trials that deny due process.
El Savador

Gender apartheid: oppression of women should be made a crime against humanity – feminist academic explains why - Andrews, Penelope (The Conversation, 2024)
A group of women activists is lobbying the committee to consider including in the treaty a new definition aimed at protecting women against all forms of oppression. They are advocating for a definition of this discrimination as “gender apartheid”. The idea is that it would track the definition of racial apartheid by replacing the word “race” with “gender”.
Worldwide

Canada to formally apologize to 9 Dakota, Lakota Nations for historic designation as refugees - CBC News (CBC News, 2024)
The federal government is set to formally apologize to Dakota and Lakota Nations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan on Monday for historically recognizing them as refugees, a label that one chief says turned them into "second-class First Nation citizens."
Canada

Police, APPCB form teams to probe into destruction of government files - Srinivas, Rajulapudi (The Hindu, 2024)
Special teams, comprising the Krishna district police and the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB), are investigating the destruction of records belonging to the APPCB. Officials suspect that the records were burnt to "destroy the evidence on the irregularities”.
India

Belgium museum wrestles with colonial past, with 40,000 objects tainted with violence - Rankin, Jennifer (The Observer, 2024)
Brussels’ AfricaMuseum, founded to glorify a brutal project, faces demands for restitution of exquisite treasures stolen from Belgian Congo
Belgium
Keywords: Africa; Belgium; Colonialism; Culture; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Europe; Museums; World news

Génocide de Srebrenica : « Plus jamais ça », déclarent des mères aux générations futures - UN News (UN News, 2024)
L'ONU a célébré jeudi la première Journée internationale de réflexion et de commémoration du génocide de 1995 à Srebrenica, honorant la mémoire de 8.000 musulmans bosniaques brutalement tués par l'armée serbe de Bosnie. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica genocide: Mothers send warning to future generations, urging ‘never again’ - UN News (UN News, 2024)
The UN on Thursday observed the first International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, honouring the memory of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims brutally killed by the Bosnian Serb army. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Tulsa race massacre affected the ‘economic freedom’ of generations - Evans, Marissa (The Guardian, 2024)
The reality of the court’s decision is that there isn’t a number to quantify Black pain for survivors and their lineage
United States of America
Keywords: Money; Oklahoma; Race; Tulsa race massacre; US news

Linguistic Colonialism: Moroccan Education and its Dark Past - Vikram, Kolli (Harvard Internsational Review, 2024)
In February 2024, the Minister of Education in Morocco unveiled plans to gradually introduce the teaching of the Berber (Amazigh) language in primary schools, marking a significant shift in educational policy. The decision responds to longstanding demands from linguistic activists, underscoring the growing momentum behind efforts to preserve the language and culture of Morocco's indigenous communities.
Morocco

Scandale de Ratodero au Pakistan : des milliers d’enfants positifs au VIH traités comme des parias - Focus - Ghezali, Sonia; Wahlah, Shahzaib (France 24, 2024)
En 2019, au Pakistan, la localité de Ratodero est sous le feu des projecteurs lorsqu’un médecin révèle que des milliers d’enfants ont été contaminés par le VIH. Le scandale de Ratodero est la plus grande épidémie de VIH jamais enregistrée chez des mineurs en Asie. Désormais, ces enfants sont discriminés et traités comme des parias.
Pakistan

How Do You Safeguard Endangered Human Rights History in Peru? - Nikos, Karen Michele (UC Davis, 2024)
Charles Walker, a professor of history in the UC Davis College of Letters and Science, was recently awarded a $100,000 grant to digitize archives from three major human rights organizations in Peru. With this funding from the UCLA Library’s Modern Endangered Archives Program, Walker will partner with co-investigator Ruth Borja Santa Cruz, a professor of history at the University of San Marcos in Peru, to preserve documents that chart a history of human rights in the country.
Peru

Sweeping pattern of systematic attacks and restrictions undermine peaceful protest - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Across Europe, the right of peaceful assembly is coming under severe attack as states increasingly stigmatize, criminalise and crack down on peaceful protesters, imposing unjustified and punitive restrictions and resorting to ever more repressive means to stifle dissent, said Amnesty International in a new report.
Europe

Un patrón arrollador de restricciones y ataques sistemáticos socava la protesta pacífica - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
En toda Europa, el derecho de reunión pacífica está sufriendo una fuerte embestida a medida que los Estados deslegitiman, estigmatizan, criminalizan y reprimen cada vez más a quienes se manifiestan pacíficamente, imponiendo restricciones injustificadas y punitivas y recurriendo a medios cada vez más represivos para acallar la disidencia.
Europe

Reimagining lost visual archives of Black and Indigenous resistance - Ananda Cohen-Aponte (MR Online, 2024)
How can we trace the wounds of colonialism in the art historical record?
Worldwide

'Growing tension' inside the public service over Indigenous self-identification - Forester, Brett (CBC News, 2024)
The top official at Indigenous Services Canada addressed the issue of Indigenous identity in the public service by urging greater honesty in self-identification, signalling what one elder calls “a growing tension” around the issue inside government.
Canada

As climate change threatens island nations, some turn to digitizing their history - Ali Rogin (PBS News, 2024)
As hurricanes grow stronger and more common due to climate change, they raise new threats for island nations — not just to infrastructure, but also to artifacts and documents that help define cultures. Now, two island nations in the Atlantic and the Pacific are taking steps to preserve their threatened histories for future generations.
Worldwide

Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour - James Muldoon; Mark Graham Callum Cant (The Observer, 2024)
Social media content and AI training data are processed in outsource centres in the global south, where long hours, low pay and exposure to disturbing material are the norm
Africa
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); ChatGPT; Chatbots; Computing; Facebook; Meta; Self-driving cars; Technology

En Namibie, le génocide méconnu des Nama et des Herero - RFI (RFI, 2024)
Les troupes coloniales allemandes entre 1904 et 1908 massacrèrent 60 000 Herero et 10 000 Nama. Ce massacre est considéré par les historiens comme le premier génocide du XXème siècle. Afrique, mémoires d’un continent propose de revenir sur ce crime oublié de l’histoire coloniale africaine.
Namibia

L’archidiocèse de Saint-Jean devra payer 104 millions $ aux 300 victimes d’abus sexuels - Zone Justice et faits divers- ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada, 2024)
L'archidiocèse de Saint-Jean à Terre-Neuve devra payer 104 millions $ aux 292 victimes d'abus sexuels dont la majorité l'a été à l'orphelinat Mount Cashel.
Canada

Le parlement proscrit les poursuites pour crimes contre l’humanité commis avant 2002 - Agence France-Presse (La Presse, 2024)
Le parlement péruvien a adopté jeudi un projet de loi qui prescrit les poursuites pour crimes contre l’humanité commis avant 2002, ce qui pourrait profiter à l’ex-président Alberto Fujimori et à des centaines d’anciens soldats accusés d’exactions.
Peru

Lula rétablit une commission sur les crimes de la dictature - Agence France-Presse (La Presse, 2024)
Le président brésilien Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a ordonné jeudi le rétablissement d’une commission d’enquête sur les crimes politiques commis durant la dictature militaire (1964-1985).
Brazil

La droite extrême : si, la France l’a déjà essayée - Allorant, Pierre; Badier, Walter (The Conversation, 2024)
L'extrême droite a déjà, à plusieurs reprises, exercé le pouvoir en France, à la faveur de crises aiguës, conjuguant effondrement national, crise institutionnelle et divisions sociales et politiques. Naturellement, la droite extrême a pris, depuis deux siècles, des visages, des formes et des incarnations variées en fonction des contextes sociaux intérieurs et de la situation internationale.
France

Call for Book Proposals: Palgrave Studies in Queer Literary, Visual and Material Cultures - Cheryl Oestreicher (Publishing in the Archives Profession, 2024)
Palgrave Studies in Queer Literary, Visual and Material Cultures tests, contests and expands the boundaries of queer studies in global and transnational contexts and across historical periods. We welcome titles that bring “queer” cultures and sexualities into conversation with related areas of enquiry, especially critical race theory, trans studies, disability studies, feminist theory, eco-criticism, post-colonial theory, and Marxist theory.
Worldwide

Residential school denialism is an attack on the truth - Fraser, Crystal Gail (The Conversation, 2024)
Although there is now a wide body of public information about residential schools, many people continue to have limited knowledge about them. That provides fertile ground for misinformation.
Canada

NYPD Restores Thousands of Missing Records but Removes Case Numbers From Its Discipline Database - Hernandez, Sergio (ProPublica, 2024)
The department restored more than 2,000 missing discipline records to its public database of uniformed officers, weeks after ProPublica revealed data reliability issues. But it also removed case numbers, making future oversight more difficult.
United States of America

Brazil Prevents Meta from Using People to Power Its AI - Hye Jung Han (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority issued a preliminary ban on Meta's use of personal data of users based in Brazil to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
Brazil

From Yosemite to Bears Ears, Erasing Native Americans From U.S. National Parks - Oatman-Stanford, Hunter (Pocket, 2024)
The foundational myth of America’s National Parks is one of heroic preservation of “pristine wilderness” — but places like Yosemite were already home to thriving communities that cherished the environment around them.
United States of America

Victoire majeure des victimes de stérilisations forcées après une décision de la Cour suprême - Osaki, Tomohiro; Agence France-Presse (La Presse, 2024)
La Cour suprême japonaise a jugé mercredi inconstitutionnelle la loi aujourd’hui caduque ayant conduit à la stérilisation forcée de milliers de personnes dans l’archipel nippon, une victoire majeure pour les victimes.
Japan

Germany admits to genocide for the first time in 120 years - Petersen, Shelleygan (The Namibian, 2024)
The German government has for the first time in 120 years admitted that the 1904-1908 massacre that killed more than 60 000 Nama and Herero people should be classified as a genocide.
Namibia
Keywords: Germany

Deepening the data on refugees’ health needs: WHO in Poland pioneers a methodology with far-reaching potential - World Health Organization (World Health Organization News, 2024)
Statistics Poland and WHO have teamed up to explore ways to tackle data limitations in the context of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. In 2022 they conducted the first study to cover a representative sample of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, using mixed methods to unveil not just the numbers but also the human narratives behind the refugee crisis.
Poland

How Sudan's diaspora use WhatsApp voice notes as a collective war archive - AlHadidi, Janine (The New Arab, 2024)
Sudanese families are using WhatsApp voice notes to record their experiences of conflict, coordinate evacuation efforts and keep in touch with family around the world. The collective archive represented by the voice notes offers an opportunity to share Sudanese narratives about conflict, personal histories and culture with the rest of the world.
Sudan

The Israeli army’s use of Palestinian civilians as human shields has been documented on a large scale - Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 2024)
Video footage released by Al Jazeera TV shows the Israeli army using detained Palestinian civilians as human shields and compelling them to enter dangerous combat zones—evidence of a systematic tactic of the army. There are numerous documented instances of civilians being used as human shields by Israeli forces, which is considered a war crime.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

Pictures and the Past. Media, Memory, and the Specter of Fascism in Postmodern Art - Bigman, Alexander (The University of Chicago Press, 2024)
A fresh take on the group of artists known as the Pictures Generation, reinterpreting their work as haunted by the history of fascism, the threat of its return, and the effects of its recurring representation in postwar American culture.
United States of America

Analysis Reveals Damage and Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites in Gaza - Bellingcat Investigation Team (bellingcat, 2024)
The conflict in Gaza has taken an immense human toll – but it has also come at a significant cultural cost.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

Almost forgotten: the fate of lesbian women in Austria - Arolsen Archives - Arolsen Archives (Arolsen Archives, 2024)
Until 1971, homosexuality was strictly forbidden in Austria. For almost 120 years, not only men but also women were charged and convicted of “unnatural same-sex fornication”. During the Nazi era and shortly afterwards, their numbers were particularly high, as research in recent years has shown.
Austria

Network of Concerned Historians : NCH Annual Reports 1995–2024 - Network of Concerned Historians (Network of Concerned Historians, 2024)
The Annual Reports contain news about the domain where history and human rights intersect, especially about the censorship of history and the persecution of historians, archivists and archaeologists around the globe, as reported by various human rights organizations and other sources.
Worldwide

Inter-American Court Orders Opening of Military Archives - National Security Archive (National Security Archive, 2023)
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights set a new legal precedent for access to human rights information when it ordered the government of Bolivia to open historical military archives concerning a case of assassination and forced disappearance.
Bolivia

Indian Temples Are Scanning Visitors’ Faces - Bhandari, Bibek (Foreign Policy, 2024)
Data privacy advocates fear a testing ground for mass religious surveillance.
India

Call for proposals | CFP: Treinta y tres (Latinx Oral Histories) - Oestreicher, Cheryl (Publishing in the Archives Profession, 2024)
The Center for Latino and Latin American Studies at Northern Illinois University invites you to submit proposals for its sixth annual interdisciplinary conference, Treinta y tres, to be held on November 21-22, 2024.
Central America

China tightens law on handling disasters including information flows - Ethan Wang; Liz Lee (Reuters, 2024)
Legal revisions aim to "improve the ability for emergency prevention and response" and refine how information is disseminated about natural disasters, accidents and public health emergencies.
China

Uncovered: 428-year-old secret dossier reveals Elizabeth I’s network of spies - Ferguson, Donna (The Observer, 2024)
A list compiled by spymaster Robert Cecil gives an insight into the beginnings of the secret service.
United Kingdom
Keywords: England; Espionage; UK news

Great science, uncomfortable history: Sir Gustav Nossal and the long tail of eugenics - Shepherd, Tory (The Guardian, 2024)
Book says one of Australia’s most eminent scientists promoted discussion of eugenics in the 1960s and 70s, but not that he supported racist ideas – and researchers praise his thorough commitment to reconciliation and racial justice.
Australia
Keywords: Australia news; Australian universities; Biology; Genetics; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous peoples; Melbourne; Race; Science

Witnesses Describe Police Killing Protesters - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Kenyan security forces shot directly into crowds of protesters on June 25, 2024, including protesters who were fleeing.
Kenya

Sierra Leone Acts to Ban Child Marriage - Kabari, Betty (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Last week, Sierra Leone’s parliament enacted landmark legislation to ban child marriage. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2024, which makes marriage for anyone under 18 a criminal offense, seeks to protect girls from a harmful practice that has long violated their rights and hindered their development.
Sierra Leone

Ne pas oublier de se souvenir. La protection des données comme défi pour les archives de la Suisse. Un état des lieux - Hafner, Urs (Association des archivistes suisses, 2024)
Le comité directeur se réjouit de rendre accessible sur le site de l’AAS le rapport d'Urs Hafner « Ne pas oublier de se souvenir. La protection des données
Switzerland

US charges Russian with conspiring to destroy Kyiv computer systems - Karen Middleton (The Guardian, 2024)
A Russian has been charged with conspiring to hack and destroy computer systems and data in Ukraine and allied countries including the US.
Russian Federation
Keywords: Russia; Ukraine

Stella Assange urges journalists to FOI the US government to get case details - Middleton, Karen (The Guardian, 2024)
Stella Assange says it’s now up to others to dig out information after ban imposed on WikiLeaks founder
United States of America
Keywords: Australia news; Julian Assange; Media; US news; WikiLeaks

President Biden pardons veterans convicted under regulation used to keep LGBTQ members from serving - Wang, Selina; Martinez, Luis; Haslett (ABC News, 2024)
President Biden has pardoned veterans who were convicted by the military under a regulation that allowed people to be kicked out for being gay.
United States of America

Privacy Technologies and Policy - Rainnenberg, Kai; Drogkaris, Prokopios; Lauradoux, Cédric (Springer, 2024)
The conference proceedings APF 2023 focuses on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Security and Privacy and much more.
Worldwide

"Traitées comme des déchets": les féminicides d'autochtones, un drame occulté du Canada - AFP (Orange Actualités, 2024)
Depuis deux ans, dans le centre du Canada, les restes de femmes amérindiennes croupissent dans une décharge où un tueur en série les a jetés après les avoir assassinées. Cette affaire est le dernier chapitre marquant d'une longue histoire de violences contre les femmes autochtones du Canada: souvent cibles de meurtriers, elles sont mal protégées par les autorités accusées de faire peu de cas de leurs dossiers.
Canada

Algorithms should not control what people see, UN chief says, launching Global Principles for Information Integrity - UN News (UN News, 2024)
The United Nations launched new Global Principles for Information Integrity on Monday, emphasizing the need for immediate action to address the harms caused by misinformation, disinformation and hate speech.
Worldwide

Les algorithmes ne devraient pas contrôler ce que les gens voient, déclare le chef de l'ONU - UN News (UN News, 2024)
Les Nations Unies ont présenté lundi de nouveaux Principes mondiaux pour l'intégrité de l'information, soulignant la nécessité d'une action immédiate pour remédier aux dommages causés par les informations fausses et trompeuses et les discours de haine.
Worldwide

Bryan Stevenson, l’histoire comme arme juridique - Maille, Edward (RFI, 2024)
Bryan Stevenson a passé sa carrière à défendre des condamnés à mort, des innocents injustement incarcérés ou ayant eu des peines de prison qu’il juge disproportionnées. Avec son organisation Equal Justice Initiative, il cherche désormais à commémorer et raconter la violence dont ont été victimes les Afro-américains. Il vient d’ouvrir en mars un parc commémoratif en Alabama consacré à l’esclavage.
United States of America

New Mass Media Law Threatens Freedom of Speech, Information in Kazakhstan - Hugh Williamson (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Although Kazakhstan’s new mass media law has some amendments that should improve the status quo, its ambiguity and the restrictive nature of other provisions threaten to create obstacles to the work of local and foreign journalists.
Kazakhstan

UK government weighs action against Russian hackers over NHS records theft - Campbell, Denis; Milmo, Dan (The Guardian, 2024)
National Crime Agency may take retaliatory measures after Qilin gang steals data covering 300m patient interactions.
United Kingdom
Keywords: Cybercrime; England; Hacking; Health; NHS; Russia; Society; Technology; UK news; World news

La CPI lève les scellés du mandat d’arrêt à l’encontre d’Iyad Ag Ghaly - International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court News, 2024)
Aujourd’hui, le 21 juin 2024, la Chambre préliminaire I de la Cour pénale internationale (« CPI » ou « la Cour ») a, à la demande du Procureur, rendu public le mandat d’arrêt à l’encontre d’Iyad Ag Ghaly pour des crimes de guerre et des crimes contre l’humanité qui auraient été commis au nord du Mali entre janvier 2012 et janvier 2013. Le mandat d’arrêt avait été initialement délivré sous scellés le 18 juillet 2017. M. Ghaly n’est pas détenu par la CPI.
Mali

ICC unseals arrest warrant against Iyad Ag Ghaly - International Criminal Court (ICC) (International Criminal Court News, 2024)
Today, 21 June 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”), at the request of the Prosecutor, made public an arrest warrant against Iyad Ag Ghaly for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in northern Mali between January 2012 and January 2013. The arrest warrant was initially issued under seal on 18 July 2017. Mr Ghaly is not detained by the ICC.
Mali

All the places where it's illegal to be LGBTQ+ – and why it's colonialism's fault - Kelleher, Patrick (PinkNews, 2024)
We take a look at all the countries and territories where it is still illegal to be gay or LGBTQ+ – and examine the role colonialism played.
Worldwide

Comment bien évaluer l'impact de la désinformation en ligne, pour mieux riposter? - Malibeaux, Sophie (RFI, 2024)
Le public s’informe de plus en plus sur les réseaux sociaux. La tendance est mondiale, comme on le constate cette année encore dans la grande enquête du Digital news report de Reuters. Cela nous expose de plus en plus fréquemment à des contenus toxiques et trompeurs. Six personnes sur dix se disent préoccupées par cette évolution. Pour autant, surréagir est aussi nocif que de minimiser les risques. D'où l'importance des travaux visant à cerner au mieux la réalité de la menace informationnelle.
Worldwide

Increased Attacks on Education During War | Human Rights Watch - Neff, Zama (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Attacks on education and military use of schools during armed conflict rose by an alarming 20 percent in 2022 and 2023 compared with the previous two years, according to a new report by the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA).
Worldwide

Concern over Indigenous identity fraud heightened by government definitions: minister - Passafiume, Alessia (CTVNews, 2024)
The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations says a lot of talk about the issue of so-called Indigenous identity fraud is based around apprehensions people have about the government defining who is – and who isn't – a rights-holder.
Canada

Barrick Gold calls United Nations human rights abuses 'unsubstantiated' - Surran, Carl (Seeking Alpha, 2024)
Barrick Gold disputes UN allegations of human rights violations at its North Mara mine in Tanzania, calling them misconceptions and inaccuracies.
Tanzania, United Republic of

Smithsonian Museum Debuts Online Portal of Slavery Artifacts - Article, Adam Schrader ShareShare This (Artnet News, 2024)
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has launched an online portal featuring 146 slave badges from Charleston, South Carolina, that it acquired in 2022.
United States of America

Deluge of ‘pink slime’ websites threaten to drown out truth with fake news in US election - Berger, Eric (The Guardian, 2024)
US sites pushing misinformation are proliferating, aiming to look like reliable sources as local newspapers close down.
United States of America
Keywords: Democrats; Media; Newspapers; Newspapers & magazines; Republicans; US elections 2024; US news; US politics

Forced Russified Education Under Occupation - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Russian authorities are suppressing the Ukrainian language and curriculum, imposing the Russian curriculum, anti-Ukrainian propaganda, and Russian as the language of instruction in schools in areas of Ukraine that Russia is occupying,
Russian Federation

Forced Russified Education Under Occupation - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Russian authorities are suppressing the Ukrainian language and curriculum, imposing the Russian curriculum, anti-Ukrainian propaganda, and Russian as the language of instruction in schools in areas of Ukraine that Russia is occupying,
Ukraine

Russification forcée de l'enseignement dans les zones occupées. - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Dans les régions de l’est de l’Ukraine occupées par la Russie, les autorités imposent des programmes scolaires russes, uniquement dans cette langue et diffusant une propagande anti-ukrainienne.
Ukraine

Russification forcée de l'enseignement dans les zones occupées. - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Dans les régions de l’est de l’Ukraine occupées par la Russie, les autorités imposent des programmes scolaires russes, uniquement dans cette langue et diffusant une propagande anti-ukrainienne.
Russian Federation

How Taiwan fights the disinformation war - Huynh Tam Sang; Tong Thai Thien; Le Thi Yen Nhi (The Interpreter, 2024)
Newly inaugurated president Lai Ching-te will need to collaborate inside and outside the state to counter China’s cognitive warfare.
East Asia

Burkina Faso Junta Again Suspends TV News Broadcasts - Ilaria Allegrozzi (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The decision by Burkina Faso's media regulatory body to suspend broadcasts of the French news network TV5 is the latest attempt to crack down on independent media and access to information in the West African country.
Burkina Faso

Le Burkina Faso suspend de nouveau des émissions d’information télévisées - Ilaria Allegrozzi (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
La décision prise par l’organe de régulation des médias au Burkina Faso de suspendre les émissions de la chaîne de télévision française TV5, est une nouvelle tentative de museler les médias indépendants et l’accès à l’information dans ce pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest.
Burkina Faso

How data shapes political narratives amid the 2024 super-elections - Rafaela Landikusic (Global Voices, 2024)
The age of data might seem like a modern concept, but the notion of using information for political advantage has a long history.
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UN chief warns of ‘cyber mercenaries’ amid spike in weaponising digital tools - UN News (UN News, 2024)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday highlighted the dual-edged nature of cyberspace, stressing its potential for both immense benefits and significant risks when misused. |
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U.S. and Colombia Should Purge False Information on NGOs from Intelligence Archives - Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA, 2024)
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) calls upon the Colombian president and the U.S. president to review and purge intelligence archives containing false information that could cause security problems and other consequences. The statement refers to the impact false information has had on the lives of Colombians.
Colombia

Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups - Brooks, Cornell William; Bilmes, Linda J. (The Conversation, 2024)
Since the 1930s, the US federal government has made payments to victims of financial hardships and social injustices. But for those suffering from the harms of slavery, the US remains silent.
United States of America

Russia denial of access to archives on Soviet political repression violates freedom of expression - Emma Burns (JURISTnews, 2024)
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia had violated the right to freedom of expression by refusing access to archival documents about the history of Soviet political repression.
Europe

Freedom of association is a human right. Why are garment workers still denied it? - Webb, Bella (Vogue Business, 2024)
A new report from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre reveals a concerning trend of suppliers undermining trade unions and blocking meaningful dialogue with workers. Experts say it’s time for brands to step up.
Worldwide

European Court of Human Rights: Win for the right to truth about human rights atrocities - ARTICLE 19 (ARTICLE 19, 2024)
The Court found that the Russian government’s restrictions on accessing archival documents and information violated individuals’ and researchers’ rights to freedom of expression and access to information. This decision is important in cementing recognition that access to information encompasses the right of relatives of victims of gross human rights violations and researchers to access historical archives about past atrocities.
Europe

China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups - Davidson, Helen (The Guardian, 2024)
Report finds that religious, historical and cultural references have been removed by Beijing.
China
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In Iraq, a New Tool Helps Forensic Doctors Document Sexual Violence and Torture - Haddad, Maram (Physicians for Human Rights, 2024)
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in partnership with medical-legal professionals in Iraq have developed a new forensic medical form. The new tool is expected to standardize survivor-centered documentation and improve access to justice.
Iraq

La Cour autorise l’exhumation d’une enfant crie qui pourra être inhumée chez elle - Saint-Arnaud, Pierre (La Presse, 2024)
Le corps d’une enfant de la nation crie décédée en 1966 sera exhumé à la demande de sa famille afin que sa dépouille puisse être rapatriée et inhumée dans sa communauté, 58 ans plus tard, pour qu’elle repose enfin chez elle.
Canada

L’apartheid fondé sur le genre doit être reconnu comme un crime de droit international - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
L’apartheid fondé sur le genre doit être reconnu comme un crime de droit international, en vue de renforcer les initiatives visant à lutter contre les régimes institutionnalisés d’oppression et de domination systématiques imposés pour des motifs liés au genre.
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Les Dames de Ravensbrück - Archives de l'État en Belgique - Pahaut, Claire (Archives de l'État en Belgique, 2024)
Quatre-vingts ans après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, nous disposons (enfin) du récit des 2.250 femmes déportées depuis la Belgique vers le camp de Ravensbrück. L’ouvrage de Claire Pahaut porte sur le seul camp de concentration du régime nazi spécifiquement destiné aux femmes.
Belgium

Les Dames de Ravensbrück - Archives de l'État en Belgique - Pahaut, Claire (Archives de l'État en Belgique, 2024)
Quatre-vingts ans après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, nous disposons (enfin) du récit des 2.250 femmes déportées depuis la Belgique vers le camp de Ravensbrück. L’ouvrage de Claire Pahaut porte sur le seul camp de concentration du régime nazi spécifiquement destiné aux femmes.
Germany

International Criminal Court Members Speak Out - Vignoli, Maria Elena (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Ninety-three member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have declared their “unwavering support” for the court in the face of recent threats.
Worldwide

A Notorious Photograph From a US Massacre in the Philippines Reveals an Ugly Truth - Wagner, Kim A (New Lines Magazine, 2024)
A shocking image of the atrocity by the American military at Bud Dajo in 1906 survived but failed to become a humanitarian touchstone
Philippines

A Notorious Photograph From a US Massacre in the Philippines Reveals an Ugly Truth - Wagner, Kim A (New Lines Magazine, 2024)
A shocking image of the atrocity by the American military at Bud Dajo in 1906 survived but failed to become a humanitarian touchstone
United States of America

Gender apartheid must be recognized as a crime under international law - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Gender apartheid must be recognized as a crime under international law in order to strengthen efforts to combat institutionalized regimes of systematic oppression and domination imposed on the grounds of gender, said Amnesty International.
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El 'apartheid' de género debe ser reconocido como crimen de derecho internacional - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
“El apartheid de género debe ser reconocido como crimen de derecho internacional a fin de intensificar los esfuerzos para combatir los regímenes institucionalizados de opresión y dominación sistemáticas impuestas por motivos de género”, ha afirmado hoy Amnistía Internacional.
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22 Ida B. Wells Quotes About Injustice, Truth and Virtue - Beck, Laura (Parade, 2024)
Ida B. Wells was a remarkable human: a groundbreaking African American journalist, civil rights leader and anti-lynching activist. Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862 (just before the Emancipation Proclamation), Wells went on to dedicate her life to passionately campaigning against lynching and fighting for racial justice. It's no wonder there are so many powerful Ida B. Wells quotes to share.
United States of America

E. Ewoulé Lobé: «Les espaces que l'État laisse aux communautés autochtones sont limités» - Ewoulé Lobé, Estelle (RFI, 2024)
Ils sont les peuples autochtones. On les connaît aussi sous le nom de Pygmées. En Afrique centrale, ce sont les gardiens de l’immense forêt du bassin du Congo. Mais aujourd’hui, ils font face à deux problèmes majeurs, la déforestation et la création d’aires protégées, auxquelles ils n’ont plus accès. Au Cameroun, Estelle Ewoulé Lobé se mobilise en leur faveur.
Africa

L’Église catholique américaine s’excuse pour les « traumatismes » infligés aux Autochtones - Agen ce France-Presse (La Presse, 2024)
Les évêques catholiques américains ont reconnu vendredi leur rôle dans « les traumatismes » infligés aux Autochtones et présenté leurs excuses, notamment concernant les enfants retirés de leurs familles pour être assimilés de force dans des pensionnats.
United States of America

Oklahoma court dismisses bid for Tulsa Race Massacre reparations - Cabral, Sam (BBC News, 2024)
Some 300 black people were killed in the 1921 massacre - but nobody has been held responsible. Survivors of one of the biggest race massacres in US history have consequently lost their historic legal bid for reparations over the attack.
United States of America

A battle against disinformation was won - Gotev, Georgi (Euractiv, 2024)
We may like or dislike the results of the European elections, but we can safely say that no major incidents involving propaganda and disinformation took place in the days of 6-9 June, which amounts to a victory for those who are busy countering this threat.
Europe

The Power of the Image: Preserving UNRWA’s Past and Present for the Future - Jonathan Fowler (UNRWA Newsroom, 2024)
As the war in Gaza rages, causing unprecedented death and destruction, telling its story is a moral imperative. Preserving images from Gaza matters more than ever. Not just to document the spiraling humanitarian tragedy right now but also to preserve it for posterity.
Western Asia

Philadelphia’s 200-year-old disability records show welfare reform movement’s early shift toward rationing care and punishing poor people - Schroeder, Nicole Lee (The Conversation, 2024)
Amid rising unemployment, inflation and poverty in the 1830s, Philadelphia taxpayers believed welfare scammers were bleeding coffers dry. Poor lists from 1829 show they were wrong.
United States of America

Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians - Chilcote, Olivia (University of Washington Press, 2024)
An inside account of one Luiseño tribe's history and their efforts to be recognized by the United States. In Unrecognized in California, Olivia M. Chilcote, member of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians of San Diego County, demonstrates how the state's colonial history is foundational to the ongoing crisis over tribal legal status.
United States of America

Ancient farming system and campesino livelihoods at risk in Mexico City - Gabay, Aimee (Mongabay Environmental News, 2024)
XOCHIMILCO, Mexico — In the 70 years Miguel del Valle has worked on his family’s chinampa in Xochimilco, a neighborhood in the south of Mexico City, he has witnessed a huge change in the environment and the attitudes of his neighbors. “Xochimilco was always famous for its vegetables and flowers,” the 80-year-old farmer.
Mexico

Reflecting on Ten Years of HDX - HDX Team (The Centre for Humanitarian Data, 2024)
HDX is an integral platform for the humanitarian data community: 206 organizations are sharing over 20,000 datasets, covering every active humanitarian crisis, with users in 230 countries and territories.
Worldwide

A conversation with Elyse Semerdjian, author of "Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide" - Torosyan, Lilly (The Armenian Weekly, 2024)
“This photograph was never meant to be a precious artifact.” That is the first line in historian Elyse Semerdjian’s Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide, a 300-page ground-breaking, corpse-gathering mission to re-member the dis-membered.
Armenia

Les tribunaux de l'ONU chargés de juger les crimes de guerre au Rwanda et en ex-Yougoslavie arrivent à leur fin. - UN News (UN News, 2024)
Les 253 personnes inculpées par les tribunaux de l'ONU pour des crimes de guerre, des crimes contre l'humanité et des génocides commis il y a plusieurs décennies au Rwanda et en ex-Yougoslavie ont toutes été retrouvées, a été informé le Conseil de sécurité mardi.
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Social media companies’ removal of abortion-related content may hinder access to accurate health information - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Removal of abortion-related content on social media platforms with inadequate or unclear justification can contribute to the increasing challenges in accessing abortion care and threatens the right to health and bodily autonomy, according to a new briefing from Amnesty International. In Obstacles to Autonomy: Post-Roe Removal of Abortion Information Online, Amnesty International reveals that social […]
United States of America