National Cyber Directorate warns State Archive: Israel's digital history could be erased - Aderet, Ofer (Haaretz, 2024)
The search function on the website of the Israel State Archives has been disabled since the site was attacked by pro-Palestinian hackers in November. The National Cyber Directorate has warned that critical material in the archives is highly vulnerable to irreversible damage
Israel
Keywords: 2023 Israel-Gaza War; Cyber Warfare; Israel

Growing secrecy limits government accountability - Cuillier, David (The Conversation, 2024)
After years of anecdotes, data provides a fuller picture of government agencies hiding their work from the public they ostensibly serve.
United States of America

Morocco-Algeria Tensions: Royal Archivist Recalls Morocco’s Historical Claims to Eastern Sahara - Faouzi, Adil (Morocco World News, 2024)
Bahija Simou, the director of Morocco’s Royal Archives, has brought the long-running border dispute between Morocco and Algeria back to the forefront after asserting on that Morocco has documents proving its sovereignty over the so-called mineral-rich “Eastern Sahara” region. By raising this issue now, Morocco may be attempting to pressure France, whose relations with Algeria have deteriorated, into explicitly recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
Morocco
Keywords: Algeria; Morocco; Western Sahara

Holocaust History, Holocaust Memory: Jewish Poland and Polish Jews, During and After the Holocaust - Ganor, Lea; Baumel-Schwartz, Judith Tydor (Routledge & CRC Press, 2024)
This volume is both a study of the history of Polish Jews and Jewish Poland before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust and a collection of personal explorations focusing on the historians who write about these subjects.
Europe

Leaked Document Details How The Kremlin Manages Russia's Elections - Grigoryev, Andrei (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2024)
A purported Kremlin election-strategy document leaked last month seems to show in detail how the authorities in Russia intend to produce 85 percent support for President Vladimir Putin in the March 15-17 vote.
Russian Federation
Keywords: Features; Russia

Colonialismo: 17.000 restos humanos en museos de Alemania - Oelze, Saboine (DW, 2024)
Se estima que 17.000 restos humanos se encuentran en las colecciones de museos y universidades alemanas. En muchos casos, no queda claro cómo llegaron a Alemania.
Germany

How Sudanese rights monitors are risking their lives to document the war - Yokes, Ela (The New Humanitarian, 2024)
How Sudanese rights defenders are risking their lives to document the war - The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world
Sudan

Thousands could be owed Windrush compensation - Zeldin-O'Neill, Sophie; Jessett, Elliot (BBC, 2024)
The Windrush Compensation Scheme (WCS) was established to provide compensation to people who suffered loss as a result of government policy and failings, which included the revelation that the UK's Home Office had kept no historic records of those granted permission to stay in Britain.
United Kingdom

'Chilling effect' on culture: Class action puts spotlight on prosecution of Aboriginal fishers - Milton, Vanessa (ABC News, 2024)
More than 10,000 people could be eligible for a compensation payout from the NSW government for the criminalisation of traditional fishing practices that are protected under Commonwealth native title law.
Australia
Keywords: NSW government; Racial Discrimination Act; abalone; class action; cultural fishing; fisheries; native title; prosecution

#Keepiton Sudan's internet shutdown threatens delivery of humanitarian and emergency services. - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
A near total communication blackout in Sudan following all network and internet shutdowns in early February poses serious risks to the coordination of emergency assistance and humanitarian services to millions of people caught up in the conflict.
Sudan

La population pauvre est majoritairement féminine - Asen, Elizabeth (dw.com, 2024)
À l'occasion du 8 mars, Nadine Machikou, vice-rectrice de l’Université de Yaoundé II, appelle à l'engagement de tous pour les droits des femmes.
Cameroun

Periodismo feminista: noticias contra el patriarcado - Drazer, Maricel (dw.com, 2024)
En América Latina, y en un contexto que consideran adverso, se abren paso las propuestas de periodismo feminista: "contra el 'statu quo', que es el patriarcado", explican.
Americas

Martin Dibobe : de l'exposition à l'activisme anticolonial – DW – 08/03/2024 - dw.com - La rédaction francophone (dw.com, 2024)
Envoyé en Allemagne pour faire la promotion du colonialisme, Quane Martin Dibobe devient un opposant acharné du système d'exploitation mis en place par les colons.
Cameroun

UN rights expert David Boyd: ‘Businesses are treating the environment like a free dumping ground’ - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2024)
Over half of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions from 1988 to 2015 can be traced back to some 25 fossil fuel companies, while the richest one per cent spew as much emissions as the poorest 66 per cent. These are some of the findings from the UN’s top expert on human rights and the environment’s latest report to the Human Rights Council.
Worldwide

Your personal data all over the web - is there a better way? - Mcmanus, Sean (BBC News, 2024)
Would it be better to keep your personal data in one place, rather than entering it into hundreds of websites?
Worldwide

Totem pole in Ottawa needs to be returned says First Nations chief - Slack, Kerry (APTN News, 2024)
A totem pole gifted to Scouts Canada in the 1960s needs to be returned says the carver's family from Kwakiutl First Nation.
Canada
Keywords: Kwakiutl First Nation; Repatriation

Activistas: quedarse en Rusia es "cuestión de dignidad" - Strelnikov, Aleksei (dw.com, 2024)
Algunos activistas de derechos humanos permanecen en Rusia a pesar de la represión del Kremlin y el trato arbitrario de las autoridades y no quieren rendirse.
Russian Federation

Empowering women and promoting gender equality in Asia and Africa through Memory of the World - UNESCO (UNESCO, 2024)
Throughout history, women have played pivotal roles in shaping the political, economic, scientific and cultural landscapes of societies worldwide despite tremendous obstacles. However, they remain largely underrepresented in the archives. This month of International Women's Day, UNESCO highlights their achievements in the documentary heritage inscriptions of Asia and Africa.
Worldwide
Keywords: women

Comisión de Trabajo de la Corte Suprema aborda el rescate del Archivo Histórico de Tribunales - Corte Suprema (Corte Suprema, 2024)
Durante el encuentro, se hizo hincapie en la importancia de preservar el patrimonio documental del Poder Judicial, especialmente los documentos de mayor antigüedad, enfocandose en la implementacion de medidas que garanticen su integridad y acceso publico.
Paraguay

Training | DPLA Metadata Working Group launches new reparative description workshop series - Digital Public Library of America (Digital Public Library of America, 2024)
DPLA’s Metadata Working Group is proud to announce Practical Approaches for Reparative Description, a workshop series designed for people working with cultural heritage data looking to deepen their understanding and practice of reparative description. Reparative description focuses on remediating or contextualizing potentially outdated or harmful language used in descriptive practices, ensuring accuracy and inclusivity (definition derived from Yale’s Reparative Archival Description). Register to the workshops held from 13 April to 10 May
Worldwide
Keywords: Event

Your Body, but Not Your Data - Fischer, Shira H. (Rand, 2024)
The public needs rigorous and thorough health research, but individual patients should have rights over their medical information. Today they have very little.
United States of America
Keywords: Data Analysis; Health Information Privacy; Health Information Technology; Medical Ethics

For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought - Hollingsworth, Mark (The Guardian, 2024)
A document buried in the National Archives reveals how the security service abused its power to help the government win.
United Kingdom
Keywords: MI5; Politics; Politics past; The miners' strike 1984-85; UK news

Deepfakes and the possible risks for the EU elections - Julia Tar (Euractive, 2024)
Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, social media, and misinformation have become integral parts of our daily lives, and their influence on political elections, possibly including the upcoming EU elections in June, is significant.
Europe

Exhibition | Becoming Visible, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Launches First Digital Exhibition - Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian Institution, 2024)
Women's stories have been in a constant state of becoming visible, never quite coming into focus in American history. Even though historians have long documented the lives and work of women, their contributions have vanished from most popular narratives of U.S. history. Explore how five women’s stories have been recorded and remembered, and join our effort to expand the story of America.
United States of America

From Africa to Alabama: Stories of survivors of the last slave ship - Spinel, Barbara (Christian Science Monitor, 2024)
The horrors of the trans-Atlantic slave trade are often expressed in numerical terms whose enormity can be difficult to grasp. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, 12.5 million people in Africa were forced onto slave ships bound for the Americas; 10.7 million survived the crossing and entered a life of bondage. The story of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to arrive on U.S. shores, gives human dimension to those staggering statistics.
United States of America

Russian jailed for seven years for articles about Ukraine war - Papachristou, Lucy (Reuters, 2024)
A reporter for an independent Russian news outlet was sentenced to seven years in prison for articles he wrote about alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
Russian Federation

Le Liberia fait un pas vers un tribunal pour les crimes de la guerre civile - Agence France-Presse (La Presse, 2024)
La chambre basse du parlement libérien a adopté mardi une motion en vue de créer un tribunal qui jugerait les crimes de la guerre civile, ce que les victimes réclament depuis plus de vingt ans.
Liberia

Con votos de derecha: Cámara aprueba por unanimidad declaración que apoya “búsqueda de verdad y justicia” durante la “dictadura militar” de Pinochet - Basulto, Alejandro (ADN Radio, 2024)
En un hecho inédito, el sector de Chile Vamos, el Partido Republicano y el Partido Conservador Cristiano, dieron sus votos para que este proyecto de resolución, que se refiere en estos términos al régimen que duró entre los años 1973 y 1990, viera la luz.
Chile

Situation en Ukraine : les juges de la CPI délivrent des mandats d'arrêt contre Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash et Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov - International Criminal Court (ICC) (International Criminal Court (ICC), 2024)
Le 5 mars 2024, la Chambre préliminaire II de la Cour pénale internationale a émis des mandats d'arrêt à l’encontre de deux personnes, M. Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash et M. Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, dans le contexte de la situation en Ukraine pour des crimes présumés qui auraient été commis entre le 10 octobre 2022 au moins et le 9 mars 2023 au moins.
Ukraine

Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov - International Criminal Court (ICC) (International Criminal Court (ICC), 2024)
Today, 5 March 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court judges issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Mr Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, in the context of the situation in Ukraine for alleged crimes committed from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.
Ukraine

Australia urges Israel to provide evidence for allegations UNRWA staff were involved in 7 October attacks - Josh Butler (The Guardian, 2024)
UN ambassador says Australia also wants details of UNRWA reform before humanitarian funding is restored
Australia
Keywords: Australia news; Australian foreign policy; Australian politics; Israel-Gaza war; United Nations

Church of England told to invest billion pounds over slavery - DW (DW.com, 2024)
An advisory group has urged the Church of England to raise its fund for redressing slavery to ten times of its current worth. The church set up the fund after it admitted it had invested in the African slave trade.
United Kingdom

Togo, la soi-disant colonie modèle - dw.com - La rédaction francophone (DW, 2024)
En juillet 1884, le drapeau impérial allemand est hissé pour la première fois sur le continent africain. Pendant 30 ans, le Togoland (Ghana ewt Togo d'aujourd'hui) est présenté comme une "colonie modèle". Mais la réalité est différente.
Togo

Togo, la soi-disant colonie modèle - dw.com - La rédaction francophone (DW, 2024)
En juillet 1884, le drapeau impérial allemand est hissé pour la première fois sur le continent africain. Pendant 30 ans, le Togoland (Ghana et Togo d'aujourd'hui) est présenté comme une "colonie modèle". Mais la réalité est différente.
Ghana

France enshrines abortion rights in Constitution with historic vote - euronews (euronews, 2024)
France will change its Constitution after lawmakers voted in a joint session of parliament.
France

Francia blinda el derecho al aborto en la Constitución - euronews (euronews, 2024)
En una reunión conjunta de Asamblea y Senado el parlamento francés ha aprobado la modificación constitucional este lunes. La votación se ha celebrado en el hemiciclo de Versalles, donde se han aprobado todas las modificaciones constitucionales de la historia.
France

Le Parlement français a approuvé l'inscription de l'avortement dans la Constitution - euronews (euronews, 2024)
Réunis en Congrès à Versailles, députés et sénateurs français ont approuvé l'inscription du droit à l'avortement dans la Constitution.
France

Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet - Wild, Sarah (Nature, 2024)
An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge.
United States of America
Keywords: Information technology; Publishing; Scientific community

«Une guerre juridique homophobe»: en Afrique, de nombreux pays durcissent encore leur législation anti-LGBT+ - RFI (RFI, 2024)
Le Ghana, qui vient d'adopter un projet de loi répressif contre l'homosexualité, rejoint le banc des pays africains décidés à renforcer leur arsenal juridique à l’encontre des personnes LGBT+. Sur le continent, 31 pays criminalisent les relations sexuelles entre personnes de même sexe.
Africa

Pensionnats pour autochtones : l’accès à l’information doit être plus aisé, dit le Sénat - Zone Politique- ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Le comité sénatorial permanent des peuples autochtones examine en ce moment les obstacles à la divulgation des archives sur les pensionnats pour Autochtones.
Canada

UK and US accused of obstructing inquiry into 1961 death of UN chief - Julian Borger (The Guardian, 2024)
Governments said to be ‘dragging their feet’ in handing over evidence relating to death of Dag Hammarskjöld
Worldwide
Keywords: Dag Hammarskjöld; UK news; US news; United Nations; World news

Spyware ruling a welcome step towards accountability for those targeted with NSO spyware - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
A US district court has ordered Israeli spyware firm NSO Group to disclose documents and code related to its notorious Pegasus spyware, to WhatsApp.
United States of America

Spyware ruling a welcome step towards accountability for those targeted with NSO spyware - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
The Amnesty International Security Lab has documented the massive scale and breadth of the use of Pegasus against human rights defenders and journalists across the world. It is vital that targets of Pegasus find out who has purchased and deployed the spyware against them so that they can seek meaningful redress.
United States of America

Une décision de justice fait avancer l’obligation de rendre des comptes pour les victimes d’un logiciel espion de NSO Group - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Il est essentiel que les cibles de Pegasus sachent qui a acheté et utilisé ce logiciel espion contre elles afin de pouvoir demander réparation.
United States of America

Sentencia sobre software espía, paso positivo hacia la rendición de cuentas para personas afectadas por el software espía de NSO - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
Una corte federal de primera instancia ha ordenado a la empresa israelí de software espía NSO Group que revele a WhatsApp documentos y código relacionado con su célebre software espía Pegasus.
United States of America

Leaked Communist Party document warns of 'hostile forces' - Head, Jonanthan (BBC, 2024)
A leaked internal document, known as Directive 24, issued by the Politburo of the Central Committee, flags a threat to national security brought on by Vietnam's growing international ties.
Vietnam

Using Open Source Internet Routing Tools to Monitor a Sanctioned Russian Bank - Logan Williams (bellingcat, 2024)
An open internet is a cornerstone of civil society, underpinning access to information in peacetime but even more so in times of conflict and under repressive regimes.
Russian Federation

China’s New State Security Rules Spark Fears Among Foreign Businesses - Tom Nagorski (The Cipher Brief, 2024)
China’s top legislative body adopted amendments to the country’s Law on Guarding State Secrets to include a new category of “work secrets,” broadening the scope of data and information sharing that will be considered a national security risk.
China

The Quipu Project (Quipu Project / Chaka Studio, 2024)
272,000 women and 21,000 men were sterilised in the 90’s in Peru. Thousands have claimed this happened without their consent, but until now they have been repeatedly silenced and denied justice. After almost 20 years their voices can finally be heard through this interactive documentary, which connects a free telephone line in Peru to this website. In Spanish with English written translation
Peru

Training | PRÓXIMOS TALLERE – Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network - Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network (Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network, 2024)
Viernes 26 de abril, de 11.00 a 14.30 h EST | Este taller sobre planificación de catástrofes para repositorios digitales profundiza en los aspectos esenciales de la evaluación de riesgos y la planificación de catástrofes para colecciones digitales. Fecha límite de inscripción: 22 de abril
Worldwide

Training | UPCOMING WORKSHOPS - Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network - Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network (Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network, 2024)
Friday, April 26th, 11am-2:30pm EST. This workshop on Disaster Planning for Digital Repositories delves deeply into the essentials of risk assessment and disaster planning for digital collections. Registration Deadline April 22nd
Worldwide
Keywords: Event

Manchester University Press - The seven veils of privacy - O'Hara, Kieron (Manchester University Press, 2024)
With the rise of big data and surveillance capitalism, our privacy is increasingly under threat. But discussions of how to protect privacy are often derailed by disagreements over what exactly it is. In this book, Kieron O'Hara sets out to demystify privacy. He reveals that much of the conflict around it results from taking different perspectives that veil key assumptions and disguise points of agreement.
Worldwide

Training | Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures - University of Alberta (Cousera, 2024)
This online micro-course explores some of the major histories, migrations, artists and activists that have contributed to the presence and survival of Black people in Canada. The course tracks Canada’s evolving relationship to Blackness and Black people, while inviting learners to reflect upon the ways Canadian views of race and multiculturalism have influenced Black communities throughout the country. Four modules for a total of eight hours. Free registration available.
Canada

Rome: Jesuit archives on the Holocaust to be digitalized - Rytel-Andrianik, Pawet (Vatican News, 2024)
The Archive of the House of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus signs an agreement with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to digitize archival material related to the Holocaust.
Holy See (Permanent Observer to the UN)
Keywords: Holocaust; Transparency

Ten Years of Occupation by the Russian Federation: Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, Ukraine - The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (UN News, 2024)
The report cites human rights and humanitarian law violations since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Ukraine

Vérité et réconciliation : la genèse - Champeaux, Nicolas (Radio France, 2024)
La commission vérité et réconciliation a incarné la détermination de la population noire d'Afrique du Sud, à la fois victime et victorieuse, à tourner la page de l’apartheid pour bâtir une nouvelle nation. L’élaboration de la commission ne s’est pas faite en un jour.
South Africa

Two-year update. Protection of civilians: impact of hostilities on civilians since 24 February 2022 - Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights; The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, 2024)
On 24 February 2022, Russian armed forces launched a full-scale armed attack on Ukraine. In the two years since, the civilian population in Ukraine has endured immense suffering and harm.
Ukraine

Against Erasure - El-Kurd, Mohammed (Haymarket Books, 2024)
A unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a testament to the vibrancy of Palestinian society prior to occupation. This book tells the story, in both English and Arabic, of a land full of people—people with families, hopes, dreams, and a deep connection to their home—before Israel’s establishment in 1948, known to Palestinians as the Nakba, or “catastrophe.”
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

Irreparable Evil: An Essay in Moral and Reparatory History - Scott, David (Columbia University Press, 2024)
Irreparable Evil explores the legacy of slavery and its moral and political implications, offering a nuanced intervention into debates over reparations
Caribbean
Keywords: Reparation

Nordic Histories of Human Rights - Hagtvedt Vik, Hanne; Jensen, Steven L.B.; Lindkvist, Linde; Strang, Johan (Routledge & CRC Press, 2024)
This book explores the history of Nordic human rights politics and practices from the 1930s to present day. The authors use previously unexplored archival materials to bring to light how a broad range of Nordic actors have engaged with international human rights globally and at a European level and how these norms have been taken up and interpreted in the region
Europe

Human Rights Monitoring and Implementation: How To Make Rights ‘Real - Gadda, Andressa; Harris, Juliet; Tisdall, E. Kay M. (Routledge & CRC Press, 2024)
The collection aims to inspire readers with new approaches to implementing and monitoring the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to make rights ‘real’ in children’s lives.
Worldwide

Archiving “sensitive” social media data: ‘In Her Shoes’, a case study - Grimes, Lorraine; Cassidy, Kathryn; Dias, Murilo; Lanigan, Clare; O'Carroll, Aileen; Singhvi, Preetam (Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 2023)
Social media play an increasingly significant role in activist and social movements around the globe. Archiving social media is a relatively new phenomenon and an area which needs greater clarity, understanding and uniformity. When it comes to archiving and cataloguing sensitive social media collections, such as personal abortion stories, the process is even more ambiguous.
Worldwide

Stolen Pieces of Palestine: Archival Responsibility in the Case of Displaced Archives - White, Connor (The IJournal: Student Journal of the Faculty of Information, 2023)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has led to the displacement of thousands of Palestinians from their homes, leaving behind furniture, books, documents, and other items relating to their cultural heritage. These items were captured by the invading Israeli forces and sealed away in their archives and libraries, where they remain to this day. Since this first phase of pillaging in 1948, Israel has continued to sequester away pieces of Palestinian cultural heritage which they collected during the Six-Day War and its repeated invasions into the Gaza Strip. This article examines the ways in which these items, particularly records and books, were seized by Israel and integrated into its archival infrastructure. Through acquisition, arrangement, description, and access, Israel and its archivists hold the power to create, transform, or destroy what remains of Palestine’s documentary heritage.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)
Keywords: Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Palestinian cultural heritage; appraisal and description; displaced archives

Improving Access and Discovery of LGBTQIA Materials Across Collection Services Workflows - Alexandra deGraffenreid; Gideon Goodrich (Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 2023)
Archival descriptive practices have traditionally obfuscated the existence of or excluded entirely the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people. The development of reparative archival description practices compels archivists to reassess how best to elevate the voices of queer creators and subjects within their collections.
Worldwide

Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion - Josh C. Cromwel (ACRL, 2023)
Librarians have grown accustomed to making the case for why their institution needs an IR, and based on the data, it appears that they have largely been successful in making these arguments to administrators. But if the question of “why” has been answered, the more fundamental question of “how” remains: How should libraries use their IRs most effectively to benefit their universities and their community?
Worldwide

Global Voices from the Women’s Library at the World’s Columbian Exposition: Feminisms, Transnationalism and the Archive - Dalbello, Marija; Wadsworth, Sarah (Springer International Publishing, 2023)
The book examines women's movements of the nineteenth century through women’s writing from around the world, analyzes the international women’s library at the Columbian Exposition of 1893, and illuminates women's organizing and activism through interdisciplinary feminist and decolonial lenses
Worldwide
Keywords: 1893 Chicago World's Fair; Woman’s Building Library; international women’s writing; modernism; women's movements

Narrating Heritage - Veysel Apaydin (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023)
This book brings important original ethnographic research and unique case studies together in a coherent and cohesive way to examine patterns and differences of approaches to heritage. It exposes discourses of the uses and abuses of heritage, and provides narratives of persistence, demonstrating the importance of heritage in securing human rights and social justice.
Worldwide

Privacy Preservation of Genomic and Medical Data - Amit Kumar Tyagi (Wiley, 2023)
Privacy Preservation of Genomic and Medical Data focuses on genomic data sources, analytical tools, and the importance of privacy preservation.
Worldwide

The Reeducation of Race: Jewishness and the Politics of Antiracism in Postcolonial Thought - Thakkar, Sonali (Stanford University Press, 2023)
World War II produced a fundamental shift in modern racial discourse putting racism at the center of international political life, and race's status as conceptual common sense and a justification for colonial rule was challenged with new intensity. In response to this crisis of race, the UN and UNESCO initiated a project of racial reeducation. Drawing on UNESCO's rich archival resources and shifting between the scientific, social scientific, literary, and cultural, Thakkar offers new readings of a varied collection of texts from the postcolonial, Jewish, and Black diasporic traditions.
Worldwide

Laïd Rebiga salue les résultats de la commission d’historiens algériens et français : «La récupération des archives est un devoir national» - Makedhi, Madjid (El watan.dz, 2023)
Les demandes algériennes concernent quatre dossiers liés à la mémoire, dont les archives, les crânes des résistants, les déportés et les essais nucléaires. «La spoliation et le vol des archives étaient systématiques et se sont poursuivis depuis le début de la colonisation jusqu’à l’indépendance», a ndiqué le ministre des Moudjahidine et des Ayants droit, Laïd Rebiga.
Algeria

Festival du film des droits humains : au palmarès, un zoom sur Gaza et la Russie - Euronews (Euronews, 2023)
Depuis 22 ans, Genève accueille le Festival du film des droits humain (FIFDH) en mars, en collaboration avec le Conseil des droits de l'Homme de l'ONU.
Worldwide

Gaza, Chile y Chechenia se dan cita en el Festival de cine y derechos humanos de Ginebra - Euronews (Euronews, 2023)
Desde hace 22 años, Ginebra acoge el Festival de Cine y Foro Internacional de Derechos Humanos combinando películas y debates sobre activismo político
Worldwide

Human Rights Film Festival: Winners hone in on Russia and Gaza - Euronews (Euronews, 2023)
For the past 22 years, Geneva has hosted the Human Rights Film Festival (FIFDH) in March, in collaboration with the UN Human Rights Council
Worldwide

Archivo de la Memoria Trans (Archivo de la Memoria Trans y Futurock, 2021)
Este podcast significa una ampliación significativa de nuestro Archivo. Un documento sonoro que recupera más de veinte testimonios y reconstruye a través de ellos una historia muy poco contada, en donde la Dictadura no termina en 1983, ni los 90s representan pizza y champagne. Siete episodios que recopilan nuestras vivencias, nuestras estrategias, nuestras fiestas, nuestros velorios, nuestras conquistas y nuestras exigencias.
Argentina

Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Asia - Anthony, Spires; Akihiro, Ogawa (Routledge, 2024)
This book represents a pioneering interdisciplinary effort to analyze Asian civil society under authoritarianism, a regime type that is re-appearing or deepening after several decades of increased political liberalization. The approach is organized in four main themes: actions under political repression, transitions to democracy, uncivil society, political capture and legal control.
Worldwide

Fake news campaign targets protesting Indian farmers - Elise Gallé-Tessonneau (The Observers - France 24, 2024)
Farmers in India have been organising large protests since early February calling for changes that would help them protect their livelihoods. These protests, however, have been the target of an online disinformation campaign.
India

Gender-Based Violence in the Global South: Ideologies, Resistances, Responses, and Transformations - Romana, Biholar; Dacia L., Leslie (Routledge, 2024)
This book amplifies the different voices and experiences of those facing gender-based violence (GBV) in the Global South. It explores the localised ways in which marginalised individuals design modes of coping with and address GBV, including cultural interpretations, and artistic and faith-based expressions.
Worldwide

Invitation to register to an online event | Wikimedia Argentina on Instagram: "#ArchivosEnVigilia 🗂 Wikimedia Argentina y el @archivohistoricounlp invitan a participar de dos actividades en el marco del Día Nacional de la Memoria, Verdad y Justicia. - Archivo de la Memoria de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Instagram, 2024)
Se trata de un conversatorio y un taller práctico orientados a personas que colaboren en diferentes instituciones culturales, educativas y de memoria a promover un acceso sin restricciones a material de archivo (fotografías, manuscritos, audios, videos y otros documentos). 📌 Encontrá el link de inscripción en nuestras historias destacadas."
Argentina

The State Of Open Humanitarian Data 2024 - Sarah Telford (Center for Humdata, 2024)
In 2023, the demand for humanitarian data reached a record level as the world contended with the effects of war, climate shocks, food insecurity, displacement and disease in crises ranging from Gaza to Sudan. At the same time, data availability across priority humanitarian operations remained steady.
Worldwide

A Foreign Government, Oprah, and Fires in Maui: The Impact of Misinformation on Community Resiliency - Posard, Marek N.; Jensen, Jessica (Rand, 2024)
Crises and disasters are opportunities to undermine the national unity that forms in response to tragedy: U.S. adversaries may gain an advantage when there is discord among the American public. But even if information operations are cheap for foreign governments to execute, they also can be simple to counteract effectively through routine emergency management preparedness activities.
United States of America
Keywords: Community Resilience; Emergency Preparedness; Information Operations; Media Literacy; Social Media

How governments handle data matters for inclusion - Ruijer, Erna; Porumbescu, Gregory; Piotrowski, Suzanne J. (The Conversation, 2024)
Governments can exclude certain groups of people in policies and services not only by the type of data they collect but also how they collect, store, analyze and use the data.
Worldwide

Concerns raised over UK Data Protection Bill's impact on EU's GDPR - Tar, Julia (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
A letter sent by member of European Parliament Paul Tang, seen by Euractiv, raises questions regarding the potential effects of the UK's Data Protection Bill on the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Europe

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know - Moreno, J. Edward (The New York Times, 2024)
Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain sensitive information from foreign companies and governments.
China
Keywords: China; Classified Information and State Secrets; Content Type: Service; Cyberattacks and Hackers; Cyberwarfare and Defense; Espionage and Intelligence Services; GitHub Inc; International Relations; Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China; Surveillance of Citizens by Government

Empowering Humanitarian Response Through Crisis Informatics - Nethope (Nethope, 2024)
In the age of polycrisis, humanitarian organizations responding to emergencies must do so as quickly and efficiently as possible. Having the right information for targeting actions correctly, and making good decisions, is essential both for these organizations and those they serve.
Worldwide

“We Will Find You” - Sparks, Lily (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The 46-page report, “‘We Will Find You’: A Global Look at How Governments Repress Nationals Abroad,” is a rights-centered analysis of how governments are targeting dissidents, activists, political opponents, and others living abroad. Human Rights Watch examined killings, removals, abductions and enforced disappearances, collective punishment of relatives, abuse of consular services, and digital attacks. The report also highlights governments’ targeting of women fleeing abuse, and government misuse of Interpol.
Worldwide

The Smithsonian’s Human Remains Task Force Calls for New Repatriation Policies - Wexler, Ellen (Smithsonian Magazine, 2024)
The report provides recommendations regarding the return of human remains in the Institution’s collections
United States of America

La frontière de la honte - Zone Politique- ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Entre les États-Unis et le Canada, les territoires de plusieurs communautés autochtones sont coupés en deux. Depuis 1794, le Jay Treaty permet en principe à tous les Autochtones canadiens et américains de traverser librement la frontière des deux pays. Mais plus de deux siècles plus tard, beaucoup dénoncent des politiques d’entraves sur le terrain et déplorent des procédures humiliantes.
Canada

La frontière de la honte - Zone Politique- ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Entre les États-Unis et le Canada, les territoires de plusieurs communautés autochtones sont coupés en deux. Depuis 1794, le Jay Treaty permet en principe à tous les Autochtones canadiens et américains de traverser librement la frontière des deux pays. Mais plus de deux siècles plus tard, beaucoup dénoncent des politiques d’entraves sur le terrain et déplorent des procédures humiliantes.
United States of America

Mourir de la prison au Québec - Ligue des droits et libertés (Ligue des droits et libertés, 2024)
La publication du rapport « Décès dans les prisons provinciales» par l'Observatoire des profilages démontre la nécessité de faire la lumière sur le phénomène des décès en prison ainsi que la nécessité d’un débat de société sur le recours à l’incarcération au Québec.
Canada

Some Museums Scrambled to Remove Native American Items From Display. These Museums Didn’t Need to. - Mary Hudetz; Logan Jaffe (ProPublica, 2024)
As major U.S. museums in recent weeks closed displays and exhibit halls containing Native American objects, the Museum of Us in San Diego hasn’t done the same. More than five years ago, its board of trustees adopted a policy on collections from Indigenous communities that addressed the concerns the new rules focus on.
United States of America

A cache of leaked Chinese hacking documents just confirmed experts' warnings about how compromised the US could be - Tan, Kwan Wei Kevin (Business Insider, 2024)
A cache of over 570 Chinese hacking documents was posted to GitHub last week. Cybersecurity experts say the files look authentic. The documents mentioned at least 20 hacking targets, including countries like the UK and India. The leaks come after multiple warnings by officials on the scales of China's hacking operations.
China

October 7 evidence pieced together in Israel, one terabyte at a time - Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Zawya.com, 2024)
The "Edut 710" project is one of several dozen initiatives feeding a "massive" database set up by the National Library of Israel, said Raquel Ukeles
Israel

How a wave of disinformation is endangering Rohingya refugees in Indonesia - Chaigne, Thais (The Observers - France 24, 2024)
Dozens of photos and videos that have been either "doctored" or taken out of context so as to negatively portray Rohingya refugees have been circulating on Indonesian social media.
Myanmar

‘Little by little, the truth is being discovered’: the archive rescuing China’s forbidden films - Hawkins, Amy (The Guardian, 2024)
A golden era of Chinese cinema was brought to a halt by Xi Jinping’s regime, but now, thousands of miles away, a rich world of banned documentaries and dramas is being studied and celebrated
China
Keywords: China; Culture; Documentary films; Film

Taylor Swift, the pope, Putin: in the age of AI and deepfakes, who do you trust? - Hurst, Alexander (The Guardian, 2024)
Rumours and gossip changed the course of French history. Now they’re weapons for ‘newsfluencers’ and dictators in the 21st-century information wars.
Worldwide
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Deepfake; Europe; France; Media; Russia; Social media; Technology; World news

Does Portugal Have The Answer To Stopping Drug Overdose Deaths? - Mann, Brian (NPR, 2024)
Portugal treats addiction as an illness rather than a crime. No one has to pay for addiction care, and no one scrambles to navigate a poorly regulated recovery system. Could Portugal's approach help the U-S fight its opioid epidemic?
Portugal
Keywords: Fentanyl; Opioid

How a wave of disinformation is endangering Rohingya refugees in Indonesia - Thaïs Chaigne (The Observers - France 24, 2024)
Dozens of photos and videos that have been either "doctored" or taken out of context so as to negatively portray Rohingya refugees have been circulating on Indonesian social media.
Indonesia

10 million children displaced in 2023 - NGO - Euro News (euronews, 2024)
"When children lose their homes, they lose almost everything: their access to healthcare, education, food, and safety," a spokesperson for the organisation said.
Worldwide

The Haitian Revolution and American Slavery - Gershon, Livia (JSTOR Daily, 2024)
For both US politicians and enslaved Black Americans, the Haitian Revolution represented the possibility of a successful violent rebellion by the oppressed.
Haiti

The Haitian Revolution and American Slavery - Gershon, Livia (JSTOR Daily, 2024)
For both US politicians and enslaved Black Americans, the Haitian Revolution represented the possibility of a successful violent rebellion by the oppressed.
United States of America

Hong Kong: Governments Should Oppose Security Bill - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
National governments should strongly oppose the Hong Kong government’s introduction of so-called national security legislation, which will further devastate human rights protections in Hong Kong, civil society groups said today in a joint statement.
China
Keywords: China

Le musée de l’histoire de l’immigration à Paris : le musée d’une histoire commune - Develay Mazurelle, Celine (RFI, 2024)
Le Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration situé à Paris a rouvert ses portes en juin 2023. Le musée a décidé de placer l’histoire au centre, à travers onze dates repères de l’immigration et de l’histoire de France. Car ce qui s’y raconte, sur près de 1 800 m2 et avec plus de 600 objets, c’est bien l’histoire de la France et de ses immigrés, la France étant le plus ancien pays d’immigration en Europe.
France

France and Algeria revisit painful past in battle to mend colonial wounds - RFI (RFI, 2024)
A commission of French and Algerian historians created to reconcile colonial difficulties has agreed proposals for the exchange of archives, remains and artifacts. It is hoped the 10-member body – set up in August 2022 by presidents Emmanuel Macron and Abdelmadjid Tebboune – will help the countries turn the page on a shared and painful past.
Algeria

France and Algeria revisit painful past in battle to mend colonial wounds - RFI (RFI, 2024)
A commission of French and Algerian historians created to reconcile colonial difficulties has agreed proposals for the exchange of archives, remains and artifacts. It is hoped the 10-member body – set up in August 2022 by presidents Emmanuel Macron and Abdelmadjid Tebboune – will help the countries turn the page on a shared and painful past.
France

‘Dahomey’ Review: Mati Diop Literally Gives Looted African Artifacts a Voice in Strange, Sensitive Doc - Solomons, Adam (IndieWire, 2024)
The French-Senegalese director’s first film since 2019’s “Atlantics” mulls the meaning of ancient treasures in defining identities
Benin

EU: Landmark Digital Services Act must be robustly enforced to protect human rights - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Digital Services Act takes full effect in Europe
Europe

UE: La trascendental Ley de Servicios Digitales debe ser aplicada rigurosamente para proteger los derechos humanos - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
La Ley de Servicios Digitales entra plenamente en vigor en Europa
Europe

Profile: Aleksei Navalny, Dogged Anti-Corruption Crusader And Outspoken Kremlin Foe - Coalson, Robert (Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 2024)
Russian opposition activist Aleksei Navalny: an unyielding Putin critic noted for his courage and his devotion to nonviolent resistance and democracy. Through years of persecution and prison, his message to Russians has stayed the same: “I am not afraid, and you shouldn’t be either.”
Russian Federation
Keywords: Features; Russia

Mort d’Alexeï Navalny, “martyr moderne”, victime d’“un système meurtrier” - Courrier International (Courrier international, 2024)
De New York à Berlin en passant par Londres, dirigeants et journalistes s’émeuvent de la mort de l’opposant russe, dont la mort en détention a été annoncée le 16 février 2024 par l’administration pénitentiaire.
Russian Federation

Retour sur la vie d’Alexeï Navalny, ennemi politique n° 1 du Kremlin - Courrier International (Courrier International, 2024)
Les autorités pénitentiaires russes ont annoncé, ce vendredi 16 février, la mort de l’opposant Alexeï Navalny, âgé de 47 ans. Empoisonné en 2020, puis condamné à la réclusion et transféré dans l’une des prisons les plus reculées du pays, le principal rival politique de Vladimir Poutine a critiqué sans relâche le pouvoir russe.
Russian Federation

Israel occupation: ICJ goes to the heart of the “political deadlock” - janderson, Janet H (JusticeInfo.net, 2024)
2 decisive questions will be debated from Monday February 19 at the ICJ (the UN court). The answers could have a deep impact not only on the Israel/Palestine conflict, but also on the world legal order and a possible peace solution.
Israel
Keywords: Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)

‘A betrayal’: mother’s fight for justice as Indonesia elects Suharto era figure - Ratcliffe, Rebecca; Hariandja, Richaldo (The Guardian, 2024)
President-elect Prabowo Subianto has human rights abuses to answer for, says mother of student shot at 1998 protest
Indonesia
Keywords: Asia Pacific; Human rights; Indonesia; World news

From extradition risks to broader implications: Human rights expert breaks down Assange case - United Nations (United Nations News, 2024)
Ahead of Julian Assange’s upcoming court hearing in the UK, where extradition to the US is a possibility, a UN independent human rights expert has expressed concern about the potential for severe rights violations against the WikiLeaks founder. Alice Jill Edwards cautions that the repercussions of this case could significantly influence global journalism and freedom of speech. |
United Kingdom

En Indonésie, une vague de désinformation met en danger les réfugiés rohingyas - Chaigne, Thais (Les Observateurs - France 24, 2024)
Sur les réseaux sociaux indonésiens, des dizaines d’images manipulées ou sorties de leur contexte ciblent les réfugiés rohingyas. La désinformation est telle que, même dans la province d’Aceh, réputée…
Myanmar

Google stops notifying publishers of ‘right to be forgotten’ removals from search results - Hern, Alex (The Guardian, 2024)
Move comes after Swedish court rules that informing webmasters about delisted content is breach of privacy
Sweden
Keywords: Alphabet; Data protection; Europe; European Union; GDPR; Google; Sweden; Technology; World news

La Relatoría Especial condena la violencia contra periodistas en Honduras, y llama al Estado a proteger y garantizar la libertad de expresión y de prensa - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), 2024)
Washington D.C. – La Relatoría Especial para la Libertad de Expresión (RELE) de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) condena el asesinato del periodista Luis Alonso Teruel Vega, así como la persistencia de actos de violencia contra periodistas y medios de comunicación en Honduras, y urge al Estado a proteger y garantizar el derecho a la libertad de expresión y de prensa, de conformidad con los estándares interamericanos.
Honduras

The Office of the Special Rapporteur condemns the violence against journalists in Honduras and calls on the State to protect and guarantee freedom of expression and freedom of the press. - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 2024)
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (SRFOE) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of journalist Luis Alonso Teruel Vega, as well as the persistence of acts of violence against journalists and media outlets in Honduras and urges the State to protect and guarantee the right to freedom of expression and of the press, in accordance with Inter-American standards.
Honduras

After Promising to Make Government Health Care Data More Accessible, the Biden Administration Now Wants to Clamp Down - Miller, T. Christian (ProPublica, 2024)
Researchers across the country fear a new proposal by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will increase fees and decrease access to data used to support major health care reforms.
United States of America

Pandemic Journaling Project Archive Opens for Research - Murray, Mac (UConn Today, 2024)
Described as a form of 'archival activism', the Pandemic Journaling Project (PJP), comprising nearly 27,000 entries, provides a window into how the pandemic impacted individuals and communities around the world.
Worldwide

Two OpenAI book lawsuits partially dismissed by California court - Creamer, Ella (The Guardian, 2024)
Comedian Sarah Silverman and novelist Paul Tremblay alleged the artificial intelligence software unlawfully scraped their work to train ChatGPT
United States of America
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Books; ChatGPT; Computing; Culture; OpenAI; Publishing; Sarah Silverman; Technology; US news; World news

'The Settlers' depicts genocide of Chile's Indigenous people - Dege, Stefan (dw.com, 2024)
Nearly 150 years after the genocide of the Selk'nam people of Tierra del Fuego in Patagonia, a new film recounts the horrors of the mass murders that went nearly unnoticed by the rest of the world.
Chile
Keywords: Genocide

La prohibición de libros en Surinam en un contexto mundial de libertad de expresión - Fausia S. Abdul (Global Voices en Español, 2024)
La prohibición de publicar libros sobre corrupción en Surinam es más que un problema local: Es una llamada de atención mundial para defender la libertad de expresión y de prensa frente al autoritarismo.
Suriname

Slovakia excludes NGOs from disinformation fight - Silenská, Natália (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Robert Fico’s government is mulling the exclusion of NGOs in the government’s plans to fight disinformation, which plans to scrap the former “non-conceptual” action plan “with elements of politicisation”.
Slovakia

French security experts identify Moscow-based disinformation network - Willsher, Kim; O'Carroll, Lisa (The Guardian, 2024)
Network operating in western Europe is ‘paving way for new wave of online manipulation’ in crucial election year.
France
Keywords: Cyberwar; Europe; European Union; France; Internet; Russia; Technology; Ukraine; United Nations; World news

French security experts identify Moscow-based disinformation network - Willsher, Kim; O'Carroll, Lisa (The Guardian, 2024)
Network operating in western Europe is ‘paving way for new wave of online manipulation’ in crucial election year, French agency says
Worldwide
Keywords: Cyberwar; Europe; European Union; France; Internet; Russia; Technology; Ukraine; United Nations; World news

‘People are scared’: Sweden’s freedom of information laws lead to wave of deadly bombings - Bryant, Miranda (The Observer, 2024)
Online access to home addresses is a cherished right. But as gangs target rivals with ease, innocent victims are caught in the blasts
Sweden
Keywords: Drugs trade; Europe; Freedom of information; Organised crime; Sweden; World news

Absence of Evidence: Israel’s Case Against UNRWA - Kampmark, Binoy (International Policy Digest, 2024)
Israel’s case against the UNRWA, the Palestinian aid agency, isn't exactly air tight. In fact, it looks incredibly thin and increasingly hollow.
Israel

Crime And Punishment In Communist Hungary - Chapple, Amos (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2024)
Hundreds of images made by police photographers in Budapest in the early 1970s have been released by the Hungarian photo archive Fortepan. Fortepan is a highly popular photo archive that draws from crowdsourced comments to glean information that is then verified, meaning further details of the images are likely to come to light in the coming days and months.
Hungary
Keywords: Features; Hungary; Photo Galleries

« Matriochka », la campagne de désinformation visant l’Ukraine - Info ou intox - Paupe, Marc (France24, 2024)
Plusieurs internautes interpellent ces dernières semaines les médias occidentaux sur des informations douteuses, leur demandant de vérifier ces informations. Ces messages à répétition sont en fait une nouvelle campagne de désinformation anti-ukrainienne appelée "Matriochka". Elle vise à faire diversion auprès des médias occidentaux.
Worldwide

Mort de Robert Badinter, architecte de l'abolition de la peine capitale en France - RFI (RFI, 2024)
Robert Badinter, l'ancien ministre de la Justice de François Mitterrand qui a porté l'abolition de la peine de mort en France, est décédé. L'ancien président du Conseil constitutionnel était âgé de 95 ans.
France

Muere Robert Badinter, el hombre que abolió la pena capital en Francia - RFI (RFI, 2024)
El exministro de Justicia Robert Badinter, artífice de la abolición de la pena de muerte en Francia en 1981, falleció este viernes a la edad de 95 años.
France

Robert Badinter, French minister who ended the guillotine, dies at 95 - RFI (RFI, 2024)
Robert Badinter, the former justice minister who played a key role in abolishing the death penalty in France in 1981, has died at the age of 95.
France

Japan court lets transgender man change official status without sterilisation in legal first - Associated Press (The Guardian, 2024)
Ruling comes months after supreme court ruled that requiring sterilisation before a change of gender in official records was unconstitutional
Japan
Keywords: Asia Pacific; Gender; Japan; Society; Transgender

EU Parliament supports automated data exchange for police cooperation, despite concerns - Clasen, Alina (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
The European Parliament adopted its position on the controversial Prüm II regulation, a Commission proposal for automated data exchange for police cooperation, despite concerns.
Europe

En Guyane, les autochtones réclament la vérité sur les pensionnats de la honte - Dereuddre, Tristan (POLITIS, 2024)
Entre 1935 et 2023, 2 000 enfants amérindiens et bushinengués ont été arrachés à leurs familles et placés dans des «homes indiens» pour y être évangélisés et assimilés.
France
Keywords: Guyane

Ulez fines scandal: Italian police ‘illegally accessed’ thousands of EU drivers’ data - Tims, Anna (The Guardian, 2024)
Italy’s data protection body is investigating claims that police shared names and addresses with firm collecting penalties from drivers
Italy
Keywords: Brexit; Congestion charging; Data protection; Environment; Europe; European Union; Italy; London; Low emission zones; Motoring; Politics; Privacy; Road transport; TfL; Transport; Transport policy; UK news

EU agrees first law combatting violence against women - France 24 (France 24, 2024)
EU member countries and lawmakers reached an agreement on Tuesday on the bloc's first rules to tackle violence against women, the European Parliament and officials said.
Europe

A platform tries to map the reduction of artistic freedom in Brazil - Jornalismo, Nonada (Global Voices, 2024)
Art can cause strangeness, anger, sadness or joy; it all depends on who sees it. But although arousing emotion in the viewer is a characteristic of artistic endeavor, the themes of some exhibitions and works can lead to censorship and boycott. Brazil has been proof of that.
Brazil

Conference Call for Proposals | CFP: Ukranian Oral History Association - Publishing in the Archives Profession (Publishing in the Archives Profession, 2024)
Ukrainian Oral History Association (UOHA)—which unites, represents, and supports oral history scholars in Ukraine and abroad—is convening the international conference UOHA-2024 “Oral History in Wartime: Academic Knowledge and the Researcher’s Responsibility.” The conference will take place June 13-15, 2024. Applications for participation in the conference will be accepted until March 15, 2024
Ukraine

La commission franco-algérienne finalise ses propositions pour la réconciliation historique - Agences (Service Français de la Radio et Télévision de Turquie, 2024)
Restitution d'archives et de biens, valorisation de lieux de mémoire, création d'expositions: la Commission mixte d’historiens franco-algériens a dévoilé des propositions pour résoudre les contentieux historiques.
France

La commission franco-algérienne finalise ses propositions pour la réconciliation historique - Agences (Service Français de la Radio et Télévision de Turquie, 2024)
Restitution d'archives et de biens, valorisation de lieux de mémoire, création d'expositions: la Commission mixte d’historiens franco-algériens a dévoilé des propositions pour résoudre les contentieux historiques.
Algeria

Amnesty International publie une introduction à la défense des droits des réfugié·e·s et des migrant·e·s à l’ère numérique - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International publie le 5 février 2024 un exposé introductif sur le déploiement rapide et généralisé des technologies numériques dans les systèmes de gestion de l’asile et des migrations à travers le monde, notamment aux États-Unis, au Royaume-Uni et au sein de l’Union européenne.
Worldwide

Amnesty International publishes an introduction to defending the rights of refugees and migrants in the digital age - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
A migrant is confronted by mass surveillance at a border crossing and is reminded of his uncertain future. Activists work to resist these systems.
Worldwide

Amnistía Internacional publica una introducción a la defensa de los derechos de las personas refugiadas y migrantes en la era digital - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
Amnistía Internacional ha publicado hoy un informe introductorio sobre el generalizado y rápido despliegue de tecnologías digitales en los sistemas de gestión del asilo y la migración en todo el mundo, incluidos Estados Unidos, Reino Unido y la Unión Europea.
Worldwide

The Suriname book prohibition in a global context of free expression - Fausia S. Abdul (Global Voices, 2024)
Suriname's book ban on corruption exposure is more than a local issue; it's a global wake-up call for the defence of free speech and press freedom against authoritarianism.
Suriname

The Price of Defiance in Russia - Lokshina, Tanya (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Amid the Kremlin’s vicious drive to eliminate dissent, last week brought two disturbing new developments in the prosecution of Oleg Orlov, cochair of leading Russian human rights organization Memorial.
Russian Federation

‘Stolen and disrespected’: museum inters 200-year-old remains of Black Philadelphians - Pilkington, Ed (The Guardian, 2024)
Bones had been used to provide disproven scientific justification for white supremacy before being housed in the Penn Museum
United States of America
Keywords: Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Race; US news

Intelligence artificielle | La politique de l’illusion | Croire ou ne pas croire ? - Thibodeau, Marc (La Presse, 2024)
Les développements fulgurants de l’intelligence artificielle ouvrent un monde de possibilités, mais aussi de périls, notamment politiques, alors que s’amorce une série d’élections cruciales dans le monde. L’accès à ces outils sophistiqués s’annonce particulièrement délicat aux États-Unis, où le clivage des débats favorise les dérapages.
United States of America

Intelligence artificielle | La politique de l’illusion | Le laboratoire argentin - Thibodeau, Marc (La Presse, 2024)
La campagne présidentielle survenue en décembre en Argentine a permis d’entrevoir comment l’intelligence artificielle pourrait être mise à profit à court terme dans la sphère politique de nombreux pays.
Argentina

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Quit Regional Bloc - Allegrozzi, Ilaria (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
On January 28, the three military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced they would leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a move that would limit opportunities for their citizens to seek justice for human rights violations.
Western Africa
Keywords: ECOWAS; Mali; Niger

Le Burkina Faso, le Mali et le Niger quittent le bloc régional - Allegrozzi, Ilaria (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Le 28 janvier, les trois juntes militaires du Burkina Faso, du Mali et du Niger ont annoncé leur retrait de la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO), mesure qui limiterait les possibilités pour leurs citoyens de demander justice pour les violations des droits humains.
Western Africa
Keywords: ECOWAS; Mali; Niger

Azerbaïdjan, The Baku Connection : "Ils ne stopperont pas nos enquêtes en nous arrêtant un par un" - Reporters - Langlois, Roméo; Chabour, Karina (France 24, 2024)
À l’approche de l’élection présidentielle du 7 février 2024, la répression s’est accrue en Azerbaïdjan, ancienne république soviétique du Caucase, voisine de l’Iran et de l’Arménie. Toute opposition au président Ilham Aliev y est réprimée. Militants des droits humains, journalistes ou encore opposants politiques subissent quotidiennement les foudres du régime.
Azerbaijan

Forbidden Stories continues work of imprisoned Azerbaijani journalists - Langlois, Roméo; Chabour, Karina (France 24, 2024)
In the run-up to the presidential election on February 7 2024, repression intensified in Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic in the Caucasus bordering Iran and Armenia. Any opposition to President Ilham Aliev is suppressed. Human rights activists, journalists and political opponents suffer the regime's wrath on a daily basis.
Azerbaijan

Toujours des obstacles à l'accès aux archives de la guerre d'Algérie - Mediapart (Mediapart, 2024)
Après une première réunion à Constantine, la commission d’historiens franco-algérienne issue du Rapport Stora s'est réunie à Paris au siège des Archives nationales. Cinq jours plus tard, le livre « Archives et droits humains » y a été présenté en présence de leur directeur, Bruno Ricard. Il contient un texte sur « La France et les archives de la guerre d’Algérie » que nous reproduisons.
Algeria

Massaquoi affair: epilogue to a fiasco - Thierry Cruvellier (JusticeInfo.net, 2024)
The Court of Appeal in Turku, Finland, has confirmed the acquittal of Gibril Massaquoi, accused of war crimes in Liberia. This is the end of a fiasco in which the Finnish judges twice avoided a miscarriage of justice.
Liberia
Keywords: Finland; Sierra Leone

What is Tor and how does it advance human rights? - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Our right to privacy and open information online is more at risk than ever before. Governments use spyware to target human rights defenders and block entire websites that talk about human rights. In fact, Amnesty’s websites are completely blocked to people living in countries like Russia, Iran and China.
Worldwide

Children held in B.C. Doukhobor camp in 1950s offered $10M compensation package - Canadian Press (CBC News, 2024)
Up to 200 children of members of the Sons of Freedom religious sect were forcibly taken by the province, with many held in a camp in the B.C. Interior in the 1950s.
Canada

Refugee files complaint to UN against Spain over 2014 border deaths - Kassam, Ashifa (The Guardian, 2024)
A 2014 incident where at least 15 people died attempting to enter Spanish territory led to three judicial investigations. However, the investigations were archived without hearing the testimony of survivors and affected families. A complaint to the UN Committee Against Torture has prompted a call for Spain to reopen the investigation.
Spain

Colombie-Britannique: Des excuses officielles aux Doukhobors enlevés de force il y a 70 ans - La Presse Canadienne (La Presse, 2024)
Le procureur général de la Colombie-Britannique s’apprête à présenter des excuses officielles aux membres du groupe religieux Doukhobor qui ont été enlevés de force des bras de leurs parents il y a plus de 70 ans.
Canada

Criminels de guerre nazis au Canada: Ottawa déclassifie des informations - Osman, Laura (La Presse, 2024)
Le gouvernement fédéral a publié des informations précédemment classifiées d’un rapport décrivant dans quelle mesure le Canada a fourni un refuge aux anciens nazis pendant la Guerre froide.
Canada

Ottawa declassifies more details from Rodal report on Nazi war criminals in Canada - Osman, Laura (Prince George Citizen, 2024)
The federal government has released previously classified details from a report that outlines the extent to which Canada provided a safe haven to former Nazis during the Cold War.
Canada

New release of Rodal Report in commitment to transparency - Refugees and Citizenship Canada Immigration (2024)
New release of the Rodal Report, which was originally prepared in support of the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals in Canada (the Deschênes Commission), established in 1985. This newly released version, following a request made under the Access to Information Act, reveals information that was previously withheld
Canada

Nouvelle publication du rapport Rodal par souci de transparence - Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada Immigration (2024)
Nouvelle publication du rapport Rodal, qui a été préparé à l'origine pour appuyer la Commission d'enquête sur les criminels de guerre au Canada (la commission Deschênes), établie en 1985. Cette nouvelle version, publiée en réponse à une demande en vertu de la Loi sur l'accès à l'information, révèle de l’information qui n'avait pas été divulguée auparavant.
Canada

Covid-19 Inquiry: Without Proper Records Management, We Would Know Nothing - sca (Scottish Council on Archives, 2024)
The live Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry and UK Covid-19 Inquiry were set up to examine Scotland’s and the UK’s responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and to learn lessons for the future
United Kingdom

Ex-CIA software engineer sentenced to 40 years for giving secrets to WikiLeaks - The Guardian (The Guardian, 2024)
Joshua Schulte, who prosecutors said was responsible for agency’s largest data breach, also guilty of possessing child abuse images
United States of America
Keywords: CIA; Espionage; US news

Reconstruyendo los archivos destruidos por la policía secreta de Alemania del Este - Reporteros - Tonolli, Niagara (France 24, 2024)
Desde la caída del Muro de Berlín en 1989, un equipo de archivistas, en su mayoría mujeres, ha estado clasificando y reuniendo documentos destruidos por la Stasi, la policía secreta de Alemania del Este.
Germany
Keywords: East Germany; Secret Police; Stasi

Exhibition | Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023–March 2024 – Librarians and Archivists with Palestine - Interference Archives (Interference Archives, 2024)
Visit Interference Archive for two concurrent exhibitions on Palestinian resistance and solidarity! At Interference Archive, 314 7th Street, Brooklyn NY | Until 15 March 2024
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023–January 2024 - Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (Librarians and Archivists with Palestine, 2024)
A Preliminary Report from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

Survey and Digital Preservation of Upcountry Tamil Archival Records - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2024)
The Upcountry (Hill Country) Tamils, are the descendants of nineteenth-century Indian laborers brought to Sri Lanka to work on the country's British-owned tea, coffee, and rubber plantations.The project aimed at demonstrating how a community that is built on indentured labour, colonial political economy, and exploitation remember, narrate, and archive itself
Sri Lanka

Exhibition | The Green Book - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (Negro Motorist Green Book, 2024)
Started in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book was a guide published over three decades that helped African Americans travel the country safely, and with dignity, during a time of Jim Crow laws and segregation. Presented until 10 March at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles; from 30 March to 23 June 2024 at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta; and from 13 July to 13 October 2024 at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati.
United States of America

Virtual Exhibit | The Green Book - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (Negro Motorist Green Book, 2024)
Virtual Exhibit: Started in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book was a guide published over three decades that helped African Americans travel the country safely, and with dignity, during a time of Jim Crow laws and segregation. The Green Book was also an indispensable resource for the era’s successful Black-owned businesses and rising African American middle class.
United States of America

Reading Group | A Documentary Nakba: Reading Group for Archival Liberation In and Beyond Palestine - Society of American Archivists (Society of American Archivists, 2024)
Archivists and archival studies scholars and students are invited to register for a 15 week reading group that will study the destruction and theft of Palestinian archives, and the expropriation and erasure of Palestinian history and documentary culture by the genocidal Israeli state and its western collaborators and supporters, including the United States, Canadian, British, French and German states. Held every Tuesday from 13 February to 28 May 2024.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

Sturgeon admits errors in handling of ‘incredibly stressful’ Covid crisis - Carrell, Severin; Brooks, Libby (The Guardian, 2024)
Former first minister of Scotland admits to inquiry that she failed to properly record key discussions
United Kingdom
Keywords: Coronavirus; Covid inquiry; Health; Health policy; Nicola Sturgeon; Politics; Scotland; Scottish National party (SNP); Society; UK news

EU top court finds indiscriminate storing of convicts' data illegal - Tar, Julia (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that law enforcement agencies cannot indiscriminately store biometric and genetic data on those who committed criminal offences until their death.
Europe

'Puzzle Women': Piecing together the files destroyed by East Germany's secret police - Reporters - Tonelli, Niagara (France 24, 2024)
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, a team of archivists has been tirelessly sorting, pasting and reassembling documents that were destroyed by the Stasi, the East German secret police. Nicknamed the "Puzzle Women", these heroines of collective memory face the Herculean task of piecing together these files: the paper fragments are sometimes tiny, and the number of archivists is only a fraction of what would be required to complete the job without recourse to new technology.
Germany
Keywords: East Germany; Secret Police; Stasi

An Archive of Possibilities: Healing and Repair in Democratic Republic of Congo - Niehuus, Rachel Marie (Duke University Press, 2024)
In An Archive of Possibilities, anthropologist and surgeon Rachel Marie Niehuus explores possibilities of healing and repair in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo against a backdrop of 250 years of Black displacement, enslavement, death, and chronic war.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Localising Memory in Transitional Justice: The Dynamics and Informal Practices of Memorialisation after Mass Violence and Dictatorship - Rauschenbach, Mina; Viebach, Julia; Parmentier, Stephen (Routledge, 2024)
This collection adds to the critical transitional justice scholarship that calls for “transitional justice from below” and that makes visible the complex and oftentimes troubled entanglements between justice endeavours, locality, and memory-making.
Worldwide

Una plataforma intenta cartografiar recorte de la libertad artística en Brasil - Jornalismo, Nonada (Global Voices en Español, 2023)
La idea surgió a raíz del boicot y cierre de la exposición Queermuseu en 2017 en Porto Alegre, en el estado de Rio Grande do Sul. En las redes sociales, grupos conservadores crearon una cruzada de protestas contra la exposición.
Brazil

We must ‘rehumanise ourselves’: Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour - Hilden, Nick (Al Jazeera, 2022)
The prominent painter says that peace is possible when everyone is considered a human being and ‘has the same rights’.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)

Germany rejects new negotiations over Namibia genocide - Pelz, Daniel (DW, 2022)
Berlin insists on implementing a controversial deal that recognizes the colonial-era genocide in Namibia. The plan draws strong criticism from politicians and some descendants of the victims, who demanded fresh talks.
Germany

Germany rejects new negotiations over Namibia genocide - Pelz, Daniel (DW, 2022)
Berlin insists on implementing a controversial deal that recognizes the colonial-era genocide in Namibia. The plan draws strong criticism from politicians and some descendants of the victims, who demanded fresh talks.
Namibia

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most vociferous Putin critic - BBC News (BBC News, 2011)
Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny was the main opposition threat to the Kremlin.
Russian Federation

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gets 10 years in prison ahead of elections - Ahmed, Munir (Associated Press, 2024)
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, was accused of exposing state secrets by revealing a confidential document at a political rally. Khan was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Pakistan
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Another Brick In The Great Kremlin Firewall: Mass Internet Outages Part Of 'Sovereign Internet' - Eckel, Mike (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2024)
Broader and wider than previous outages, the disruptions in Russia's Internet were the latest indication that Russian digital regulators are moving forward to create a "sovereign Internet" to wall off Russia's cyberspace and to restrict the free flow of information.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Features; Russia

La CIJ rejette les accusations de "financement du terrorisme" portées par Kiev contre Moscou - France 24 (France 24, 2024)
La Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) a rejeté mercredi les accusations de Kiev selon lesquelles la Russie avait "financé le terrorisme" dans l'est de l'Ukraine, déclarant seulement que Moscou "aurait…
Ukraine
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Netherlands; Russia

UN top court rejects most of Ukraine’s ‘terror financing’ case against Russia - France 24 (France 24, 2024)
The United Nations’ top court on Wednesday mostly rejected Ukraine’s claims that Russia was financing “terrorism” in eastern Ukraine, saying only that Moscow had failed to investigate alleged breaches.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Netherlands; Russia

Israel y Territorios Palestinos Ocupados: Los Estados deben revocar su cruel decisión de retirar la financiación a la UNRWA - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
“La decisión de al menos 11 países donantes de suspender la financiación a la Agencia de la ONU para la Población Refugiada Palestina (UNRWA) tras las denuncias de que algunos miembros de su personal estaban implicados en los ataques del 7 de octubre en el sur de Israel infligirá un golpe devastador a más de […]
Israel
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)

New Transitional Justice Process Lacks Credibility - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The Sri Lankan government’s proposed law to create another body to investigate wartime abuses replicates previous failed efforts, ignores the needs of victims, and falls far short of meeting Sri Lanka’s international legal obligations.
Sri Lanka
Keywords: 2024-01 January

EU to review UNRWA funding, calls for staff probe after allegations - Jones, Mared Gywn (euronews, 2024)
The European Commission said on Monday it will "review" its support to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, following allegations several of its staff members were involved in the October 7 attacks on Israel
Israel
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)

L'UE va réexaminer le financement de l'UNRWA - Jones, Mared Gywn (euronews, 2024)
La Commission européenne a déclaré lundi qu'elle allait "réexaminer" son soutien à l'UNRWA, l'agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés palestiniens, à la suite d'allégations selon lesquelles plusieurs membres de son personnel auraient été impliqués dans les attentats du 7 octobre contre Israël.
Israel
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)

La UE revisará la financiación de la UNRWA ante las denuncias - Jones, Mared Gywn (euronews, 2024)
La Comisión Europea ha asegurado el lunes que "revisará" su apoyo a la UNRWA, la agencia de la ONU para los refugiados palestinos, tras las acusaciones de que varios miembros de su personal estuvieron implicados en los atentados del 7 de octubre contra Israel.
Israel
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)

Transitional Justice in Tunisia: Innovations, Continuities, Challenges - Robins, Simon; Gready, Paul (Routledge, 2024)
This book engages comprehensively with the dynamics of the transitional justice process in Tunisia and its mechanisms, elaborating lessons for transitional justice practice globally. Grounded in new empirical material as well as a broader awareness of transitional justice, this book provides a thorough assessment of transitional justice in Tunisia.
Tunisia
Keywords: 2024-01 January

By opening up the archives, Canada can finally address its past with Nazi war criminals - McBride, Jared; Rudling, Per (Globe and Mail, 2024)
In Canada, attempts to access records containing information on potential war criminals have been stymied by privacy and national security restrictions. Given the poor record of dealing with Holocaust perpetrators, scholars are now calling for widespread disclosure and declassification of records—comparable with that of the United States—so that Canada can finally address this troubling aspect of its past.
Canada
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Gaza : La Cour internationale de justice ordonne à Israël de prévenir tout acte de génocide - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Le 26 janvier, la Cour internationale de Justice (CIJ) a ordonné la prise de mesures conservatoires dans le cadre de l’affaire portée par l’Afrique du Sud sur la base d’allégations qu’Israël est en train de violer la Convention sur le génocide.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Gaza : La Cour internationale de justice ordonne à Israël de prévenir tout acte de génocide - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Le 26 janvier, la Cour internationale de Justice (CIJ) a ordonné la prise de mesures conservatoires dans le cadre de l’affaire portée par l’Afrique du Sud sur la base d’allégations qu’Israël est en train de violer la Convention sur le génocide.
Israel
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Gaza: World Court Orders Israel to Prevent Genocide - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered provisional measures on January 26, 2024, in South Africa’s case alleging that Israel is violating the Genocide Convention.
Israel
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Netherlands

Gaza: World Court Orders Israel to Prevent Genocide - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered provisional measures on January 26, 2024, in South Africa’s case alleging that Israel is violating the Genocide Convention.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Netherlands

Application de la Convention pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide dans la Bande de Gaza - International Court of Justice (International Court of Justice, 2024)
Le 29 décembre 2023, l'Afrique du Sud déposait une requête introductive d’instance contre l’État d’Israël concernant des manquements allégués, dans la bande de Gaza, aux obligations découlant de la convention pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide
Israel
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Application de la Convention pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide dans la Bande de Gaza - International Court of Justice (International Court of Justice, 2024)
Le 29 décembre 2023, l'Afrique du Sud déposait une requête introductive d’instance contre l’État d’Israël concernant des manquements allégués, dans la bande de Gaza, aux obligations découlant de la convention pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip - International Court of Justice (International Court of Justice, 2024)
29 December 2023, South Africa filed an Application instituting proceedings against Israel concerning alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Convention on the “Genocide Convention” in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Palestine (Permanent Observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2024-01 January