L’arrestation et la détention d’avocats spécialisés dans les droits humains constituent une atteinte à la profession juridique - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Les autorités doivent respecter les normes internationales sur l’indépendance de la profession juridique et les droits à un procès équitable.
Zimbabwe
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Government

How US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations - Bhuiyan, Johana; Levin, Sam (The Guardian, 2023)
Records from the Department of Homeland Security show it sought to expand undercover operations online despite pushback from Facebook.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Biden administration; Facebook; Meta; Social media; Social networking; Surveillance; Technology; Trump administration; US immigration; US news

Manchester Museum hands back 174 objects to Indigenous Australian islanders - Brown, Mark; correspondent, Mark Brown North of England (The Guardian, 2023)
Return of items to Anindilyakwa community hailed as landmark example of cultural repatriation
Australia
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Australia news; Culture; England; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous peoples; Manchester; Museums; UK news

Afghanes - Chalvon-Fioriti, Solène (Elephant Doc, 2023)
Souvent réduites à un statut de victime ou instrumentalisées dans des discours de propagande, les femmes afghanes ont rarement l’occasion de s’exprimer en leur nom. Ce documentaire donne la parole à plusieurs femmes, âgées de 17 à 70 ans, issues de la ville, de la campagne, ou vivant en exil. Elles livrent leur récit intime mais aussi leur lecture des évènements qui jalonnent l’histoire afghane.
Afghanistan
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Violations des droits des personnes LGBTI - Human Rights Watch; Coalition pour la défense de la liberté d’expression au Liban (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Les autorités libanaises s’attaquent de manière systématique aux droits fondamentaux des personnes lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles, transgenres et intersexes (LGBTI), a déclaré aujourd’hui la Coalition pour la défense de la liberté d’expression au Liban, composée de quinze ONG dont HRW.
Lebanon
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Attack on Freedoms Targets LGBTI People - Human Rights Watch; Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Lebanese authorities are systematically attacking the fundamental human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people, the Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon, comprised of fifteen Lebanese and international organizations, said today.
Lebanon
Keywords: 2023-09 September

The US election campaign heats up, so could the market for misinformation - Paul, Kari (The Guardian, 2023)
Twitter is not the only platform inviting political adverts back, as tech giants from Meta to YouTube compete for marketing money and eyeballs.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Advertising; Artificial intelligence (AI); Donald Trump; Elon Musk; Internet; Media; Meta; Technology; US elections 2024; US news; US politics; X (formerly known as Twitter); YouTube

Germany Sees More Aggressive Russian Disinformation Campaigns Since Invasion Of Ukraine - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 2023)
Germany
Keywords: 2023-09 September

War Crimes Trial Opens For Bosnian Serbs Accused Of Rapes, Torture At Prison Camps During 1992-95 War - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 2023)
The Prosecutor-General’s Office in the indictment said it has statements from 180 witnesses, including three experts, and has submitted more than 900 pieces of evidence.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Slovak elections: How platforms counter political misinformation under DSA - Zmušková, Barbara; Hartmann, Théophane (Euractiv, 2023)
Slovak voted on 30 September, the first to take place since the EU's DSA enforcement which obliges social media platforms to combat electoral manipulation.
Slovakia
Keywords: 2023-09 September

State-backed disinformation fuelling anger in China over Fukushima water - Davidson, Helen (The Guardian, 2023)
Reports of abusive behaviour towards Japanese citizens in China in response to wastewater release at nuclear site.
China
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Asia Pacific; China; Energy; Environment; Fukushima; Japan; Japan disaster; Nuclear power; Nuclear waste; World news

Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses - Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (The Guardian, 2023)
Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada
Saudi Arabia
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Saudi Arabia; Technology; US foreign policy; US news; World news; X (formerly known as Twitter)

Holocaust Ground Zero review – it is the unfathomable suffering that stays with you - Mangan, Lucy (The Guardian, 2023)
This distressing documentary outlines in a clear and accessible way the beginning of the mass execution of Jews under Hitler’s regime.
Germany
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Culture; Europe; Holocaust; Nazism; Second world war; Television & radio; Ukraine

Los 23 kilómetros de conflictos humanos que explican España desde una nave de Vallecas: "Un filón para historiadores y escritores" - Díaz, Ruth (ELMUNDO, 2023)
El Archivo Judicial Territorial, que se prepara ya para la digitalización de sus fondos, acoge tesoros desde el siglo XIX, como las actas de autorización de matrimonio, a la historia cercana, como el atentado de Carrero Blanco
Spain
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Court records; Digitization; Stolen babies

‘It’s dangerous work’: new generation of Indigenous activists battle to save the Amazon - Phillips, Tom (The Guardian, 2023)
Campaigners in Brazil use drones to document work of self-defence teams trying to stop environmental destruction caused by illegal mining.
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Amazon rainforest; Americas; Brazil; Conservation; Deforestation; Environment; Indigenous peoples; Mining; Trees and forests; World news

El viaje que hizo la BBC a Chile después del golpe contra Allende - BBC News Mundo (2023)
Pocos meses luego del golpe de Estado con el que Augusto Pinochet derrocó al gobierno de Salvador Allende en Chile, un equipo del programa Panorama de la BBC viajó al país para registrar la situación del país. Este valioso material histórico tomado del archivo de la BBC refleja la realidad chilena en los inicios de la dictadura militar, que luego se extendería 17 años, dejando más de 40.000 víctimas, entre ellas, 3.000 muertos y desaparecidos.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-09 September

In Russia, authorities filter information and algorithms help them - Holod.Media (Global Voices, 2023)
Social networks want their users to spend more time on their platforms, to leave a more extensive digital footprint that can be used for various purposes.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Defriending Canada: Natural Disasters and Facebook’s Information Scrub - Kampmark, Binoy (International Policy Digest, 2023)
Canada has learned, much like Australia several years ago, that Facebook is willing to play hardball to scuttle legislation it doesn't like.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Russian Taxi Law Requiring Companies To Share Data With FSB Goes Into Effect - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 2023)
A law requiring taxi companies to provide the Federal Security Service (FSB) with data on riders' trips has come into force.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Kremlin’s propaganda film about Ukraine war plays to empty cinemas - Sauer, Pjotr (The Observer, 2023)
The box-office flop, about a fictional violinist who gets caught up in the atrocities, is further evidence that Russians want to forget about the invasion.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Culture; Film; Russia; Ukraine; World news

Home Office secretly lobbied for facial recognition ‘spy’ company - Townsend, Mark (The Observer, 2023)
Officials reflected policing minister’s enthusiasm to roll out controversial technology across the country, particularly in retail settings
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Chris Philp; Facial recognition; Home Office; Police; Politics; Surveillance; Technology; UK news

Architects look to Warsaw for lessons on rebuilding Ukraine from rubble - Walker, Shaun (The Guardian, 2023)
An exhibition highlights the Polish city’s innovative reconstruction effort after the second world war.
Poland
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Architecture; Cities; Europe; Poland; Ukraine; World news

New York plan to monitor Labor Day parties with drones prompts outcry - Yang, Maya (The Guardian, 2023)
Police accused of playing ‘fast and loose’ with New Yorkers’ rights to due process and to freely hold peaceful gatherings
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September; NYPD; New York; US crime; US news; US policing; World news

Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $234 million to Canadian media - Deschamps, Tara (CBC News, 2023)
The federal government has put a price tag on what it would like to see Google and Facebook spend under an act requiring the tech giants to compensate media for news articles.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Indigenous Matters

ICA SAHR – Los archivos de la Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia: Desafíos y Logros - ICA International Council on Archives (ICA SAHR, 2023)
Los archivos de la Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia: Desafíos y Logros. Mauricio Katz y Catherine Romero presentarán la historia de cómo se cerraron y se entregaron los archivos de la Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia. Esto con la intención de informarle al público dónde se encuentran hoy los archivos para su consulta, investigación, apropiación y otros usos como parte de una primera medida de reparación individual y colectiva del derecho a la verdad y no repetición que heredó la Comisión de la Verdad en el marco del proceso de justicia transicional que hoy transita este país.
Colombia
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Liquidation of the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis - International Federation of Human Rights (International Federation for Human Rights, 2023)
The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary dissolution of the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis (SOVA Center), a Moscow-based human rights organisation specialised in monitoring of hate crimes, nationalism, xenophobia and racism, freedom of religion and belief, as well as anti-extremism legislation.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Q & A: Why US advocates want more power to probe Indigenous boarding schools - Stepansky, Joseph (Al Jazeera, 2023)
Ben Barnes, chief of the Shawnee Tribe, tells Al Jazeera that advocates do not want the truth ‘sifted through a sieve’. Starting from around 1819 and continuing through the 1960s, generations of Indigenous children were separated from their families and sent to the institutions, run by government or missionary organisations. Washington released the results of a first-of-its-kind investigation into the boarding schools and their policies.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Boarding schools; Forced child removal; Shawnee Tribe

Sixty years of sound: The cassette’s past, present and future in Egypt - Simon, Andrew (Al Jazeera, 2023)
On its birthday, Al Jazeera looks beyond the cassette’s invention in Europe and at its life in Egypt. Adawiya, Imam and Kishk used the technology to circumvent censorship and reach a mass audience in the absence of Egyptian radio, which came under state control in 1934 and refused to give them airtime.
Egypt
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Canada kept vast documents with the Chinese Exclusion Act. So why couldn't I find my great-grandpa? - Wong, Teresa (CBC News, 2023)
When Teresa Wong went looking for information on her great-grandpa, she was surprised by what she couldn’t find — and what she discovered in herself.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Privacy: Algorithms and Society - Filimowicz, Michael (Routledge, 2023)
Privacy: Algorithms and Society focuses on encryption technologies and privacy debates in journalistic crypto-cultures, countersurveillance technologies, digital advertising, and cellular location data. Important questions are raised such as: How much information will we be allowed to keep private through the use of encryption on our computational devices? What rights do we have to secure and personalized channels of communication, and how should those be balanced by the state’s interests in maintaining order and degrading the capacity of criminals and rival state actors to organize through data channels?
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Un aporte a la verdad y a la Justicia | Un documento inédito con la identidad de 19 secuestrados en Campo de Mayo - Bullentini, Ailín (PAGINA12, 2023)
El Archivo Nacional de la Memoria recibió una lista con los nombres de detenidos ilegales de origen chileno y uruguayo que estuvieron en esa guarnición militar y luego fueron exiliados. Hace 47 años fueron llevados de una sede universitaria en José C. Paz
Latin America and the Caribbean
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Argentina; Brazil; Chile

Freedom Fighter Maria Ressa on How Disinformation Degrades Democracy (MSNBA, 2023)
Nobel Laureate and legendary Filipino-American investigative journalist Maria Ressa has been on the frontlines of the fight for democracy for decades. Ressa knows very well what happens when democracy is eroded and disinformation is rampant. And she knows how not to let it become routine and numbing. And just last week she was acquitted of a contrived tax evasion charge by a court in the Philippines. It's the latest victory, not just for Maria Ressa herself, but for her country's fight for press freedom.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Philippines

The Power of Documenting War Crimes — and How to Do It - Villa, Santiago (Global Investigative Journalism Network, 2023)
Reporting on war crimes is essential in building the proof that opens the door to accountability, but it also goes further, by preserving and protecting a society’s memory and dignity.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

A flood of misinformation about migrants in Lampedusa - Galle-Tessonneau, Elise (The Observers - France 24, 2023)
Thousands of individuals, predominantly from sub-Saharan Africa, have recently arrived on the small Italian island of Lampedusa, reigniting the discussion on the EU and European states' approach to handling…
Europe
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Misinformation

Adoption d’une résolution préjudiciable sur la « prostitution » - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Le Parlement européen a adopté une résolution contre la « prostitution » le 14 septembre 2023, mais en a supprimé certaines des parties les plus préjudiciables, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd'hui. Le Parlement a adopté un rapport non contraignant, intitulé Réglementation de la prostitution dans l’Union européenne : implications transfrontières et incidence sur l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes et les droits des femmes, tout en rejetant les appels à une approche à l’échelle européenne basée sur le « modèle nordique/égalitaire ».
Europe
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Aprueban una peligrosa resolución contra la “prostitución” - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
El Parlamento Europeo aprobó el 14 de septiembre de 2023 una resolución contra la “prostitución”, pero eliminó algunas de sus partes más dañinas, dijo hoy Human Rights Watch. El Parlamento adoptó un informe no vinculante, Regulación de la prostitución en la Unión: repercusiones transfronterizas y consecuencias en la igualdad de género y los derechos de las mujeres, pero rechazó “los llamados a un enfoque común para toda la UE basado en el modelo nórdico/de igualdad.”
Europe
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Harmful ‘Prostitution’ Resolution Passes - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The European Parliament passed a resolution against “prostitution” on September 14, 2023, but removed some of its most harmful parts, Human Rights Watch said today. Parliament adopted a non-binding report. Regulation of Prostitution in the EU: Its Cross-Border Implications and Impact on Gender Equality and Women’s Rights, but rejected “calls for an EU-wide approach based on the Nordic/Equality model.”
Europe
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Building the South-South Feminist Archive: An Interview with Ghiwa Sayegh of Kohl Journal - Machirori, Fungai (African Arguments, 2023)
Building the South-South Feminist Archive: An Interview with Ghiwa Sayegh of Kohl Journal
Africa
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Rights expert appeals for action to tackle elder abuse - UN Human Rights Council (UN News, 2023)
A UN-appointed human rights expert on Friday called for urgent action and better data to stamp out the widespread problem of elder abuse.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

The Sámi people’s struggles to preserve their tradition - Euro News (euronews, 2023)
Europe's only indigenous people are demanding their rights in Brussels, which are threatened by the ecological transition and the lack of EU policies.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Brasil, México, Colombia, Indonesia y otros 13 países reclaman a la UE que reconsidere su ley contra la deforestación - Gortázar, Naiara Galarraga (El País, 2023)
Diecisiete naciones en desarrollo piden abrir un diálogo sobre una norma que consideran “punitiva y discriminatoria”. Brasil, Indonesia y otros 15 países han escrito una carta conjunta a las máximas autoridades de las instituciones comunitarias en las que reclaman al bloque que reconsidere la norma, que critican por su “carácter punitivo y discriminatorio”, según el texto, difundido este lunes por el Ministerio de Exteriores brasileño.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Promoting Environmental Democracy: comments submitted by the SAHR towards the UN Human Rights Council in October 2023 | International Council on Archives - Section on Archives and Human Rights (SAHR) (International Council on Archives (ICA), 2023)
ICA SAHR commends the preparation of a comprehensive report by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment on ‘Promoting Environmental Democracy: procedural elements of the human right to a clean, health and sustainable environment’
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Environmental Democracy

Advice from Archives for Black Lives - Brumfield, Sara (FromThePage Blog, 2023)
How do you handle racist language in your archives? This is, unfortunately, a perennial issue. The Archives for Black Lives group in 2019 published Anti-Racist Description Resources. While you should read the whole thing (especially if you have materials pertaining to slavery), the blog author pulled out some practical bits.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

More than a “Slap in the Face”: ICA’s Congress in Abu Dhabi Whitewashes the UAE’s Reality - Hermann, Burkely (Issues & Advocacy, 2023)
Recently, there has been a uproar on social media about the location of The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)’s World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in 2024. Set to occur in Dubai. What is not talked about as much is the congress/conference of the International Council on Archives (ICA) in Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital, set for October 9 to October 13.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Abu Dhabi Congress; ICA

Hong Kong's top court ruling paves way for recognition of same-sex partnerships - Le Monde; Associated Press (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
The court declared that the government must establish a legal framework for recognizing same-sex partnerships, marking a significant milestone for LGBTQ+ rights in the city.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

People of African descent facing ‘immense challenges’ in public square - UN OCHCR (UN News, 2023)
Members of the African diaspora continue to face immense challenges participating in public life in many countries, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said in a new report on Tuesday.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Opinion: De-dollarisation is the new decolonisation - Lo, Alex (South China Morning Post, 2023)
Opinion: Everyone, whether America’s vassals or enemies, needs to move away from the dollar when their greenback-denominated assets can be taken from them on Washington’s say-so.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Climate-change-induced migration increases the risk of human trafficking and modern slavery, report finds - Nottingham, University of (Phys.Org, 2023)
Climate-change-induced migration has been linked to the risk of human-trafficking and modern slavery, a new study from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham has found.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Opinion: The global human rights regime has collapsed - Guesmi, Haythem (Al Jazeera, 2023)
Opinion: Amid a climate emergency, seemingly endless conflict, and consequent refugee crises, the glaring absence of an effective global strategy to safeguard the most fundamental rights of impoverished and marginalised populations across the world has made it clear that the concept of “human rights”, as sacralised by the liberal West, has lost all meaning and purpose – for everyone, but especially for those of us in the Global South.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Trans-Inclusive Culture: Guidance on advancing trans inclusion for museums, galleries, archives and heritage organisations | Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) - McLeod, Suzanne; Sandell, Richard; Cowan, Sharon; Scott, E.J.; Cuzzola, Cesare; Plumb, Sarah (Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG). University of Leicester, 2023)
In the context of growing uncertainty and anxiety surrounding trans-inclusive practice in the cultural sector, the University of Leicester’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) – working with a team of legal scholars and experts in inclusion, equality and ethics – has developed comprehensive guidance on advancing trans inclusion for museums, galleries, archives and heritage organisations. The book is downloadable for free.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Access to Justice - Neistat, Anya; Jilani, Hina; Romero, Marianna (2023)
In its 75 years, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has helped many find justice – either by changing laws or providing opportunities for people to claim their rights. But there are still places where accessing justice is difficult or impossible for those seeking it. In this episode, we hear from those who continue to uphold the promise of the Declaration.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Mapping Africa’s coups d’etat across the years - AJLabs (AlJazeera, 2023)
Majority of the world’s coups in Africa with at least 106 coups across Africa since 1950 and 108 unsuccessful attempts.
Africa
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Data Privacy and Crowdsourcing - Hornuf, Lars; Mangold, Sonja; Yang, Yayun (Springer, 2023)
This is an open access book which describes the most important legal principles of data privacy and data protection in China, Germany and the US.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Exhibition - Photographs that shaped the urban landscape - BBC News (BBC News, 2023)
Images of the often brutal urban landscapes of late 1960s Britain - captured by photographers working for the Architectural Review - can now be seen at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London until 24 February 2024, at RIBA Architecture Gallery in Portland Place, London.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Architecture; Urban Planning

Research Opportunity - Archival diplomatics’ authentication techniques - Hamouda, Hoda (Linkedin, 2023)
The research team, from the University of British Columbia in Canada, want to to interview (in English or Arabic) individuals who verify YouTube videos captured in conflict-affected regions as part of their work in human rights, civil society organizations, or journalism. The research team designed, after two years of research and practice, a novel process to verify citizen journalism videos captured in conflict-affected regions. Their goal is to integrate the verification process of open-source investigators with the authentication process of archival science to expand the current workflow of open-source human rights investigators and better authenticate YouTube video evidence. To participate, contact via LinkedIn or email hodahamo@mail.ubc.ca.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-09 September

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

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

Des experts de l’ONU veulent des informations sur des défenseurs des droits humains tibétains détenus - UN News (UN News, 2023)
Le gouvernement chinois doit fournir des informations sur neuf défenseurs des droits humains tibétains qui purgent des peines de prison allant jusqu’à 11 ans, ont indiqué jeudi des experts indépendants des Nations Unies.
China
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Expertos de la ONU piden aclaraciones a China sobre nueve activistas tibetanos - UN News (UN News, 2023)
Expertos en derechos humanos de la ONU* declararon este jueves que el gobierno chino debe proporcionar información sobre nueve defensores tibetanos de los derechos humanos medioambientales que cumplen penas de prisión de hasta 11 años.
China
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

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

Dépenses du NON au référendum de 1995: Le PQ veut déposer un projet de loi pour obtenir des documents - Denoncourt, Jean-Philippe; La Presse Canadienne (La Presse, 2023)
Le Parti québécois (PQ) annonce mercredi son intention de déposer un projet de loi à l’Assemblée nationale afin d’obtenir la publication des documents qui concernent le financement du camp du NON lors de la campagne référendaire de 1995.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Fraud; Quebec; Referendum

Dans le bassin du Congo, les droits bafoués des peuples autochtones face à la déforestation - Gabel, Barbara (France 24, 2023)
Les peuples autochtones du bassin du Congo, connus sous le nom de Pygmées, vivent au milieu des arbres depuis des siècles. Ils seraient aujourd’hui quelques centaines de milliers à habiter la forêt et à dépendre des ressources de la nature. Mais avec l'accélération de la déforestation, leurs droits sont bafoués.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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 de restes humains : réparer les erreurs du passé - Le Monde (Le Monde, 2023)
L’adoption par le Sénat en première lecture d’une proposition de loi facilitant le travail de réparation des dégâts de la colonisation devrait permettre à la France de rattraper un retard regrettable. Cette avancée oblige l’Etat, mais sa mise en œuvre suppose des moyens humains qui dépassent largement les forces actuelles.
France
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Decolonization

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

El ADN de 27 esclavos muertos hace siglos identifica a 42.000 parientes actuales en EE UU - Domínguez, Nuño (El País, 2023)
Un estudio sin precedentes recupera los orígenes de miles de familias afroamericanas de cuyos ancestros no había registros
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August

La millonaria red de sobornos de la tercera constructora brasileña - Irujo, José María; Gil, Joaquín (El País, 2023)
La firma Camargo Correa creó un esquema financiero en paraísos fiscales con tentáculos en ocho países para canalizar el pago de comisiones ilegales a directivos de la petrolera Petrobras. Así lo confirman documentos a los que ha tenido acceso EL PAÍS y que afloran nuevos detalles sobre el funcionamiento de este esquema corrupto, sus tretas de ocultación y la maraña de testaferros, sociedades ficticias y cuentas cifradas para mover el dinero sucio.
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Rechazan extensión de prisión a ambientalistas en El Salvador - teleSUR (teleSUR, 2023)
El tribunal salvadoreño postergó la audiencia preliminar hasta febrero del año siguiente a petición de la Fiscalía. “Dicha prórroga es innecesaria, porque hasta ahora la Fiscalía no ha presentado pruebas reales contra nuestros compañeros y difícilmente las tendrá alargando injustificadamente el proceso. Su única prueba son las declaraciones contradictorias de un testigo criteriado”, señala el comunicado de ADES.
El Salvador
Keywords: 2023-08 August

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

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

Journal d'Haïti et des Amériques - Haïti pleure Liliane Pierre-Paul, icône de la liberté d’expression - Pierre-Paul, Liliane; Ponge, Mickael (2023)
La célèbre journaliste est décédée hier (31 juillet 2023) à l’âge de 70 ans et il n’est pas un média qui ne lui rende hommage aujourd’hui. Liliane Pierre-Paul avait consacré sa vie au journalisme, dénonçant sans cesse la corruption et les dérives de certains dirigeants.
Haiti
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Freedom of the Press

‘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

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

The Congo Free State: What Could Archives Tell Us? - Van Schuylenbergh, Patricia; Leduc-Grimaldi, Mathilde (Peter Lang Editions, 2022)
Through the remains of court cases, company archives and private archives, renowned historians and archivists have revisited in this book lesser-known or long-lost archives that are crucial for a deeper understanding of the 30 years of the Congo Free State that marked Belgium’s entry into the colonial era.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Congo Free State

Lebanon: Comedian Arrested for Critical Jokes - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Lebanese authorities’ arrest and investigation of prominent comedian Nour Hajjar, solely in retaliation for his jokes, represents a new escalation in Lebanon’s crackdown on public criticism, the Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon of which Amnesty International is a member, said today.
Lebanon
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Pierre Elliott Trudeau avait une unité secrète pour espionner les indépendantistes - Serebrin, Jacob (La Presse, 2023)
De nouvelles révélations au sujet d’une unité ultrasecrète créée au sein du cabinet du premier ministre Pierre Elliott Trudeau pour espionner les souverainistes québécois témoignent de l’ampleur de ce qu’on ignore encore concernant la réponse d’Ottawa au mouvement indépendantiste.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Pierre Elliott Trudeau had a secret unit to spy on Quebec separatists - Serebrin, Jacob (DayFR Euro, 2023)
According to an article that has just been published in English in an academic journal, Prime Minister Trudeau’s office created an espionage unit in the 1970s to monitor Quebec sovereignists. The firm had also asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to pass on information to it – a request the defunct RCMP security service reportedly resisted.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Ugandan authorities must drop charges in death penalty case under Anti-Homosexuality Act - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
It is deeply disturbing that the Ugandan authorities are prosecuting people based on their real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
Uganda
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Uganda: Las autoridades deben retirar los cargos en el caso de pena de muerte según la Ley contra la Homosexualidad Las autoridades ugandesas deben retirar los cargos en el caso de pena de muerte según la Ley contra la Homosexualidad - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
El hecho de que las autoridades ugandesas enjuicien a la gente por su orientación sexual, real o percibida, o por su identidad de género es muy alarmante.
Uganda
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Decades After Dictatorship, Chile Mounts Search for Hundreds Who Vanished - Bonnefoy, Pascale (The New York Times, 2023)
President Gabriel Boric is announcing a new national search plan ahead of the 50th anniversary of the coup that toppled the government and led to the disappearance and killing of thousands.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Association of Relatives of the Disappeared; Bones; Boric; Gabriel; Chile; Coups D'Etat and Attempted Coups D'Etat; DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); Defense and Military Forces; Detainees; Fernando Ortiz; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Kidnapping and Hostages; Latin America; Missing Persons; Murders; Attempted Murders and Homicides; Pinochet Ugarte; Augusto; Political Prisoners; Politics and Government; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Torture

Australia to head to polls in October as PM confirms Voice referendum date - Morse, Callan; Cross, Jarred (National Indigenous Times, 2023)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the date of the upcoming Voice to parliament referendum, announcing the vote will be held on October 14. Australians will head to the referendum polls for the first time in 24 years on the second Saturday in October to decide whether to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in Australia's constitution.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Government; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous Matters

Indigenous Voice to Parliament vote set in Australia - The Associated Press (ICT News, 2023)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the referendum date, triggering just over six weeks of intensifying campaigning by both sides of the argument
Australia
Keywords: 2023-08 August

La impunidad persiste en los crímenes contra las activistas de derechos humanos en México - UN News (UN News, 2023)
Tres expertas de la ONU denuncian los brutales ataques a dos defensoras de las garantías fundamentales inscritas en el mecanismo de protección que otorga el país a esas personas. Las agresiones ocurrieron en marzo y mayo pasados y aún continúan las investigaciones. Las relatoras instan al gobierno mexicano a garantizar la seguridad de quienes trabajan en favor de los derechos humanos.
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists - UN News (UN News, 2023)
A group of UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Mexico to investigate and prosecute those who attack and kill women activists searching for their missing relatives. |
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Arbitrary detentions continue in Venezuela - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Venezuela: Arbitrary detentions continue as a tool of government control and repression. In the new report, Life detained: Politically motivated arbitrary detentions continue in Venezuela Amnesty International denounces the Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Venezuela. Le gouvernement continue à recourir aux détentions arbitraires comme outil de contrôle et de répression - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Venezuela. Le gouvernement continue à recourir aux détentions arbitraires comme outil de contrôle et de répression. Dans le nouveau rapport intitulé Vidas detenidas: Continúan las detenciones arbitrarias por motivos políticos en Venezuela, Amnesty International dénonce la persistance de la politique de répression mise en œuvre par le gouvernement de Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Continúan las detenciones arbitrarias en Venezuela - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
Venezuela: Continúan las detenciones arbitrarias como herramienta de control y represión del gobierno. En el nuevo informe, Vidas detenidas: Continúan las detenciones arbitrarias por motivos políticos en Venezuela, Amnistía Internacional denuncia la persistencia de la política de represión implementada por el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Arabie saoudite : Un homme condamné à mort pour des tweets - Human Right Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Des critiques pacifiques exprimées sur les réseaux sociaux ont conduit à un verdict de peine de mort.
Saudi Arabia
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Human Rights

Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets - Human Right Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death based solely on his Twitter and YouTube activity.
Saudi Arabia
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Human Rights

Arabia Saudita: Hombre condenado a muerte por tuits - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Un tribunal saudí ha condenado a muerte a un hombre basándose exclusivamente en su actividad en Twitter y YouTube.
Saudi Arabia
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Enfants autochtones disparus ou morts: Début des exhumations sur la Côte-Nord - Lévesque, Fanny (La Presse, 2023)
L’exhumation des dépouilles de deux enfants autochtones s’amorce dans la communauté innue de Pessamit sur la Côte-Nord. L’opération délicate, qui s’inscrit dans la foulée d’une nouvelle loi québécoise, vise à élucider la disparition et la mort des poupons.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August

93 possible unmarked graves discovered at former Beauval residential school - Paradis, Danielle (APTN, 2023)
English River First Nation in Saskatchewan announced Tuesday it has discovered nearly 100 potential unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Child abuse; Child death; English River First Nation; Residential Schools; Saskatchewan

Little space for dissent as Algeria sends researcher, journalist to jail - Simon Speakman Cordall (Al Jazeera, 2023)
Canadian-Algerian researcher among those sentenced for ‘publishing sensitive information’.
Algeria
Keywords: 2023-08 August; 2023-09 September

Under Pressure From Progressives, US Declassifies Documents Related to Chile Coup - Johnson, Jake (Common Dreams, 2023)
"Huge congratulations to the U.S. members who made this call from the delegation, and to all those who have fought like hell to declassify these files and bring justice for the bloody crimes of September 1973."
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Chile; Declassification; Dictatorship; Pinochet

France further relaxes access to archives from brutal Algerian war - Agence France-Presse; euronews (euronews, 2023)
Cases of abuse and killings involving minors will now be open to further scrutiny after decades of campaigning.
France
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Algeria

Guerre d’Algérie : la France assouplit plus encore l’accès à ses archives - Agence France-Presse; Le Monde (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
En décembre 2021, la France avait ouvert, avec quinze ans d’avance sur le délai légal, ses archives judiciaires liées à la guerre. En pratique, l’accès à ces documents restait difficile pour les familles et les chercheurs.
France
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Algeria

Arabia Saudita: Asesinato masivo de migrantes en la frontera de Yemen - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Los abusos sistemáticos a etíopes pueden constituir crímenes contra la humanidad
Saudi Arabia
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Gobierno de EE.UU. desclasifica los informes diarios del Presidente referentes a Chile, de los días 8 y 11 de septiembre de 1973 - U.S. Embassy in Chile (U.S. Embassy in Chile, 2023)
Traducción extraoficial de la declaración dada a conocer por la Oficina del Portavoz del Departamento de Estado.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Gobierno de EE.UU. desclasifica los informes diarios del Presidente referentes a Chile, de los días 8 y 11 de septiembre de 1973 - U.S. Embassy in Chile (U.S. Embassy in Chile, 2023)
Traducción extraoficial de la declaración dada a conocer por la Oficina del Portavoz del Departamento de Estado.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-08 August

President of Guyana demands slavery reparations ahead of apology from plantation owner descendants - Wilkinson, Bert; Associated Press (CityNews Toronto, 2023)
Guyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders, saying those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay reparations to today’s generations.
Guyana
Keywords: 2023-08 August

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

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

Ucrania: Tribunal ruso confirma la pena de 13 años impuesta al defensor ucraniano de los derechos humanos Maksym Butkevych - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
La vista de apelación celebrada en Moscú el martes (22 de agosto) ha confirmado la pena de 13 años de prisión impuesta al defensor ucraniano de los derechos humanos Maksym Butkevych, lo que representa un grave error de la justicia. Así lo ha afirmado hoy Amnistía Internacional.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-08 August

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

Les familles doivent avoir le droit de commémorer le 1er anniversaire de la mort de leurs proches tués lors du soulèvement, sans subir de représailles - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Dans ses nouvelles recherches, Amnesty International explique que les autorités iraniennes soumettent les familles des victimes à des arrestations et détentions arbitraires, restreignent indûment les rassemblements pacifiques sur les lieux d’inhumation et détruisent les pierres tombales.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-08 August

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

Arabie saoudite : Massacres de migrants à la frontière du Yémen | Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Les abus systématiques contre les Éthiopiens pourraient constituer des crimes contre l'humanité
Saudi Arabia
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Ethiopia; Yemen

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

Respeten el derecho de las familias a conmemorar sin represalias a los seres queridos que murieron de forma violenta durante el levantamiento, cuando se cumple el primer aniversario - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
En la nueva investigación, Amnistía Internacional explica pormenorizadamente que las autoridades iraníes llevan tiempo sometiendo a los familiares de las víctimas a detención arbitraria y reclusión, imponiendo duras restricciones a las reuniones pacíficas en los emplazamientos de las tumbas y destruyendo las lápidas de las víctimas.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-08 August

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

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

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

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

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

Mojgan Ilanlou, documentariste iranienne, raconte le combat des femmes dans une société patriarcale - Shamsodinnezhad, Vahic (RFI, 2023)
Mojgan Ilanlou est l’une des premières cinéastes iraniennes à être sortie sans voile au début du mouvement Femme, Vie, Liberté. Elle a ensuite partagé des photos d’elle accompagnées du hashtag « cette ville doit s’habituer à me voir ». Un acte qui lui a valu cinq mois d’emprisonnement. La réalisatrice croit à la force de documentaire dans le changement des mentalités et des traditions.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Santé : Il faut des données sur l’identité autochtone, plaident des médecins canadiens - Zone Santé- ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada, 2023)
Combattre les iniquités et le racisme systémique dans le réseau de la santé au Canada – dont sont particulièrement victimes les personnes autochtones – passe par une meilleure collecte de données sur l’identité ethnique dans l'ensemble du pays, fait valoir un groupe de médecins.
Canada
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

Combattre le racisme anti-Noirs sur les réseaux sociaux - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Le gouvernement chinois devrait reconnaître et condamner le racisme anti-Noirs qui prévaut sur l’Internet chinois et adopter des mesures pour promouvoir la tolérance et lutter contre les préjugés.
China
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Es necesario combatir el racismo contra los negros en las redes sociales - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
El Gobierno chino debería reconocer y condenar el racismo contra los negros que prevalece en Internet y adoptar medidas para promover la tolerancia y la lucha contra los prejuicios.
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

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

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

‘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

Familiares y agrupaciones de DDHH entregan carta interpelando al Poder Judicial su rol durante 50 años desde el golpe de Estado - Le Monde Diplomatique (Le Monde diplomatique, 2023)
Las y los familiares y organizaciones por los derechos humanos, Londres 38, espacio de memorias; la Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos (AFDD); y la Agrupación de Familiares de Ejecutados Políticos (AFEP); entregaron pasadas las once de la mañana de este viernes 4 de agosto, una carta dirigida al Pleno de la Corte Suprema, con el objetivo de interpelar al Poder Judicial en su rol durante estos 50 años, manifestar su preocupación por el estado de las causas por violaciones a los DD.HH. y expresar sus expectativas y demandas ante el Plan Nacional de Búsqueda.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-08 August

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Myanmar : un mécanisme d’enquête de l’ONU révèle une hausse spectaculaire des crimes de guerre - UN News (UN News, 2023)
Un mécanisme d’enquête de l’ONU a annoncé mardi disposer de solides preuves d’une « hausse spectaculaire » des crimes de guerre et contre l’humanité au Myanmar.
Myanmar
Keywords: 2023-08 August

En Guyane, la quête des descendants des victimes des zoos humains parisiens : « On a eu des morts, ils sont où ? » - Guibert, Nathalie (Le Monde, 2023)
Les corps de huit Kaliña morts en 1892 et conservés dans les collections nationales pourraient être rendus à leur terre d’origine, alors que le gouvernement s’est engagé à faciliter les restitutions pour les outre-mer.
France
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Decolonization; French Guiana; Kalina; Repatriation; Restitution

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

EE. UU.: Funcionarios de Texas ponen en peligro a migrantes - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Deben investigarse las denuncias de que migrantes y solicitantes de asilo, incluidos niños y niñas, han sido objeto de empujones por parte de funcionarios de Texas, quedando varados bajo un calor sofocante, muchos con lesiones en la piel por el alambre de púas instalado como parte de las estrategias de la Operación Lone Star. La totalidad del financiamiento federal a la operación debe cesar.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August

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

“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

« La mort a frappé à notre porte ». Crimes de guerre et souffrances des populations civiles au Soudan - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Soudan. Généralisation des crimes de guerre avec des attaques aveugles et aussi délibérées contre la population civile – publication d’un nouveau rapport
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-08 August

‘Death Came To Our Home’. Crímenes de guerra y sufrimiento de la población civil en Sudán - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
Sudán: Crímenes de guerra generalizados. Muertes de civiles en ataques deliberados e indiscriminados. Nuevo informe
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Todos los archivos son archivos de derechos humanos - Bravo, Paulina; Cea, Karen; Manzi, Javiera; Rojas, Valentina (Le Monde diplomatique, 2023)
A propósito del anuncio de un Archivo Nacional de la Memoria en Chile.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Archivos Puga - Peña, Juan Cristóbal (Revista Anfibia, 2023)
El primer civil de la dictadura. Los archivos secretos de Álvaro Puga es un proyecto periodístico multimedia que revela, a través del análisis de documentos inéditos, una faceta desconocida del régimen, sus pugnas internas, sus mecanismos de poder y control. A 50 años del golpe de Estado presentamos una investigación exclusiva liderada por Juan Cristóbal Peña.
Chile
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

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

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

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

Stealing Ukraine's Children: Inside Russia’s Camps - VICE News (2023)
Moscow has been accused of abducting and forcibly deporting more than 19,000 Ukrainian children. In what could amount to the most horrific war crimes committed to date, the Russian state is allegedly attempting to turn a generation of Ukrainian children into Russians.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-08 August

The 272 - Swarns, Rachel L. (PenguinRandomHouse, 2023)
In 1838, a group of America’s most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. Through the saga of the Mahoney family, professor Rachel L. Swarns illustrates how the Church relied on slave labor and slave sales to sustain its operations and to help finance its expansion.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Cultural Survival y socios presentan informe sobre los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas para el Examen Periódico Universal de México - Cultural Survival (Cultural Survival, 2022)
Bajo la mirada pública, México se ha mostrado como un ferviente defensor de los derechos Indígenas tanto a nivel internacional como nacional. Además, su Constitución enumera una serie de artículos para la protección de derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. No obstante, la violencia contra los Pueblos Indígenas prevalece en el país.
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-08 August; UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

Cultural Survival and Partners Submit Report on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights for Mexico’s Universal Periodic Review - Cultural Survival (Cultural Survival, 2021)
Under the public eye, Mexico has shown itself to be a fervent advocate of Indigenous rights at both the international and domestic levels. Nevertheless, violence against Indigenous Peoples is prevalent in the country.
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-08 August; UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

Countries must safeguard children’s rights from climate change and environmental damage - UN committee - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded that countries must urgently implement measures to address the damage and threat to children’s rights from climate change and environmental degradation.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Child Rights

Crise climatique. Les États doivent protéger les droits des enfants du changement climatique et des dégradations de l’environnement - Comité des Nations unies - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Les enfants sont parmi les personnes les plus vulnérables aux conséquences du changement climatique et des dégradations de l’environnement dans le monde.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Comité de la ONU Los países deben salvaguardar los derechos de la infancia frente al cambio climático y los daños para el medioambiente - Comité de la ONU - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
El Comité de los Derechos del Niño de la ONU ha concluido que los países deben implementar urgentemente medidas para abordar los daños y amenazas para los derechos de la infancia derivados del cambio climático y la degradación medioambiental.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Child Rights

'First of its kind': Scottish museum to return 'stolen' totem to native home - Elliards, Xander (The National, 2023)
A CEREMONY has been held to prepare a “stolen” 37ft memorial totem pole for its return to Canada from Scotland in what is said to be the first transfer of its kind from a UK institution.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Indigenous Matters; National Museums Scotland; Nisga'a Nation; Nisga’a Lisims Government; Scotland; United Kingdom

Family of former British PM apologises for links to slavery - News Agencies (Al Jazeera, 2023)
The apology by family of William Gladstone comes as many descendants of African slaves have sought reparations.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Caribbean; Enslavement; Guyana; Human trafficking; Indentured Labour; United Kingdomw

Stolen Nisga'a memorial pole about to start journey home from Scottish museum | CBC News - Owen, Brenna (CBC, 2023)
A memorial totem pole belonging to members of the Nisga'a Nation in northwestern British Columbia is about to begin its journey home from the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, where it has been on display for nearly a century.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Canada; Nisga'a Nation; Scotland; United Kingdom

Un totem de la Nation Nisga’a s’apprête à quitter l’Écosse pour revenir en C.-B. - Radio-Canada (Radio-Canada, 2023)
Un totem commémoratif appartenant à la Nation Nisga’a s’apprête à commencer un voyage de rapatriement d’environ un mois de l’Écosse vers le nord-ouest de la Colombie-Britannique.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Canada; Nisga'a Nation; Scotland; United Kingdom

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

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

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