Documents linked to Quaker-run boarding schools to be digitized - Henao, Luis Andres (ICT Indian Country Today, 2023)
A coalition advocating for Native people traumatized by an oppressive system of boarding schools for Native youths plans to digitize 20,000 archival pages related to schools in that system that were operated by the Quakers.
Northern America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Canada; Child abuse; Digitization; Medical Records; Residential Schools; United States

Ontario’s information watchdog is considering ‘potential next steps’ on alleged deleted Greenbelt emails - McIntosh, Emma (The Narwhal, 2023)
An audit found political staffers in the Ontario government allegedly deleted records and used personal emails during interactions with development lobbyists
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Government; Ontario

Conference - Does Confronting Our History Build a Better Future? - On Line 2023-10-27 - Zócalo Public Square (Zócalo Public Square, 2023)
Upcoming Events - How Should Societies Remember Their Sins? | Friday, October 27, 2023 | Los Angeles In-Person | Streaming Online | Attempts to confront difficult history appear to be dividing the United States and entangling communities in cultural and legal conflict. But historians, social justice activists, and many others argue that grappling with the sins of the past, and the way they reverberate into the present, is a necessary foundation for reimagining the future. What are the best and most creative ways societies are using history to make a better tomorrow?
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Ukraine: Russian court upholds 13-year sentence against Ukrainian human rights defender Maksym Butkevych - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
An appeal hearing at a Moscow court on Tuesday (22 August) which has upheld the 13-year sentence imposed on Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian human rights defender, is a grave miscarriage of justice Amnesty International said today.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Russia

UK cannot ignore calls for slavery reparations, says leading UN judge - Mohdin, Aamna (The Guardian, 2023)
Exclusive: Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is required by history and is required by law’
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Slavery; UK news; United Nations; World news

Cambodia: Problematic laws and restrictions on information are threatening digital rights - EngageMedia (Global Voices, 2023)
As internet use and digital technologies flourished in Cambodia, more people are relying on social media to access news and information and to exercise their rights to free expression.
Cambodia
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Saudi Arabia: Mass Killings of Migrants at Yemen Border | Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Systematic Abuses of Ethiopians May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
Saudi Arabia
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Ethiopia; Yemen

Liberia Marks 20 Years Since the End of Its Civil War. Will a War Crimes Court Ever Be Created? - MacDougall, Clair (Pass Blue, 2023)
Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee stood behind a wooden podium in a cramped conference room and recounted her narrow escape from one of the worst massacres in Liberia’s civil war, a devastating conflict that ended 20 years ago this August.
Liberia
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Court

Meet Bonnie Lysyk, the author of the bombshell report on Ontario’s Greenbelt and developer influence - McIntosh, Emma; Syed, Fatima (The Narwhal, 2023)
The outgoing Ontario auditor general sat down with The Narwhal for an exit interview about her decade of environmental oversight, what her critics say behind closed doors and the possibility of another Greenbelt report
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Ontario

Respect families’ right to commemorate loved ones killed during uprising without reprisals on one-year anniversary - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
In new research, Amnesty International details how the Iranian authorities have been subjecting victims’ families to arbitrary arrest and detention, imposing cruel restrictions on peaceful gatherings at grave sites, and destroying victims’ gravestones.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Future Bleak for Rohingya in Bangladesh, Myanmar - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
One million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face little prospect of safely returning home, six years since the Myanmar military launched a campaign of mass atrocities in Rakhine State on August 25, 2017.
Bangladesh
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Refugees; Rohinga

India to revamp colonial-era criminal laws to end 'signs of slavery' - Chakravarty, Pratap (RFI, 2023)
India’s ruling Hindu nationalists have proposed a legislation to remove archaic references to the British monarchy and other 'signs of slavery' to protect the constitutional rights of the Indian people.
India
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Mass Arrests of Women’s Rights Defenders - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Iranian authorities have arrested at least a dozen activists and increased pressure on a wide range of peaceful dissidents ahead of the anniversary of the nationwide protests that swept the country in 2022.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Erfurt in Germany was Home to a Vibrant Jewish Community Annihilated in 1349 - Medieval Histories (Medieval Histories, 2023)
Since the Middle Ages, Erfurt in Germany was home to several well-documented Jewish communities. Each wiped out by pogroms followed by the holocaust, the city tells a horrifying history.
Germany
Keywords: 2023-08 August

The world has a big appetite for AI – but we really need to know the ingredients - Naughton, John (The Observer, 2023)
Much ‘artificial intelligence’ harvests original creative work by humans. Regulators must demand transparency about training data
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Artificial intelligence (AI); ChatGPT; Computing; Technology

New Communism Museum Invites Visitors To 'Travel Back' To Cold-War Bulgaria - Tizard, Will (2023)
Faded Communist Party signs, chipped kitchenware, and political speeches on a dusty record player are on display at Evgeni Mladenov's newly opened communism museum in the Bulgarian mountain village of Banite. The time capsule brings visitors back to the 1980s and immerses them in the Cold War past.
Bulgaria
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Building a digital army: UN peacekeepers fight deadly disinformation - UN News (UN News, 2023)
With smartphones, editing apps, and innovative approaches, some UN peacekeeping operations across the world are building a “digital army” aimed at combating mis- and disinformation on social media networks and beyond.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Disinformation an 'easy sell' in post-coup Niger - Agence France-Presse (Zawya, 2023)
From false rumours and misleading videos to manipulated audio clips, AFP has debunked over a dozen social media claims
Niger
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Russia shuts down human rights group Sakharov Center | Politics News | Al Jazeera - Al Jazeera; News Agency (Al Jazeera, 2023)
Moscow City Court said it was dissolving the organisation for illegally hosting conferences and exhibitions.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Promoting a people-centred aid system: Impact’s commitment to producing community-driven evidence for humanitarian decision making - Impact Initiatives (Relief Web, 2023)
In recent years, there has been growing momentum around putting people and communities at the centre of humanitarian action, packaged under a series of Accountability to Affected People (AAP) principles and commitments.
Burkina Faso
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Scientists lament Southern Ocean ‘data desert’, just as climate crisis brings frightening changes - Readfearn, Graham (The Guardian, 2023)
Loss of sea ice and rising temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica have a huge effect on the Earth’s climate, but the ability to track them is lagging
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Antarctica; Climate crisis; Environment; Marine life; Oceans; Polar regions; Sea ice

Archives and Museums for Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste | UNESCO - Unesco (Unesco, 2023)
On 10 August 2023, UNESCO organized a National Stakeholders’ Meeting on Conflict Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste, with a focus on the role of archives and alternative sites for history and peace education in the country.
Timor-Leste
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Harnessing the potential of human-in- the-loop artificial intelligence for risk anticipation and violence prevention - United Nations Development Programme (2023)
Conflicts evolve at such a rapid pace that the amount of data produced by conflict or crisis situations is simply overwhelming. Because of the sheer amount of data and the pace at which they are being produced, human beings are unable to track crisis evolutions and manage effective decision-making processes.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Russia fines Google for not deleting 'fake information' about Ukraine conflict - Reuters (Ynetnews, 2023)
Russia on Thursday fined Alphabet's Google 3 million roubles ($31,845) for not deleting what it said was fake information about what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported. A host of sites are under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow deems illegal.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-08 August

CEO regrets her firm took on Facebook moderation work after staff ‘traumatised’ - Ambrose, Tom (The Guardian, 2023)
Outsourcer Sama facing legal cases brought by Kenya-based employees alleging exposure to graphic content
Kenya
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Africa; Business; Digital media; Facebook; Kenya; Media; Meta; Social networking; Technology; Technology sector

Jordan's fight for online freedom of expression - Global Voices MENA (Global Voices, 2023)
Jordan's endorsement of the controversial "Cybercrime Law" fuels concerns about online freedom and data privacy. It also echoes a larger conflict between security and rights.
Jordan
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Belarus detains national archivists - Green, Lincoln (Daily Kos, 2023)
RFE/RL’s Belarus service reports that today Belarus’s secret police, called the KGB, detained at least seven employees of the National Archives of Belarus, including the deputy director of science and multiple department heads. No reason have been given.
Belarus
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Combat Anti-Black Racism on Social Media - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The Chinese government should acknowledge and condemn anti-Black racism prevalent on the Chinese internet and adopt measures to promote tolerance and fight prejudice.
China
Keywords: 2023-08 August

An 1837 Portrait of an Enslaved Child, Obscured by Overpainting for a Century, Has Been Restored and Acquired by the Met - Cascone, Sarah (Artnet News, 2023)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired Bélizaire and the Frey Children, a rare 19th-century portrait with an enslaved person.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; New Orleans Metropolitan Museum of Art; Racism in Art

Guidance Note on Data Responsibility and Accountability to Affected People in Humanitarian Action - The Centre for Humanitarian Data (The Centre for Humanitarian Data, 2023)
Data responsibility is the safe, ethical, and effective management of personal and non-personal data for operational response and is therefore central to the humanitarian system’s Accountability to Affected People (AAP).
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Colonisation by capital - Campbell, Rob (E-Tangata, 2023)
“Imprisonment and forced labour, here and for Indigenous people in the Pacific Islands, were a deliberate means of breaking property and traditional work practice into the mould of capital.” — Rob Campbell reviews 'Blood and Dirt'.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Aoteoroa; Prison Labour

‘There’s no such thing as a neutral algorithm’: the existential AI exhibition confronting Sydney - Gorman, Alyx (The Guardian, 2023)
Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Atmospheric Memory allows visitors to interact with generative tech – and become part of the show in unexpected ways
Australia
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Art; Art and design; Artificial intelligence (AI); Australia news; Computing; Culture; Sydney; Technology

‘Macabre curiosities’: top US medical museum confronts skeletons of its past - Helmore, Edward (The Observer, 2023)
Mütter Museum in Philadelphia at centre of ethics dispute over provenance of its collection of skulls, fetuses and body parts
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Culture; Museums; Philadelphia; US news; World news

The Censors Down Under: The ACMA Gambit on Misinformation and Disinformation - Kampmark, Binoy (International Policy Digest, 2023)
Can or should countries legislate disinformation? Australia just might try.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-08 August

A tsunami of AI misinformation will shape next year’s knife-edge elections - Naughton, John (The Observer, 2023)
If you thought social media had a hand in getting Trump elected, watch what happens when you throw AI into the mix
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Artificial intelligence (AI); ChatGPT; Computing; OpenAI; Politics; Social media; Technology; US elections 2024; US news; US politics

Cultural appropriation and the erasure of cultural diversity - Pita Vaca, Irene Mairemí; Collazos Gottret, Isabel (Global Voices, 2023)
Cultural appropriation is a sensitive topic, prone to endless misinterpretations, because it touches the heart of who we are: a mixture of cultures difficult to unravel. Questioning “the cultural” in Bolivia provokes resistance, due to its strong intimate and identity component and, above all, because we do not know the histories of the cultures that surround us.
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Genocide; Holocaust

California dreamin’: scenes of Black joy and leisure in the Jim Crow era – in pictures - The Guardian (The Guardian, 2023)
Historian Dr Alison Rose Jefferson has collected archival photos from the Jim Crow era that bring to life the stories of African Americans who settled by the beach, creating popular gathering places that challenged white supremacy.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; California; Race; US news

Klaemet Save: Vanatu's New Climate Brand For A Resilient Future - Global Voices MENA (Relief Web, 2023)
Vanuatu has a new brand identity for climate information – Klaemet Save. This new brand has been developed to focus attention on information products that increase the ability of Vanuatu’s people to plan for and respond to climate impacts.
Vanatu
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Neurotech: should our brains have rights? - Geneva Solutions - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
As technology unlocks the doors to our minds, scientists urge for human rights protection. Imagine being able to watch your long-lost childhood memories on a screen or suppress a traumatic experience.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August

‘Our history is rotting away’: the newspaper archivists preserving Nigeria’s past - Adetayo, Ope (The Guardian, 2023)
Coups, civil wars, dictators, democracy … all the headlines that tell the country’s story since independence in 1960 are to be saved for posterity by an ambitious archive project
Nigeria
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Africa; Global development; Media; Newspapers; Newspapers & magazines; Nigeria; World news

Dissident republicans claim to have data from PSNI breach, says chief constable - Carroll, Rory (The Guardian, 2023)
Dissident republicans claim to possess some of the information from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s “industrial-scale” data breach, the chief constable says.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Northern Ireland; Police; UK news

Even in a democracy like Canada, journalists often face efforts to keep information from the public - Fenlon, Brodie (CBC News, 2023)
Media spend time and money fighting lack of access, publication bans, secret trials.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Democracy

Disinformation fuels church protest against gender equality in North Macedonia - Metamorphosis Foundation (Global Voices, 2023)
The iconography of June 29 protest, organized by Macedonian Orthodox Church and right-wing political parties, included religious and nationalist symbols, Russian flags and participation by pro-Kremlin politicians and associations.
North Macedonia
Keywords: 2023-08 August

'All Of It Must Be Recorded': Still No Justice Three Years After Crackdown On Belarus Protests - Tizard, Will (2023)
On the third anniversary of a disputed presidential vote in Belarus, opposition activists demanded justice for protesters jailed and beaten in a brutal crackdown.
Belarus
Keywords: 2023-08 August

UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders - UN News (UN News, 2023)
UN-appointed independent rights experts have called on the Chinese Government to provide information about nine Tibetan human rights defenders serving prisoner sentences of up to 11 years.
China
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Paradigm Initiative joins the National Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Content Moderation in Kenya - Zawya (Zamya, 2023)
The national coalition aims to address critical issues surrounding freedom of expression, content moderation and dis/misinformation in the digital age
Kenya
Keywords: 2023-08 August

India passes data protection law amid surveillance concerns - Blassy Boben (Zamya, 2023)
The law will allow companies to transfer some users' data abroad while giving the government power to seek information from firms
India
Keywords: 2023-08 August

PQ to table legislation seeking expenses of No campaign during 1995 referendum - Denoncourt, Jean-Philippe; Canadian Press (Montreal Gazette, 2023)
The result of the referendum was so close that supporters have often accused the No side of having bent the rules on campaign financing.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Fraud; Quebec; Referendum

DIFC issues first-of-its-kind adequacy decision regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act - Fahaam, Tariq Al (Zamya, 2023)
The decision facilitates personal data transfers between DIFC and California-based entities in accordance with the DP Law 2020
United Arab Emirates
Keywords: 2023-08 August

African tech startups take aim at AI 'colonialism' - Harrisberg, Kim; News, Reuters (2023)
While fears of data colonialism - the appropriation of Global South data by Big Tech - are not unique to Africa, tech researchers say weak AI regulations across the continent heighten the risk
South Africa
Keywords: 2023-08 August

LGBTQ+ veterans file civil rights suit against Pentagon over discriminatory discharges - Kegu, Jessica; Axelrod, Jim; Samu, Shewna (CBS News, 2023)
A group of LGBTQ+ veterans who were kicked out of the military because of their sexual orientation filed a federal civil rights suit on Tuesday over the Defense Department's failure to grant them honorable discharges or remove biased language specifying their sexuality from their service records following the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" in 2010.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Class action; Veterans

Indigenous Australian Art: Traditions from a Fascinating, Ancient Past - Laurentis, Camilla de (DailyArt Magazine, 2023)
Indigenous Australians did and do not have a formal written language. Without writing, the only way to maintain history is through visual production, pictures take the place of words.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Aboriginal; Art and design; Symbolism; Torres Strait Islanders; Transmission of Knowledge

Restitution of human remains: Repairing the mistakes of the past - Le Monde (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
French lawmakers are working on a bill that would facilitate the return of human remains, which would help repair the damage caused by colonization. But sorting through the thousands of remains in national collections will require far greater human resources.
France
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Decolonization

Missing Maps: How geodata is helping humanitarian aid efforts - MSF (Relief Web, 2023)
With the Missing Maps initiative, MSF teams are leveraging spatial data to better evaluate the extent of displacement in the hard-to-reach camps around Goma, DR Congo.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Germany arrests military officer suspected of spying for Russia - Reuters (Reuters, 2023)
German prosecutors have arrested an officer of the military procurement agency on suspicion of passing secret information to Russian intelligence, the federal prosecutor's office said.
Germany
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Public Data Getting Harder to Find in Mexico, Civil Rights Group Says - Reuters (US News & World Report, 2023)
Public information in Mexico is becoming more difficult to access under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) said on Wednesday as it showed that scores of government databases are no longer updated.
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-08 August

How indigenous conservation protects Canada's environment - Walker, Kira (BBC News, 2023)
In Canada, centring conservation with the country's indigenous peoples is allowing its original stewards to reconnect to their land and culture – and proving remarkably effective.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Algonquin First Nation; Cultural; Environment; Environment and Land Defender; Human Rights Defenders; Indigenous Guardians; Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg

Restoring Hope in Conflict-torn Northern Mozambique: Identification documents and livelihoods - World Bank (Relief Web, 2023)
Over 75,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in conflict-afflicted Cabo Delgado Province received birth certificates and new identification cards – critical for their civil rights.
Mozambique
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Files reveal Nixon role in plot to block Allende from Chilean presidency - Bartlett, John (The Guardian, 2023)
Days before Salvador Allende’s confirmation as Chile’s president in 1970, US President Richard Nixon met with a rightwing Chilean media mogul to discuss blocking the socialist leader’s path to the presidency, newly declassified documents have revealed.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Americas; Augusto Pinochet; CIA; Chile; Richard Nixon; US foreign policy; US news; World news

Ukraine creates database of art linked to sanctions-hit Russians - Boffey, Daniel (The Guardian, 2023)
Corruption agency hopes portal will ‘make it difficult for Russian oligarchs to sell such assets’
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Alberto Giacometti; Andy Warhol; Art; Europe; Francis Bacon; Ilya and Emilia Kabakov; Leonardo da Vinci; Roman Abramovich; Russia; The art market; The super-rich; Ukraine; World news

Secret Canada: We broke the printer twice - Carduso, Tom (The Globe and Mail, 2023)
Updates on the latest additions to the Secret Canada database, plus a behind-the-scenes look at the process of filing 400 FOI requests
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; FOI; Freedom of Information; Health & Medical; Social Issues

Ukraine: Database of Accidents and Victims of Explosive Ordnance - Danish Refugee Council (Relief Web, 2023)
Infographic and dashboard with verified information about the Explosive Ordnance (EO) victims & EO accidents, quantitative and qualitative information indicating the exact coordinates of the incident, information about the injuries received
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Norway to fine Meta nearly $100,000 a day over data use - EURACTIV (www.euractiv.com, 2023)
Norway's data protection agency said on Tuesday (8 August) it would start fining Facebook and Instagram owner Meta nearly $100,000 per day for defying a ban on using users' personal information to target ads.
Norway
Keywords: 2023-08 August

‘Dependent on the forest’: The fight for indigenous peoples’ rights in the Congo Basin - Gabel, Barbara (France 24, 2023)
The tropical forests of the Congo Basin are home to nearly 1 million indigenous people. After thousands of years of survival, deforestation is perhaps their biggest challenge yet.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Internet shutdowns: here’s how governments do it - Garbe, Lisa (The Conversation, 2023)
Senegal’s government has shut down internet access in response to protests about the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This is a tactic governments are increasingly used during times of political contention, such as elections or social upheaval.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Internet Shutdown

Descendants ask for restitution of Paris human zoo victims: 'People died, where are they?' - Guibert, Nathalie (Le Monde, 2023)
The bodies of eight Kalina people from French Guiana who died in 1892 are held in national collections. Their remains could be returned to their homeland, as the French government has pledged to facilitate restitutions to overseas territories.
France
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Decolonization; French Guiana; Kalina; Reparation; Restitution

Medical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta Lacks that produced modern day miracles - Hawkins, Deion Scott (The Conversation, 2023)
Medical exploitation is an often overlooked part of Black history and partly explains the mistrust that members of the Black community have for the medical industry.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Black American; Henrietta Lacks

Belarus: How human rights defenders are being silenced - International Federation for Human Rights (International Federation for Human Rights, 2023)
Since 2020, human rights defenders have been one of the most actively persecuted social groups in Belarus. This massive crackdown has made it impossible for activists to engage in human rights work without risking their dignity, freedom and even their lives. All human rights organisations, independent media and trade unions have been closed down, and their activities were deemed extremist and constituting criminal offences.
Belarus
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Russia releases history schoolbook praising Ukraine invasion - Sauer, Pjotr (The Guardian, 2023)
Textbook apparently written in just five months is part of Kremlin’s tightening of control over historical narrative in schools
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Europe; Russia; Ukraine; World news

‘Increasingly brazen’ war crimes evident in Myanmar, reports Independent Mechanism - UN News (UN News, 2023)
The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) on Tuesday revealed compelling evidence of the country’s military and affiliate militias engaging in more frequent and audacious war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Myanmar
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Re-imagining democracy for the 21st century, possibly without the trappings of the 18th century - Schneier, Bruce (The Conversation, 2023)
The modern representative democracy was the best form of government mid-18th-century technology could invent. The 21st century is a different place scientifically, technically and socially.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Democracy

Empire on the cheap — prison labour in the Pacific - Davidson, Jared (E-Tangata, 2023)
“Imprisoned workers were essential to creating the basic infrastructure of New Zealand’s Pacific empire. Government agents needed government buildings, so offenders who couldn’t (or wouldn’t) pay their fines built residencies, courthouses and other imperial premises.” — Jared Davidson.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Aotearoa; Prison Labour

Norway faces the difficult past (and present) of its treatment of indigenous peoples - Malinowski, Henryk (TVP World (Telewizja Polska), 2023)
A report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission may be an opportunity to repair the relations with the Indigenous peoples.
Norway
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Forest Finns; Kven; Norwegian Finns; Sámi; Truth and Reconcilation Commission - Norway

Where did 20,000 Jews hide from the Holocaust? In Shanghai - Schuerman, Matthew (NPR, 2023)
In the late 1930s, as the Nazis stepped up their persecution of German and Austrian Jews, many countries in the West severely limited the number of visas they granted to refugees. But there was one place refugees could go without even obtaining a visa: Shanghai. An exhibit in New York explores a little-known chapter of World War II.
China
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Holocaust; Shangai

Jordan's free speech boundaries tested with satire - Knell, Yolande (BBC News, 2023)
An Arabic magazine banned by Jordan for poking fun at a royal wedding hits back with ridicule.
Jordan
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Freedom of the Press; Satire

The Herculean task of digitizing Mexico’s vast Indigenous history - Thelmadatter, Leigh (Mexico News Daily, 2023)
The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples faces a monumental challenge: preserving over a century of documentation before it deteriorates.
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Digitization; Preservation

No stone without a name - Warne, Kennedy (E-Tangata, 2023)
“Aboriginal people, if they appear at all in the landscape, are presented as ornamental figures, framing devices, exotic touches. Only rarely is their humanity expressed . . . Mostly they are simply absent.” — Kennedy Warne on the erasure of Aboriginal people in colonial art.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Aoteoroa; Land-based knowledge; Terra nullius

National archives to digitize, transfer 6 million pages of Indian day school records, official says | CBC News - Forester, Brett (CBC News, 2023)
Canada's national archives is working to identify, digitize and transfer six million pages of federal Indian day school records to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), the department head says.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Digitization; Library and Archives Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR); Reconciliation; Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Canada

New Project Will Recover the Names of Up to 10 Million People Enslaved in America Before Emancipation and Locate their Living Descendants - American Ancestors (Cision PR Newswire, 2023)
American Ancestors and Collaborators Announce the Launch of "10 Million Names," a Project to Honor the Family Histories of African Americans Whose Ancestors Lived Under Slavery, with a Permanent, Free, Publicly Accessible Database at 10MillionNames.org
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Ancient DNA reveals the living descendants of enslaved people through 23andMe - Callaway, Ewen (Nature, 2023)
A landmark genomic study raises the possibility that many more people could find links to distant ancestors through genetic analysis.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Databases; Genetics; History

Conference Call for Proposals - ARL IDEAL 2024—Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives Conference - 2024-07-15 to 17, in Toronto, Canada - Keig, Alisha (Association of Research Libraries (ARL), 2023)
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is now accepting proposals for the 2024 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives (IDEAL) Conference, to be held July 15–17, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The conference theme is Sustainable Resistance and Restoration in Global Communities. Proposals should consider how the content of the session connects to the larger landscape of diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and justice (DEIA/J) and how the session reasonably engages adult learners.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August

“Death came to our home”. War crimes and civilian suffering in Sudan - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Sudan: War crimes rampant as civilians killed in both deliberate and indiscriminate attacks. Read the Report
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-08 August

USAID Releases Historic LGBTQ-Inclusive Development Policy - Cooper, Alex (Advocate, 2023)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced its first-ever LGBTQI+ inclusive development policy, which will guide the agency’s inclusion of LGBTQ+ rights support in its programming.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Diversity; Inclusion; United States Agency for International Development (USAID); United States of America

Forced Passportization in Russia-Occupied Areas of Ukraine | Conflict Observatory - Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health (Yale School of Public Health, 2023)
Based on a comprehensive review of open source material, Yale HRL has identified the laws and tactics used to make it impossible for residents to survive in their homes unless they accept Russian citizenship. An executive summary and the full report are available in English.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Citizenship; Forced Russian Citizenship; Geneva Convention; The Hague Convention; Ukraine occupied territory

International group working to identify Russian forces that carried out grisly war crimes on Kherson prisoners - Macias, Amanda (CNBC, 2023)
According to new evidence gathered by the investigation, at least 36 victims described the use of electrocution during interrogations of Kherson prisoners.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Kherson; Russian Army; Russian Federation; War Crimes

Distortion of the Roma genocide and anti-Roma discrimination today - Míšková, Anna (IHRA, 2023)
To mark Roma Genocide Remembrance Day on 2 August, the IHRA shares this article by Anna Míšková, Chair of the IHRA Committee on the Genocide of the Roma.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Pakistan: Training journalists on fact-checking in a humanitarian crisis - International Committee of the Red Cross (International Committee of the Red Cross, 2023)
Factual and responsible reporting by the media can help affected communities cope better by enhancing their knowledge, connecting them with first responders, highlighting their needs and providing access to authorities.
Pakistan
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Blood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand - Davidson, Jared (Bridget Williams Books, 2023)
Forced labour haunts the streets we walk today and the spaces we take for granted. Blood and Dirt explains, for the first time, the making of New Zealand and its Pacific empire through the prism of prison labour. Jared Davidson asks us to look beyond the walls of our nineteenth- and early twentieth-century prisons to see penal practice as playing an active, central role in the creation of modern New Zealand. Journeying from the Hohi mission station in the Bay of Islands through to Milford Sound, vast forest plantations, and on to Parliament itself, this vivid and engaging book will change the way you view New Zealand.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Aoteoroa; Prison Labour

Remotely Useful: Practical Lessons for Northern Community Archiving - Mills, Morgen; Turner, Mark David (Council on Library and Information Resources, 2023)
Remotely Useful pioneers a first-of-its-kind guide, bridging the gap between the archival field and the day-to-day concerns of preserving cultural and community records in the North–encompassing the upper latitudes of Canada and the United States. These Arctic and Subarctic regions are on the front lines of the climate crisis, making the urgent documentation and preservation of their histories, traditions, and ecological knowledge vital before they are lost or altered forever.
Northern America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Artic; Artic Circle; Canada; Northern Europe; United States of America

The Routledge Handbook of Privacy and Social Media - Trepte, Sabine; Masur, Philipp (Routledge, 2023)
This volume provides the basis for contemporary privacy and social media research and informs global as well as local initiatives to address issues related to social media privacy through research, policymaking, and education.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Social Media

Civil Society Space in Southern Africa Shrinking as Repression Rises - Bagana, Bufani (Inter Press Service, 2023)
Freedom of expression is under threat as governments in Southern Africa have enacted laws restricting civil society organizations.
Southern Africa
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Civil Rights; Freedom of Expression; Repression

‘Denying our humanity’: how Santa Monica decimated a thriving Black community - Levin, Sam (The Guardian, 2023)
African Americans helped build the iconic beach town, historian Alison Rose Jefferson details as California weighs reparations.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; California; California reparations; Race; US news

The novelist who became a war crimes investigator – and uncovered a secret diary - Moore, Hannah; Higgins, Charlotte; Glasser, Tom; Khaleeli, Homa (2023)
Victoria Amelina was an award-winning novelist. But after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, she began investigating war crimes
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Culture; Ukraine; World news

Declassified protocols indicate Golda Meir considered Palestinian statehood - Staff, Toi (The Times of Israel, 2023)
Documents show that former prime minister gave serious thought to possibility of formation of a Palestinian entity, despite public comments.
Israel
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Golda Meir; Palestine; Palestinian Statehood

Liberty, equality … embroidery: the political power of textile art - Fisher, Alice (The Observer, 2023)
A series of exhibitions this summer and autumn highlight the protest woven into stitchwork
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Art; Art and design; Craft; Culture; Sewing; UK news

Zimbabwe’s ‘Patriotic Act’ erodes freedoms and may be a tool for repression - Sithole, Tinashe (The Conversation, 2023)
Opposition activists have previously been accused of treason and unpatriotic behaviour for expressing concerns about human rights abuses.
Zimbabwe
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Racism in Finland: Government minister embroiled in shocking new row - Dougall, David Mac (euronews, 2023)
Minister for Economic Affairs Wille Rydman only took up his role recently, after his predecessor quit for his own racist views and links to neo-Nazi groups.
Finland
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Tina Ngata: Waiting for the fox to give the henhouse back - Ngata, Tina (E-Tangata, 2023)
“Those in power are so accustomed to extreme privilege that anything less than maintaining that feels like oppression.” — Tina Ngata.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Aotearoa; Government; Racism; Work Place

EU sanctions Russians over Ukraine war disinformation - Staff Writer (2023)
"We are targeting those carrying out information manipulation and interference as part of a broader hybrid campaign by Russia against the EU and the member states," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said
Europe
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Ada Nield Chew: The factory girl who fought for women’s rights - Watterson, Kaleigh (BBC News, 2023)
Campaigners hope to remember forgotten tailor Ada Nield Chew by building a statue of her in Crewe.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Labor Rights

Whipped Peter: The Photograph That Exposed the Brutality of American Slavery - Africana, Talk (TalkAfricana, 2023)
Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," was a former enslaved man who became famous for being the subject of photographs that revealed the extensive scarring on his back from the brutal whippings he endured during slavery.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Slavery; Whipped Peter; Whipping

Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur - Bader, Laetitia (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Nusra and Khadija share the bond of being cousins and of living in the same small town in West Darfur. Now they share a darker bond: both survivors of sexual violence in the conflict in Sudan.
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Human Rights; Women's Rights

Brazil: descendants of Africans who escaped slavery gain census recognition - Malleret, Constance (The Guardian, 2023)
Groundbreaking data counts 1.3m quilombola, historically excluded population whose communities were founded by fugitive enslaved people
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Americas; Brazil; World news

Iran: International community must stand with women and girls suffering intensifying oppression - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
The Iranian authorities are doubling down on their oppressive methods of policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws, Amnesty International said today. In a detailed analysis published today, the organization exposes the authorities’ intensified nationwide crackdown on women and girls who choose not to wear headscarves in public.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Human rights tribunal approves $23B revised First Nations child-welfare compensation deal | CBC News - Major, Darren (CBC News, 2023)
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approved a $23.4-billion revised agreement to compensate victims of the underfunded First Nations child-welfare system on Wednesday.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Children Health; First Nations; Reconciliation; Reparation; Sixty Scoop

‘We hid our stock in case we were raided’: Scotland’s pioneering LGBTQ+ bookshop - Goh, Katie (The Guardian, 2023)
Opened two years after the country legalised ‘homosexual acts’, Lavender Menace made a huge impact. Now it has opened a public queer books archive.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Books; Booksellers; Culture; Edinburgh; LGBTQ+ rights

Scholars uncover censored Hebrew texts in Vatican collection - The Jerusalem Post - Klein, Zvika (The Jerusalem Post, 2023)
A group of over 20 Christian and Jewish clergy and scholars from around the world had come together for a once-in-a-lifetime experience – a captivating journey through time, delving into the treasures of the Vatican's Hebrew manuscript collection.
Holy See (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Mexican security forces were complicit in kidnapping of 43 student teachers, report reveals - Reuters (The Guardian, 2023)
Report finds army, navy, police and intelligence agencies knew, minute by minute, where the student teachers were
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Americas; Mexico; World news

Fifty Years On, the “Chicago Boys” Remain Difficult to Discuss - Winter, Brian (Americas Quarterly, 2023)
A new book tries to address the thorny, still evolving legacy of Chile’s radical free-market reformers.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Dictatorship; Neoliberalism; United States

Some advocates want residential school abuse records re-examined, archived as debate on their future continues - Canadian Press (Radio-Canada.ca, 2023)
Under Supreme Court ruling, transcripts will be destroyed by 2027 unless survivors want them archived
Canada
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Destruction of documents; Reconciliation; Residential Schools

DR Congo: Deadly Militia Raid on Ituri’s Displaced - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Militia fighters killed at least 46 civilians, half of them children, and pillaged and burned a displaced people’s camp on June 12, 2023, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri province.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Keywords: 2023-07 July

IACHR Grants Precautionary Measures in Favor of Human Rights Defender Franklin Caldera Cordero in Venezuela - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2023)
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Keywords: 2023-06 June

The EU and WFP provide cash assistance to internally displaced and crisis affected Iraqis missing civil documentation - Iraq | ReliefWeb - World Food Programme (World Food Programme, 2023)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Iraq welcomed a generous €5 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to provide cash assistance to internally displaced and crisis-affected Iraqis missing one or more essential civil documents until they are integrated within the national social safety net.
Iraq
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Tunisia: Human rights at risk two years after President Saied’s power grab - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
In the second year since Tunisian President Kais Saied’s power grab, Tunisian authorities have taken further steps towards repression by jailing dozens of political opponents and state critics, violated the independence of the judiciary, dismantled institutional human rights safeguards, and incited discrimination against migrants, Amnesty International said today. “Decree by decree, blow by blow, President Saied and his government have dramatically undermined respect for human rights in Tunisia since his power grab in July 2021. In doing so, he has stripped away basic freedoms that Tunisians fought hard to earn and fostered a climate of repression and impunity. The Tunisian authorities must immediately reverse this treacherous trajectory and uphold their international human rights obligations,” said Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
Tunisia
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Kaïs Saïed

Opinion: Israel's Government Has Declared a War on Women - Gouri, Hamutal (Haaretz, 2023)
As it is poised to pass another bill that will roll back women's rights, Israel's far-right government should not underestimate the power of the rage and courage of women who refuse to see their rights usurped in the name of a conservative, religious and messianic agenda.
Israël
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Benjamin Netanyahou; Democracy; Judicial Coup; Judicial Reform

Barack Obama's Defense of Librarians Amid 'Profoundly Misguided' Book Bans and Attacks - Obama, Barack (FlaglerLive, 2023)
"You’re on the front lines – fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone," Obama tells librarians in a letter. "Your dedication and professional expertise allow us to freely read and consider information and ideas, and decide for ourselves which ones we agree with."
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Our land died so others could live - Hele, Christopher-Ikimotu (E-Tangata, 2023)
“New Zealand’s history of colonialism with Banaba should be part of the current education curriculum. Students should understand how Banaba had to die for New Zealand’s grazing agriculture to live.”
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Aotearoa; Banaba; Pacific Island

Putting Pākehā in the shoes of a colonised people - Tihema, Baker (E-Tangata, 2023)
“I wanted to write something that puts Pākehā in the shoes of a colonised people. I want them to imagine a world in which their principles and values are routinely laughed at.”
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Aotearoa; Colonialism; Maori; Public Service; Racism

Cambodia: Election takes place under cloud of human rights crisis - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
The human rights situation in Cambodia has severely deteriorated since the last national election in 2018, Amnesty International’s interim Deputy Regional Director for Research Montse Ferrer said today, ahead of Sunday polls expected to be dominated by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party after the sole viable opposition group was blocked from participating. “Authorities in Cambodia have spent the past five years picking apart what’s left of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association. There is a growing crackdown on human rights in Cambodia. Many people feel that they are being forced to participate in this election despite their party of choice not being on the ballot.
Cambodia
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Government; Human Rights

Noam Chomsky Teaches a MasterClass on Critical Thinking & Media Literacy | Open Culture - Cowen, Tyler (2023)
Noam Chomsky in a new interview on economist Tyler Cowen's podcast Conversations with Tyler. 'That’s what we’re facing. We know answers, at least possible answers to all of the problems that face us. Open Culture, openculture.com
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Critical Thinking; Independant Thinking; Media Literacy; Propaganda

Switzerland: the art of decolonizing a country without colonies - Pinoja, Letizia Gaja (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
Why is Switzerland, a country that has never had colonies, starting to talk about colonialism and decolonization? Are the Swiss ready to hear it?
Switzerland
Keywords: 2023-07 July

US: Texas Officials Put Migrants in Danger - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Reports that migrants and asylum seekers, including children, have been pushed back by Texas officials, stranded in sweltering heat, and wounded by razor wire installed under Operation Lone Star should be investigated and all federal support to the operation ended.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Disinformation reimagined: how AI could erode democracy in the 2024 US elections - Robins-Early, Nick (The Guardian, 2023)
Advances in generative artificial intelligence could supercharge the propaganda playbook, experts warn.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Technology; US elections 2024; US news; US politics

Warsaw Ghetto's defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies in a book rediscovered on a library shelf - Rosenberg, Irwin; Fitzpatrick, Merry (The Conversation, 2023)
The story behind the research can be as compelling as the results. Recording the effects of starvation, a group of Jewish doctors demonstrated their dedication to science – and their own humanity.
Poland
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Medical Doctor; Nazi; Personal Diary; Starvation; War Crimes; Warshaw Ghetto

Opinion | Leave No One Behind: We Need a Rights-Based Approach to Climate Displacement - Baldi, Stefano; John, Anju Anna (Common Dreams, 2023)
Migration needs to be approached as a form of reparation by countries and businesses that have historically contributed most to the problem we face today.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Climate Displacement; Migration; Refugees

Margaret Thatcher praised Tony Blair for supporting US after 9/11, files reveal - Davies, Caroline (The Guardian, 2023)
‘I greatly admire the resolve you are showing,’ former PM said in handwritten note released to National Archives.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Foreign policy; Margaret Thatcher; National Archives; Politics; September 11 2001; Tony Blair; UK news; US news; World news

Colombia: unburying of a political smear against transitional justice - Liévano, Andrés Bermúdez (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
The resounding confessions of soldiers before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) disproved a vast campaign of disinformation to discredit the transitional justice process in Colombia.
Colombia
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Disinformation; Transitional Justice

A Bibliometric Analysis of Research at the Nexus of Climate Change, Human Mobility, and Human Rights - Patrama, Yuda (Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), 2023)
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) has developed this bibliometric analysis of existing literature at the nexus of work on climate change, human mobility, and human rights.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Human Rights; Migration; Refugees

Biden’s ‘Final’ Order on Kennedy Files Leaves Some Still Wanting More - Baker, Peter (The New York Times, 2023)
The president has finished a review first mandated by law in 1992, and while a vast majority of papers related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been released, some remain redacted.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Archives and Records; Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations; Biden; Joseph R Jr; Central Intelligence Agency; Conspiracy Theories; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Kennedy; John Fitzgerald; Oswald; Lee Harvey; United States Politics and Government; internal-open-access-from-nl

What does restorative justice look like? - Adams, Caralee (The Hechinger Report, 2023)
Maryland lawmakers prioritized the alternative disciplinary practice four years ago, but the rollout has been complicated.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Maryland; Restorative Justice

Stalin erased one generation of Ukraine’s artists. Now Putin is killing another – including my friend - Higgins, Charlotte (The Guardian, 2023)
An archive holding works by writers purged in the 1930s also hosted Victoria Amelina, lost to a Russian strike this summer.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Books; Culture; Europe; Literary festivals; Ukraine

Conference Call for Papers - Fantastic Futures Annual International Conference - AI for Libraries, Archives, and Museums - 2023-11-15 to 17 - ai4lam community (ff2023.archive.org, 2023)
The ai4lam community is organizing its annual international conference, Fantastic Futures 2023, to be held at the Internet Archive Canada, Vancouver, Canada, on November 15-17 2023. We are bringing together a diverse audience of professionals from libraries, archives, museums (LAMs), heritage organizations, as well as industry, advocacy, and policy groups, interested in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to the work of libraries, memory organizations, scholarship, arts and culture, and information preservation and access.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Artificial Intelligence; Internet Archives

City of Spies: DC Is the World Capital of Espionage - Beaujon, Andrew; Hruby, Patrick; Mullins, Luke; McNamara, Sylvie (Washingtonian, 2023)
From spy attractions around town to intelligence recruitment at local colleges, the city is a hot bed for spy activity.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Washington DC

Canada forcibly sterilized Indigenous women after other countries stopped - Cheng, Maria (ICT News, 2023)
A Senate report found that the genocidal practice is continuing today, including a case as recently as 2019.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Colonialism; Sterilization; Women's Rights

Interpreting Contentious Memory - DeGloma, Thomas; Jacobs, Janet (Bristol University Press, 2023)
Interpreting Contentious Memory - Countermemories and Social Conflicts over the Past; This book illustrates how scholars use different interpretive lenses to study profound conflicts rooted in the past. Addressing issues of racism, genocide, war, nationalism, colonialism and more, it highlights how our interpretations of contentious memories are indispensable to our understandings of contemporary conflicts and identities.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Contentious Memory; Genocide; Social Conflicts

Egypt: Civilians Fleeing Sudan Conflict Turned Away - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The Egyptian government’s decision in June 2023 to require all Sudanese to obtain visas to enter Egypt has reduced access to safety for women, children, and older people fleeing the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Egypt

Mali: Mounting Islamist Armed Group Killings, Rape - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Islamist armed groups have carried out widespread killings, rapes, and lootings of villages in northeast Mali since January 2023.
Mali
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Sexual Violence

The 10 second rule: Why are Italians groping themselves in protest? - Mouriquand, David (euronews, 2023)
Italian social media users are expressing outrage after judges said groping had to last 10 seconds to be considered sexual assault.
Italy
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Native American leaders visit site of archeological dig to find remains of boarding school students - Ahmed, Trisha; Neibergall, Chsrtlie (Two Row Times, 2023)
Archeologists resumed digging Tuesday at the remote site of a former Native American boarding school in central Nebraska, searching for the remains of children who died there decades ago. The search for a hidden cemetery near the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Nebraska gained renewed interest after the discovery of hundreds of children’s remains at other Native American boarding school sites across the U.S. and Canada since 2021, said Dave Williams, the state’s archeologist whose team is digging at the site.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Bording School; Industrial School; Native Americans; Nebraska

Viet Nam: Drop charges and immediately release activist sentenced to six years in prison - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
“The unfair charges and inhumane prison conditions shows the Vietnamese authorities’ willingness to systematically silence dissent in direct violation of international human rights law."
Viet Nam
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Kenneth Myrie and the ‘missing file’ - Edmond Campbell (Jamaica Gleaner, 2023)
IT WAS a matter that felt like life or death. Kenneth Myrie’s health was declining rapidly and he wanted a copy of his medical records dating back to 2004 to determine what type of medical procedure was carried out on him at the Kingston Public.
Jamaica
Keywords: 2023-07 July

The American Barbarossa Plan for Ukraine.1957 - Lurye, Oleg (The Times of Israel, 2023)
Exactly 66 years ago, in August 1957, the CIA released its secret report “Resistance Factors and Special Forces Areas. Ukraine.” This voluminous 200-page “work,” which resembled a doctoral dissertation, was prepared for the US intelligence community by staff members of Georgetown University. Despite its academic content, the CIA report is a detailed manual for the occupation of the Ukrainian territory by the Special Forces.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Barbarossa Plan; CIA; Cold War; Georgetown University; United States of America

Giuliani and election fraud promoters didn't vet claims, new court documents show | CNN Politics - Polantz, Katelyn; Sneed, Tirney; Holmes, Lybrand; CNN (CNN, 2023)
New court filings in a defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani show the promoters of the election fraud narrative after Donald Trump lost the presidency failed to do basic vetting of the claims they were touting – and didn’t see such vetting as necessary.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Disinformation; Donald Trump; Electoral Fraud; Rudy Giuliani

Justifying Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations and Climate Change as a Counterexample - Raible, Lea (Blog of the European Journal of International Law: Talk!, 2023)
Extraterritorial human rights obligations are contentious. In the UK, for example, the ECtHR’s findings that armed forces deployed abroad have human rights obligations have met with criticism. Extraterritoriality is also routinely named as one of the most difficult aspects of the next generation of potentially groundbreaking human rights litigation: climate cases.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Extraterritorial Application; Human Rights; International Law; Report

Scourge of racism haunts Black women and girls seeking healthcare | UN News - UNFPA (UN News, 2023)
Women and girls of African descent face a “systemic and historical pattern” of racial abuse in the health sector in countries across the world, leaving them at increased risk of death during childbirth, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency said on Wednesday. |
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Black Women; Women's Rights

122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report - World Health Organization (World Health Organization, 2023)
Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today jointly by five United Nations specialized agencies.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Food Security and Nutrition

In West and Central Africa, authorities must fight corruption and uphold the human rights of those who expose it - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
West and Central African states must stop persecuting human rights defenders who expose corruption, bribery and abuse of office, and instead take concrete and effective measures to protect and support them, Amnesty International said today, in observing African Anti-Corruption Day. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption.
Africa
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Human Rights Defenders; Middle Africa; Western Africa

A fire destroyed millions of veterans' records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers - Breed, Allen G.; Herschaft, Randy (Yahoo!, 2023)
he July 12, 1973, fire in Overland, Missouri, consumed an estimated 16 to 18 million personnel files, the vast majority covering the period just before World War I through 1963. It’s believed to be the largest loss of records in one catastrophe in U.S. history.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Access; Veterans Affairs

Toward an Abolitionist Archival Practice - Eve Glazier (Barnard Center for Research on Women, 2023)
In the space of the archival encounter is a chance to practice a radically different way of relating with the past and the people who made it.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Sudan: Darfur Town Destroyed - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias summarily executed at least 28 ethnic Massalit and killed and injured dozens of civilians on May 28, 2023, in Sudan’s West Darfur state.
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Mothers of Srebrenica: ‘Sadly, the killing continues in the world’ | UN News - UN News (UN News, 2023)
The pointe shoes were a testament to unfulfilled hopes. They belonged to a young ballet dancer from Bosnia and Herzegovina whose life was forever changed by the brutal conflict that broke out in the heart of Europe at the end of the 20th century and were on display at UN Headquarters in New York to educate visitors about the horrors of war and genocide.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Genocide; Justice; Mothers of Srebrenica

Uni blocked questions over controversial royal archive - Williams, Martin (openDemocracy, 2023)
Press officers were told to “ignore” enquiries about the Mountbatten diaries, saying: “Let the answerphone get it”.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Mountbatten Diaries

Debunking migration myths: the real reasons people move, and why most migration happens in the global south – podcast - Anapol, Avery; Mariwany, Mend (2023)
Why your understanding of who migrates (and why) might be wrong.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Podcast

Parliament to vote on groundbreaking EU 'compensation right' against pollution - Elissaiou, Annita (www.euractiv.com, 2023)
Environment and health groups are pushing for more robust measures to protect EU citizens’ fundamental right to health and clean air, in a joint letter sent to MEPs on Thursday.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Sri Lanka: The fate of a protest that toppled a president - Ethirajan, Anbarasan (BBC News, 2023)
One year after Sri Lanka's extraordinary people's protest, what has changed in the country?
Sri Lanka
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn: A radar for injustice - Husband, Dale (E-Tangata, 2023)
“When I see environmental destruction, ecological destruction, I’m compelled to do something. When I see human rights violations, I just feel aroha for people because, what's that saying? ‘There but for the grace of God go I.’”
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation - Sardarizadeh, Shayan (BBC News, 2023)
False and misleading posts about the Ukraine conflict continue to go viral on major social media platforms, as Russia's invasion of the country extends beyond 500 days. Some of the most widely shared examples can be found on Twitter, posted by subscribers with a blue tick, who pay for their content to be promoted to other users.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Propaganda; Technology; Twitter

Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The US Government's Infamous 40-Year Experiment on African Americans - Talk Africana (TalkAfricana, 2023)
For 40 years, from 1932 to 1972, the United States government conducted a controversial and unethical experiment known as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. This study targeted a vulnerable population - African American men - and exploited their trust, resulting in tragic consequences.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; African American; Medical Experimentation; Syphilis; Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Missing Mexican Journalist Found Dead With Messages Attached to His Chest - The Messenger - Chiaramonte, Perry (The Messenger News, 2023)
Data from Reporters Without Borders shows that at least 80 journalists have been murdered in Mexico in the last decade.
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Journalism; Murder

Guatemala: Respect Election Results - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Guatemalan authorities should respect the results of elections held on June 25, 2023, Human Rights Watch and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) said today. Concerned governments, including from Latin America, should urge the government and other authorities to ensure democratic values and respect the will of Guatemalans expressed at the polls.
Guatemala
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Conference Call for Papers - Center Is Co-Convening 2024 Conference on Archives in/of Transit - 2024-06-28 and 29. - USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research (USC Shoah Foundation, 2023)
The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research is one of the conveners for the conference "Archives in/of Transit: Historical Perspectives from the 1930s to the Present", which will take place at the University of Southern California from June 28 to June 29, 2024.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Death of a radio host: the web of corruption, lies and revenge behind the killing of Martinez Zogo - ZAM magazine (The Guardian, 2023)
A dossier of bank slips detailing suspect payments of millions of dollars handed to the journalist brought the downfall of a political upstart in Cameroon. But it also led to Zogo’s murder. His colleagues went to investigate why.
Cameroun
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Africa; Cameroon; Corruption; Global development; Governance; Journalist safety; Media; World news

Victoria Amelina: Ukraine and the meaning of home - Amelina, Victoria (The Guardian, 2023)
Before she was killed by a Russian missile strike, the acclaimed novelist and war crimes researcher wrote about growing up in Moscow’s shadow, and how she came to understand what being Ukrainian really meant
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Russia; Social Media; Vladimir Putin

Sudan: Sexual violence against women spikes - Hairsine, Kate (dw.com, 2023)
Dozens of women and girls have been raped and sexually assaulted by fighters in Sudan as the conflict approaches its third month.
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-07 July; War Crimes

Tunisia: Crisis as Black Africans Expelled to Libya Border - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Tunisian security forces have collectively expelled several hundred Black African migrants and asylum seekers, including children and pregnant women, to a remote, militarized buffer zone at the Tunisia-Libya border. The group includes people with both regular and irregular legal status in Tunisia, expelled without due process. Many reported violence by authorities during arrest or expulsion.
Tunisia
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Libya

IACHR Welcomes Full Compliance with the Friendly Settlement Agreement in Case 12,756—El Aracatazzo Bar Massacre, Colombia - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2023)
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has decided to declare full compliance with Friendly Settlement Report 10/15, concerning Case 12,756—El Aracatazzo Bar Massacre, Colombia—and will stop monitoring it. This case concerns the international responsibility of the Colombian State for the deaths of 18 people on August 12, 1995, at the bar El Aracatazzo, in the municipality of Chigorodó, in Antioquia. The killings were allegedly perpetrated by members of paramilitary groups, in connivance with law enforcement officers at a checkpoint operated by the National Army's Infantry Battalion 46. These law enforcement officers allegedly failed to take protection measures to support civilians, despite having heard shots. They also allegedly failed to conduct a diligent criminal investigation and a disciplinary review of the people involved. The case went unpunished for more than 10 years.
Colombia
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Ile-a-la Crosse school settlement stalled by Saskatchewan says Ottawa - Needham, Fraser (APTN News, 2023)
A settlement for students who went the to Ile-a-la Crosse residential school is stalled because Saskatchewan refuses to negotiate says Ottawa.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Inside Barbados' Historic Push for Slavery Reparations - Ross, Janell (Time, 2023)
How a tiny island became a global leader in the effort to demand meaningful recompense.
Barbados
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Reconciliation; Reparation; Slavery

Fighting to free the women and children enslaved by IS - Whright, Rachel (BBC News, 2023)
Yazidi groups are still looking for thousands of women and children who were enslaved.
Western Asia
Keywords: 2023-07 July; IS; Irak; Sexual Violence; Syrian Arab Republic; Women Rights

S’inspirer des savoirs autochtones pour préserver la planète - Ziker, John (The Conversation, 2023)
Les savoirs écologiques traditionnels (SET) n’ont plus à prouver leur efficacité concernant par exemple la gestion des ressources naturelles ou la diplomatie climatique.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Climate Change; Environment

Sudan: Neighbouring countries must provide safe passage to those fleeing conflict - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Between 9 May and 16 June, Amnesty International interviewed 29 civilians faced with the difficult choice of whether to return to the conflict they fled, or remain stranded at the border, where they may wait for an indefinite period without basic supplies to maintain their health, privacy, and dignity.
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Burundi Government Walks Out on UN Review - De Montjoye, Clementine (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
This week, Burundian authorities once again displayed their contempt for human rights by walking out of the country’s review before the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva.
Burundi
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Geneva

Modi Supporters' Hate Speech Belies Claims of Indian Democracy During US Visit - Ganguly, Meenakshi (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United States included yoga at the United Nations, an address to the U.S. Congress that promised strides in the bilateral partnership, and a lavish state dinner at the White House with 400 guests. President Joe Biden spoke of the “unlimited potential” of ties between India and the United States.
India
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Recognising Human Rights Defenders as Remarkable Agents of Positive Change - Moore, Olive (Inter Press Service, 2023)
In recent years, the global landscape for human rights defenders (HRDs) has become more difficult and complex, with both new and heightened challenges. With hundreds of defenders killed every year, the scale and magnitude of threats faced by HRDs is unprecedented.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Netherlands: 'Historic victory' as law amended to recognize that sex without consent is rape - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Responding to the news that the Netherlands’ House of Representatives has voted to amend the Sexual Offences Act by introducing a consent-based definition of rape.
Netherlands
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Russia: Investigate vicious attack on Elena Milashina and Aleksandr Nemov in Chechnya - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
The vicious beating of Elena Milashina and Aleksandr Nemov by masked assailants in Chechnya this morning was an abhorrent act of violence that must not go unpunished
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Chechnya; Tchétchénie

Belgium's AfricaMuseum has a dark colonial past – it's making slow progress in confronting this history - Bobineau, Julien (The Conversation, 2023)
The restitution of looted objects from former colonies in Africa is an essential component of post-colonial reparation.
Belgium
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Colonialism; Decolonization

Hong Kong: Warrants Aim at Activists Abroad - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Hong Kong authorities have issued baseless arrest warrants and HK$1 million (US$128,000) bounties on eight exiled democracy activists and former legislators that expand China’s political intimidation campaign beyond its borders.
China
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Hongkong

Navigating Cultural Memory: Commemoration and Narrative in Postgenocide Rwanda - Mwambari, David (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Navigating Cultural Memory examines how a master narrative of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi evolved into a hegemonic narrative both in Rwanda and globally. Identifying key actors who shaped and responded to the evolution and enforcement of the master narrative in the first two decades after the genocide and civil war ended, it engages with important questions about collective memory, trauma, and power following violent and divisive events. With chapters analyzing interviews the author collected, as well as other secondary sources, Mwambari charts how Rwandans from different backgrounds–who he identifies as Champions, Antagonists, and Fatalists of the master narrative–have responded to this event through language, physical symbols of memory, art, and traditional and new media.
Rwanda
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Indigenous and local communities are getting land back - Aquino, Lyric (ICT News, 2023)
Between 2015 and 2020, Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, along with small, local communities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, gained legal recognition to more than 247 million acres of land — an 85 percent increase. That’s according to a new report from Rights and Resources Initiative, a global nonprofit focused on land and resource rights.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Centre to prosecute alleged war crimes in Ukraine opens in The Hague - Euro News (euronews, 2023)
After months of lobbying from Kyiv, the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA) has opened in The Hague, Netherlands. #EuropeNews
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-07 July; The Natherlands

How to have informed and respectful conversations about Indigenous issues like the Voice - Hill, Braden; Gringart, Eyal; Macdonald, Maryanne; Somerville, Robert Stanly; Booth, Sarah (The Conversation, 2023)
As the Voice referendum approaches, it is becoming more important to facilitate constructive and sensitive discussions. New research shows how to approach this.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Referendum; The Voice

Meet the ‘headstrong historian’ bringing Africa’s past to life – for Africans - Kimeu, Caroline (The Guardian, 2023)
A visit to Nairobi’s archives led to a ‘eureka moment’ for Kenyan Chao Tayiana. She set out to retell colonial narratives – using digital technology to bring lost and suppressed stories to light.
Kenya
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Africa; Colonialism; Global development; History; Kenya; Rail transport; Uganda

Senegal: behind the protests is a fight for democratic freedoms - Ndiaye, Bamba; Riedl, Rachel Beatty (The Conversation, 2023)
President Macky Sall’s previous ambiguity on a third-term bid, perception of a weaponised justice system and arbitrary detention of opposition are the drivers of political violence in Senegal.
Senegal
Keywords: 2023-07 July

'Why didn't we know?' is no excuse. Non-Indigenous Australians must listen to the difficult historical truths told by First Nations people - Payne, Anne Maree; Norman, Heidi (The Conversation, 2023)
Non-Indigenous Australians need to actively seek the truth about past violence and injustice against Indigenous Australians.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Colonialism; Reconciliation; Referendum; The Voice

Femicide in Brazil: Inter-American Condemnation - Reale, Nicolette (Harvard International Review, 2023)
"Due to the governments’ lack of urgency and failure to implement change, international legal institutions have been brought in to help condemn and combat femicide in Latin America."
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Feminicide

‘Resistance is possible’: Ravish Kumar, the broadcaster risking his life to tell the truth about India​ today​ - Adams, Tim (The Observer, 2023)
The journalist’s fearless reporting on India under Narendra Modi cost him his job and freedom. Now broadcasting to millions on YouTube, he is the subject of a new documentary
India
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Culture; Documentary films; Freedom of speech; Human rights; India; Journalist safety; Media; Narendra Modi; South and central Asia; Television; World news

Corporate human rights abuses can be curbed across Africa with buy-in from governments to honour the UN treaty - Dera, Boaventura Monjane and Anesu (Daily Maverick, 2023)
On 28 and 29 June, community members, popular formations and civil society organisations from across the African continent gathered in Johannesburg to participate in the African Regional Indaba on the UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights.
Africa
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Countries toughen up borders against migration, ducking UN advice on human rights - Galindo, Gabriela (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
The UN’s top expert on the human rights of migrants warned that countries are increasingly adopting anti-immigration practices that heighten deadly risks for migrants, just days after catastrophic sinkings in the Mediterranean.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Mystery of Holocaust escape girls solved after 84 years - Lonsdale, Jo; Downs, Jane (BBC News, 2023)
For more than 80 years the identities of three girls captured in an iconic photograph were unknown.
Western Europe
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Exhibition - Climate Justice - Until 2024-06 - Canadian Museum of Human Rights (Canadian Museum of Human Rights, 2023)
The exhibit “Climate Justice” highlights the connections between human rights and climate change, foregrounding youth activism and voices.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Youth Activism

Exhibition - Strength in Numbers: The Polish Solidarity Movement - Until 2024-08 - Canadian Museum of Human Rights (Canadian Museum of Human Rights, 2023)
After decades of state oppression and denial of workplace rights, 16,000 workers at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, went on strike in 1980. Their protest erupted when labour activist Anna Walentynowicz was fired from her shipyard job. The mass strike action inspired the Solidarity movement that united 10 million workers and led to momentous political change. Strength in Numbers demonstrates the power of collective action during one of the largest labour uprisings in modern times.
Poland
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Poland; Solidarity Movement

Rethinking Heritage in Precarious Times Coloniality, Climate Change, and Covid-19 - Shepperd, Nick (Routledge, 2023)
Rethinking Heritage in Precarious Times sets a fresh agenda for Heritage Studies by reflecting upon the unprecedented nature of the contemporary moment. In doing so, the volume also calls into question established ideas, ways of working, and understandings of the future. Presenting contributions by leading figures in the field of Heritage Studies, Indigenous scholars, and scholars from across the global north and global south, the volume engages with the most pressing issues of today: coloniality, the climate emergency, the Covid-19 pandemic, structural racism, growing social and economic inequality, and the ongoing struggle for dignity and restitution.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Colonialism; Covid-19; Pandemic

Conference - Why Isn’t Remembering Enough to Repair? - On line 2023-08-23 - Zócalo Public Square (Zócalo Public Square, 2023)
Upcoming events at Zócalo Public Square 2023-08-23: The Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel did not believe in collective guilt. Instead, he asked for repair, and for holding the post-World War II generation of Germans responsible “not for the past, but for the way it remembers the past. And for what it does with the memory of the past.” Other societies and communities have taken up Wiesel’s call—at the national level, South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Argentina’s efforts to prosecute Dirty War military leaders, and at the local level, movements like the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission in North Carolina and land back efforts in the Pacific Northwest. What comes after we remember, from apology and forgiveness to reparations and justice?
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Reparation

Ukraine Promises Inquiry into Banned Landmine Use - Human Right Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The Ukrainian government should act on its expressed commitment not to use banned antipersonnel landmines, investigate its military’s use of these weapons, and hold those responsible to account. The government has said it would examine reports by Human Rights Watch and other groups that its forces used these weapons in operations to retake territory occupied by Russian forces.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Russia-Ukraine War

What’s behind the new tensions in Kosovo? - Pinna, Monica (Euronews, 2023)
Divisions between the Kosovan ethnic Serb minority and ethnic Albanians resurface bringing violent clashes with Nato forces. Is a full-fledged conflict a possibility? What led to this and what are the consequences? Monica Pinna went to Northern Kosovo to find out.
Southern Europe
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Bolsonaro barred from political office for eight years - Timerman, Jordana (Latin America Daily Briefing, 2023)
Four judges of Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal have voted to bar former President Jair Bolsonaro from holding political office for eight years. A majority of the court’s seven magistrates ruled that Bolsonaro had violated Brazil’s election laws when, less than three months before last year’s vote, he summoned diplomats to the presidential palace and made baseless claims that the nation’s voting systems were likely to be rigged.
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-07 July

UN rights office calls on France to address ‘deep issues’ of racism in policing - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (UN News, 2023)
Following a third night of riots and protests across France over the police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said it was time for the country to reckon with its history of racism in policing.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Anti-literacy Laws in the United States Once Prevented Blacks from Getting an Education - Anele, Uzonna (TalkAfricana, 2023)
Fearing that black literacy would prove a threat to the slave system, whites in many colonies instituted laws forbidding slaves to learn to read or write and making it a crime for others to teach them.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Burkina Faso: Unlawful Killings, ‘Disappearances’ by the Army - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The Burkina Faso armed forces summarily executed at least 9 men, and forcibly disappeared and apparently killed 18 others in three incidents since February 2023 in Séno province.
Burkina Faso
Keywords: 2023-06 June