Ngāhuia Murphy: The mana and mātauranga of wāhine Māori - Rakuraku, Maraea (E-Tangata, 2024)
Ngāhuia’s work — most notably on menstruation practices in the precolonial Māori world — has done much to uncover the previously invisible histories and identities of Māori women that were “stolen from us through colonial processes”. She is reclaiming the stories and mātauranga of wāhine Māori, she says, because she’s “not prepared to leave wāhine stranded in the margins of history as second-class citizens”.

Liberté de la presse : RSF dénonce pressions politiques et désinformation dans son classement 2024 - France24 (France24, 2024)
L'ONG Reporters sans frontières a publié son 22e classement annuel sur la liberté de la presse dans le monde. Si la Norvège reste le pays le mieux noté, l'Érythrée a supplanté la Corée du Nord à la dernière place, tandis que la France, elle, passe de la 24e à la 21e place dans cette édition 2024 qui met en exergue une moindre protection du journalisme par les États.

Amal Mekki: mon combat contre les autorités tunisiennes et le coût de la vérité - Mekki, Amal (SWI swissinfo.ch, 2024)
Après sa victoire judiciaire contre le ministère de l'Intérieur en 2018, notre journaliste était optimiste quant au futur du journalisme tunisien. Elle constate aujourd’hui avec regret qu'une décision de justice ne peut pas tout changer.

Ottawa nommera un commissaire pour superviser les traités conclus avec les Autochtones - ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada.ca, 2024)
Cela permettra à Ottawa de rendre des comptes, peu importe qui est au pouvoir.

China erases memory of ‘white paper’ protests in further threat to journalism - Lau, Jessie (The Guardian, 2024)
Silencing of a film-maker documenting the widespread 2022 demonstrations against Covid controls is part of rising suppression of press freedom.
Keywords: Asia Pacific; China; Coronavirus; Global development; Newspapers & magazines; Press freedom; Protest; World news

Colombie: le douloureux souvenir d'indigènes massacrés par l'exploitation du caoutchouc - Munoz, Daniel; AFP (Challenges, 2024)
L'AFP a accompagné une mission gouvernementale qui s'est rendue dans cette région Colombie afin de demander pardon aux peuples autochtones pour ce qu'elle a qualifié de "génocide". L'industrie du caoutchouc a quasiment exterminé les peuples Uitoto, Bora, Munaire et Ocaina. Les sources officielles estiment qu'au moins 60.000 meurtres ont été commis à cette époque, quand certains historiens les chiffrent à 100.000.

Decolonial Film Festival : un festival de cinéma alternatif questionne la décolonisation - Harmange, Albane (Outre-mer la 1ère, 2024)
Le Decolonial Film Festival lance sa première édition du 14 au 25 mai. Une trentaine de films seront projetés en région parisienne lors de cet évènement qui vise le grand public. Parmi la sélection, plusieurs oeuvres interrogent l'héritage colonial dans les territoires ultramarins.

Comment la décolonisation a amené la démocratie au Portugal (notamment) - Missirri, Artiom (Le Temps, 2024)
Il y a 50 ans, le Portugal ouvrait les bras à la démocratie après presque un demi-siècle de dictature. Les militaires portugais, après plus d’une décennie de guerre, demandaient la fin de la colonisation et un changement politique.

Participación en un foro | Inscríbete y participa de Encuentros y Diálogos: Conversaciones sobre Justicia y Archivos - Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, 2024)
Inscríbete y participa de Encuentros y Diálogos: Conversaciones sobre Justicia y Archivos. En el marco de la exposición “Juzgar y Filmar los juicios por crímenes de lesa humanidad”, te invitamos a participar de “Visitas Mediadas: Encuentros y Diálogos”. Luego de una visita mediada a la exposición nos encontremos con invitados especiales para conversar sobre sus diversas experiencias con la justicia, desde distintas perspectivas. Los diálogos se celebran del 5 de junio al 16 de julio, visite el sitio web

Comment comprendre le nazisme ? Les interprétations des historiens divergent encore - Policar, Alain (The Conversation, 2024)
Quelques historiens, et non des moindres, donnent du crédit à l’idée selon laquelle le projet nazi ne serait au fond que l’expression, certes exacerbée, de la logique de performance industrielle. Mais peut-on raisonnablement assimiler la gestion des ressources humaines dans le capitalisme à celle des victimes du nazisme dans les fours crématoires ? Parvient-on à comprendre la nature du nazisme en ne retenant que les modalités de la mise à mort et en évacuant totalement les motivations de celles-ci ?

Freedom of information: To what extent are public archives accessible? - Jung, Anne-Catherine (Phys.org, 2024)
In 2000, the Council of Europe issued a Recommendation aimed at improving access to archives in the member states. Together with the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA Archivum) in Budapest, Fraunhofer ISI evaluated how these recommendations have been implemented and how accessible the archives are more than 20 years on. The researchers also investigated the technological, legal and political challenges facing freedom of information.

Bonaire : un passé d'esclavage, un présent d'inégalités sociales - Mourik, Anne Van (JusticeInfo.net, 2024)
Bonaire, une île des Caraïbes appartenant au Royaume des Pays-Bas, a été marquée par l'esclavage et la violence, et des inégalités persistantes.

Conversatorio en Valdivia sobre los archivos y el papel de la mujer en la dictadura | Archivo Nacional (archivonacional.gob.cl, 2024)
La instancia contó con destacadas especialistas y archiveras.

Organización y descripción de documentos con enfoque de derechos humanos | Archivo Nacional (archivonacional.gob.cl, 2024)
Representantes de diversas agrupaciones de derechos humanos de la Región Metropolitana concurrieron, durante dos días, al Archivo Nacional para conocer herramientas archivísticas y compartir sus experiencias en torno a su documentación.

A tres décadas del descubrimiento de los archivos del terror recordamos la experiencia del hallazgo desde la propia voz de Martín Almada (Revista nuestrAmérica, 2023)
Esta es una presentación en donde Martín Almada narra su experiencia política y académica que lo llevó a descubrir uno de los mayores pactos dictatoriales: la «Operación Cóndor». Se puede destacar su actividad como defensor de los derechos humanos y la educación popular en América Latina. Almada, originario de Paraguay, fue perseguido y encarcelado debido a sus actividades académicas y su abierta crítica a las dictaduras militares en la región. Después de ser exiliado a Francia, trabajó con la UNESCO y continuó su labor en defensa de las mayorías populares, especialmente en África. Su investigación en París lo llevó al descubrimiento de los archivos de la Operación Cóndor, un pacto entre dictaduras sudamericanas para perseguir y eliminar a opositores políticos sin importar fronteras.

Meet The Sámi Land Defenders of Scandinavia - Gualinga, Nina (Atmos, 2014)
Four Sami leaders and advocates speak with Nina Gualinga about their relationship to the land, and why the green transition is amounting to a new wave of colonization.

Crónicas del Domingo | Vicaría de la Solidaridad: documentos que salvaron vidas - 24horas
En plena dictadura militar, la Iglesia Católica crea la Vicaría de la Solidaridad. Un organismo dedicado a proteger la vida, otorgar asistencia jurídica, económica y espiritual a quienes eran perseguidos. Esta defensa significó una permanente tensión entre el Cardenal Raúl Silva Henríquez y la Junta Militar, la persecución y tortura de varios de sus trabajadores pero también permitió salvar muchas vidas. A 30 años del cierre de la Vicaría, sus archivos han permitido que muchas causas de derechos humanos siguan abiertas en busca de justicia y verdad.

Gaza war: Israel accuses South Africa of false claims at ICJ - Berg, Raffi
Israel's lawyers push back against South Africa, which is trying to get its Rafah offensive stopped.
Keywords: Isr

Red de Archivos de Memoria y Derechos Humanos (RAMDH) se reúne para fortalecer la preservación histórica. – Red de Archivos de Memoria y Derechos Humanos - editor, Autor:

Mozambique: Child Soldiers Used in Raid on Northern Town | Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch
An armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Mozambique used boys as young as 13 to raid and loot the town of Macomia, in Cabo Delgado province, on May 10, 2024.

Déclaration de la Présidence de l'Assemblée des États Parties en faveur de l'indépendance et de l'impartialité de la Cour pénale internationale | International Criminal Court - International Criminal Court (ICC)
La Présidence de l'Assemblée des États Parties au Statut de Rome exprime sa préoccupation quant aux récentes déclarations publiques relatives à une enquête en cours de la Cour pénale internationale sur la situation que connaît l'État de Palestine.

Statement by the Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties in support of the independence and impartiality of the International Criminal Court | International Criminal Court - International Criminal Court (ICC)
La Presidencia de la Asamblea de los Estados Partes del Estatuto de Roma expresa su preocupación por las recientes declaraciones públicas relacionadas con una investigación en curso de la Corte Penal Internacional en relación con la situación del estado de Palestina.

Statement by the Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties in support of the independence and impartiality of the International Criminal Court | International Criminal Court - International Criminal Court (ICC)
The Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute expresses concern over the recent public statements related to an ongoing International Criminal Court investigation in the situation in the State of Palestine.

Nigeria mass wedding for 100 orphans sparks outcry - Jolaoso, Simi (BBC)
Nigeria's women's minister says she has filed a court order to stop the ceremony planned for next week.
Keywords: Children's Rights

Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A. A. Khan KC, to the United Nations Security Council - Khan KC, Karim A.A
Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A. A. Khan KC, to the United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Libya, pursuant to Resolution 1970 (2011)

S. Africa: The Information Regulator & Independent Electoral Commission form partnership to curb the spread of misinformation & disinformation in the run-up to the election - Ndlovu, Nkosinathi (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre)

Accountability for Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka - OHCHR report - OHCHR (OHCHR)

Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, joint committee investigation finds - Noor, Dharna (The Guardian, 2024)
Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support.
Keywords: Climate crisis; Energy; Environment; Fossil fuels; US news; US politics; World news

How a digital archive is preserving Canada’s history of LGBTQ+ activism - Dangoisse, Pascale; Crompton, Constance; Schwartz, Michelle (The Conversation, 2024)
The Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada (LGLC) project aims to learn from the activism of the past and how the movement evolved over time by making archives of LGBTQ+ and feminist organising accessible digitally.

MEP Krah accessed ‘sensitive’ documents, EU Parliament trade committee chair says - Camille Gijs, Eddy Wax and Lennart Pfahler (POLITICO, 2024)
Charges of spying and corruption spark call for internal parliamentary probe.

Revealed: UK government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s - Ungoed-Thomas, Jon; McKie, Robin (The Observer, 2024)
Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses
Keywords: Aids and HIV; Bayer; Business; Contaminated blood scandal; Health; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Microbiology; NHS; Pharmaceuticals industry; Pharmacy and pharmacology; Society; UK news

Bolt lobbying revelations: Estonia official says human error behind missing correspondence - Bourgery-Gonse, Théo (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
The omission of emails from the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs to Bolt and other mobility tech firms, demanded in a freedom of information (FOI) request, was due to human error.

Exhibition | La loi sur l'IVG - 1974 - Le discours de Simone Veil - France, Archives nationales (Archives Nationales, 2024)
L'exposition invite le visiteur à découvrir le manuscrit original du discours et sa version dactylographiée, annotée de la main de Simone Veil. À travers ces deux ensembles de feuillets et les documents qui les accompagnent, émerge un moment décisif du combat pour la conquête des droits des femmes | Jusqu'au 2 septembre 2024 | Archives nationales - Paris

How gendered disinformation on social media harms Kenyan women seeking political office - Linda Ngari (Global Voices, 2024)
"Women often don’t sue because they don’t actually know that the law can protect them ... because of the stigma around it, and the fact that people have normalised cyberbullying ..."

50 years ago, the Carnation Revolution ended Portugal's dictatorship in one night - Rérolle, Raphaëlle (Le Monde.fr, 2024)
On April 25, 1974, the Portuguese military overthrew Antonio de Oliveira Salazar's authoritarian regime. Fifty years later, participants and witnesses tell Le Monde about those few hours during which the old world gave way to the new.

Police serve search warrant on New Orleans archdiocese in child sex abuse case - Vargas, Ramon Antonio (The Guardian, 2024)
A judge approved the warrant in investigation to determine if church hierarchy illegally covered up systemic child molestation
Keywords: Catholicism; Louisiana; New Orleans; Rape and sexual assault; US crime; US news

European Health Data Space clears the last hurdle in Parliament - Feore, Catherine (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
The European Parliament adopted on Wednesday (24 April) the European Health Data Space Regulation, a key step for Europe's digital healthcare that should facilitate access to cross-border medical data.

IOM and CRAF'd Partner to Enhance Data-Driven Responses to Displacement - IOM (International Organization for Migration, 2024)
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF'd) are proud to announce a new partnership to enhance the understanding of internal displacement and enable data-driven action to save lives and deliver solutions.   The partnership will deliver a first-of-its-kind global dataset offering comparable, sub-national mobility data drawing on DTM operations around the world.

Digital Security Increasingly Relies on AI. But That Tech Isn't as Secure as We Think - Yeung, Douglas (Rand, 2024)
In the digital age, trade-offs—like displaying our faces and fingerprints—are all but required to function in society. But the technology charged with securing our information and protecting against theft, fraud, and other potential harms doesn't always work.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Cybersecurity; Data Privacy; Digital Equity; Emerging Technologies

Israel has yet to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links, Colonna report says - Borger, Julian (The Guardian, 2024)
Review finds government yet to substantiate claims UN relief agency staff have ties to Hamas or Islamic Jihad
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Refugees; United Nations; World news

A chance for Africa to counter the pitfalls of international criminal justice? - Hendrickse, Melissa (Amnesty International, 2024)
Since its inception, the project of international criminal justice has been marked by a striking indifference to the long historical record of atrocities perpetrated by the Western world against people of the Global South, and Africa in particular.

Can AI image generators be policed to prevent explicit deepfakes of children? - Hern, Alex (The Guardian, 2024)
As one of the largest ‘training’ datasets has been found to contain child sexual abuse material, can bans on creating such imagery be feasible?
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); ChatGPT; Computing; Deepfake; Online abuse; Open source; OpenAI; Pornography; Software; Technology; UK news; World news

Between privacy and border control: Tech in the Migration Pact - Gkritsi, Eliza (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
Last week, the EU Parliament voted to pass amendments to Eurodac, previously a fingerprints database, along with a new Migration Pact to boost border security.

Srebrenica Genocide Must Be Condemned, Denial Banned, 2 Members Of Bosnian Presidency Tell UN - RFE/RL's Balkan Service (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2024)
The 1995 genocide in Srebrenica must be globally condemned, support for victims must be expressed, and denial of genocide and glorification of war criminals be banned to prevent future similar tragedies, two members of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina told a UN session on April 19.

The Scholar Who Rewrote Black Brazilian History - Amin, Lakshmi Rivera; Bittencourt, Ela (Hyperallergic, 2024)
Beatriz Nascimento’s groundbreaking research defied dominant White Brazilian academic narratives, instead emphasizing Black political agency.

World Press Photo 2024 – global winners - Fidler, Matt (The Guardian, 2024)
The global winners in the World Press Photo annual competition have been announced, with Mohammed Salem winning world press photo of the year. The winning photographs in the Word Press Photo 2024 competition are selected representations of the human adventure. Photographers have endeavoured to capture striking images, often linked to human rights issues such as women's rights, children's rights, migration, civil rights, decolonization, indigenous matters, wars and the impact of climate change.

Armes explosives : Impact désastreux sur le patrimoine culturel - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The bombing and shelling of cities and towns during armed conflict has devastating consequences for cultural heritage and civilians.

El nefasto impacto de las armas explosivas en el patrimonio cultural - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The bombing and shelling of cities and towns during armed conflict has devastating consequences for cultural heritage and civilians.

Explosive Weapons’ Dire Impact on Cultural Heritage - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The bombing and shelling of cities and towns during armed conflict has devastating consequences for cultural heritage and civilians.

UNESCO Regional Office Supports Sudan in Assessing Conflict's Impacts on Cultural Heritage - UNESCO (UNESCO News, 2024)
UNESCO's Regional Office for Egypt and Sudan, in collaboration with Sudan's National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), the French Archaeological Mission to Sudan (SFDAS), and the Polish Cultural Center, convened a crucial two-day workshop in Cairo from April 16-17, 2024. The workshop, titled "Update of Crisis Response, Risk Mitigation, and First Aid for Sudan's Heritage," aimed to devise strategies to protect Sudan's cultural heritage, imperiled by the prolonged conflict in the region.

South Africans tasted the fruits of freedom and then corruption snatched them away – podcast - Ware, Gemma; Leshilo, Thabo (The Conversation, 2024)
The second episode of What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa?, a three-part podcast series on The Conversation Weekly. Featuring interviews with Mashupye Maserumule and Michael Sachs.

Mass death, torture and other violations against people detained in aftermath of Islamic State defeat – new report - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
People detained following the territorial defeat of the Islamic State (IS) armed group are facing systematic violations and dying in large numbers due to inhumane conditions in north-east Syria, Amnesty International said in a new report.

Nombreux décès, actes de torture et violations des droits humains infligés aux personnes détenues au lendemain de la défaite de l’État islamique - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)

Muertes masivas, tortura y otras violaciones de derechos humanos contra las personas detenidas tras la derrota del Estado Islámico. - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
Las personas detenidas tras la derrota territorial del grupo armado Estado Islámico son objeto de violaciones de derechos humanos sistemáticas y muchas mueren debido a las condiciones inhumanas de reclusión en el noreste de Siria; así lo afirma Amnistía Internacional en un nuevo informe.

Otra denuncia internacional contra Luis Petri por obstaculizar las investigaciones por crímenes de la dictadura | Presentación de Victoria Montenegro ante la CIDH - Bertoia, Luciana (PAGINA12, 2024)
La legisladora porteña informó que Defensa echó a los expertos que analizaban los archivos de las FFAA para contribuir con las causas de lesa y pidió la intervención del organismo regional. Ya había formulado una denuncia similar ante Naciones Unidas.

WWII: In the footsteps of the African Resistance fighters who fell in the Battle of Vercors - GORMEZANO, David (France 24, 2024)
Thousands of German soldiers moved in on southeastern France's Vercors Plateau in July 1944 in a bid to crush a regional uprising led by a rural French Resistance group. Over 100 Resistance fighters…

Cyber-attack targets UN server - Irwin Loy (The New Humanitarian, 2024)
Data extortion attack targets a UN server: A cyber-attack on a server used by the United Nations Development Programme has exposed personal information belonging to past and current personnel, the agency said. UNDP said it learned of the attack on 27 March: “This was a data-extortion threat actor that identified themselves on the dark web,” a spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

Your Brain Waves Are Up for Sale. A New Law Wants to Change That. - Moens, Jonathan (The New York Times, 2024)
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.
Keywords: Brain; Colorado; Computers and the Internet; Consumer Protection; Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Law and Legislation; Privacy; your-feed-science

EU data protection body says Meta's 'pay or OK' model is not OK - Tar, Julia (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
The European Data Protection Board opposed Meta's controversial "pay or okay" business model in an opinion published on Wednesday (17 April), saying this binary approach was not compliant with the EU's data privacy rules.

Could the U.S. force treatment on mentally ill people (again)? - Rosalsky, Greg (NPR, 2024)
Sixty years ago, America began closing mental hospitals. A growing chorus is blaming that for the crisis of mentally ill folks living on our streets.

Liberia senate votes to establish war crimes court - Bondo, Dounard (The Guardian, 2024)
The court will investigate crimes against humanity committed during the African country’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003
Keywords: Africa; Child soldiers; Conflict and arms; Global development; Law; Liberia; War crimes; World news

Abu Ghraib Torture Case Finally Goes to Trial - Sanbar, Sarah (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Twenty years have passed since the media broke the story that US forces and the CIA were torturing “war on terror” detainees at Abu Ghraib and other US-run prisons in Iraq. But for the men who were tortured, it feels like only yesterday.
Keywords: Middle East; United States of America

UK swapped to fatal US blood products to save money, minutes suggest - Boffey, Daniel (The Guardian, 2024)
Exclusive: contaminated blood campaigners say internal 1976 Immuno AG document proves British government negligence
Keywords: Aids and HIV; Business; Contaminated blood scandal; Health; Hepatitis C; NHS; Pharmaceuticals industry; Politics; Society; UK news

Riz Ahmed’s Defiance: how the visceral racism of 70s Britain gave way to a new era of identity politics - Malik, Kenan (The Observer, 2024)
A candid documentary tells how a generation of activists from Asian communities confronted prejudice
Keywords: Channel 4; Documentary; Immigration and asylum; Race; UK news

Javier Milei desmantela un área clave que aporta pruebas en juicios por los crímenes de la dictadura argentina - Olmos, Clara (EL PAÍS Argentina, 2024)
El Ministerio de Defensa despide a la mayoría de los trabajadores de un archivo de memoria con miles de documentos clave para los procesos que continúan hasta hoy

Amnesty International calls for human rights bodies to investigate killings of civilians by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in Merawi town, on 29 January, as war crimes of murder and extrajudicial executions - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Claims by the Ethiopian government that accountability has already been achieved for crimes committed in the war in northern Ethiopia demonstrate lack of political commitment to genuine justice and accountability.

Éthiopie. Les homicides de Merawi doivent faire l’objet d’une enquête indépendante - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Il est choquant de constater que les massacres sont de plus en plus fréquents en Éthiopie.

Polémica en Defensa: Luis Petri echó a un equipo que investigaba archivos de la dictadura, al que acusó de "perseguir" a los militares - Braslavsky, Guido (Clarín, 2024)
Hubo diez despidos en el grupo creado en 2010, que hacía informes a pedido de la Justicia.Para el ministro, era un "grupo parajudicial de persecución" a las Fuerzas Armadas.El caso genera controversias en la Justicia.

Texas hospital halts liver and kidney transplants amid claims doctor denied patients organs - Chao-Fong, Léonie (The Guardian, 2024)
Doctor who helmed abdominal transplant program reportedly manipulated records to make patients ineligible to receive livers
Keywords: Texas; US healthcare; US news

Russia's Disinformation Campaign About the Moscow Terror Attack May Be Working - Bauer, Ryan (Rand, 2024)
As far-fetched as it may seem to those in the West, the Kremlin's claim that the recent terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall was orchestrated by Ukraine and Western powers may be convincing to many Russians. For the U.S. to address and combat these claims, it is important to understand how they are framed amid broadly propagated themes, and how these could influence their potential appeal to large swaths of the Russian public.
Keywords: Information Operations; Russia; Terrorist Organizations; Ukraine; United States

Journalist says a 'land grab' in Tanzania is forcing the Maasai off their land - Davies, Dave (NPR, 2024)
Journalist Stephanie McCrummen says foreign interests are acquiring territory in Northern Tanzania, effectively displacing indigenous cattle-herders from their traditional grazing lands. Transcription available

IDF colonel discusses ‘data science magic powder’ for locating terrorists - Davies, Harry; McKernan, Bethan (The Guardian, 2024)
Video of official from Unit 8200 in February 2023 raises questions about Israel’s denials of use of AI in Gaza
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Gaza; Israel; Middle East and north Africa; Technology; World news

Archives agreement between Israel and Ukraine may shed light on Holocaust in country - Eichner, Itamar (Ynetnews, 2024)
Both countries will open their state archives to experts and nationals in a process that may facilitate Ukrainian Jews' efforts to make Aliyah
Keywords: Holocaust; Israel; Ukraine

Archives agreement between Israel and Ukraine may shed light on Holocaust in country - Eichner, Itamar (Ynetnews, 2024)
Both countries will open their state archives to experts and nationals in a process that may facilitate Ukrainian Jews' efforts to make Aliyah
Keywords: Holocaust; Israel; Ukraine

Presentan Amparo Por El Desmantelamiento Del Archivo Del Ministerio De Defensa | Provincia de Buenos Aires - Gobernio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Gobernio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 2024)
La subsecretaría de Derechos Humanos del Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la provincia de Buenos Aires presentó una acción de amparo con solicitud de medida cautelar para evitar el desmantelamiento del equipo de Análisis Documental del Ministerio de Defensa de la Nación.

10 ans après Chibok, des élèves sont toujours en danger - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Dix ans après l'enlèvement de plus de 200 écolières à Chibok, au Nigeria, les autorités de ce pays ne sont toujours pas parvenues à mettre en place et à maintenir des mesures cruciales pour créer un environnement scolaire sûr pour chaque enfant.

10 Years After Chibok, Schoolchildren Still at Risk - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Ten years after the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigerian authorities have failed to put in place and sustain crucial measures to provide a secure learning environment for every child.

Tribal Nations Receive $411,000 to Document Impact of Federal Indian Boarding School Era - Kunze, Jenna (Native News Online, 2024)
Fourteen tribal nations, tribal schools and colleges, and state organizations will initiate community projects to capture, preserve, and educate about the impact of the Federal Indian Boarding School era, thanks to $411,000 in funding announced by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Friday essay: ‘too many Aboriginal babies’ – Australia’s secret history of Aboriginal population control in the 1960s - Rademaker, Julia; Troy, Jakelin; Hurst, Julia (The Conversation, 2024)
Aboriginal women faced covert government family-planning programs, designed ostensibly to promote “choice”, but ultimately to curb their fertility. For decades, Indigenous communities have spoken of the coercive practices of officials and medical experts around birth control and sterilisation, and how they experienced them. Now historians are finding evidence of these practices in the government’s own records from as recently as the 1960s and ‘70s.

How ‘white’ fragility perpetuates anti-Black racism in Arab societies - Al-Azraki, Amir (The Conversation, 2024)
In recent years, controversies have erupted in the Arab world over negative portrayals of Black people. Arabic television shows have frequently ridiculed Black people with lighter skinned actors regularly appearing in blackface.

Slavery Was Crucial for the Development of Capitalism - Blackburn, Robin; Dowling, Owen (Jacobin, 2024)
Historian Robin Blackburn has completed a trilogy of books that provide a comprehensive Marxist account of slavery in the New World. He spoke to Jacobin about the intimate links between the slave systems in the Americas and the origins of capitalism.

How the dung queen of Dublin was swept from history - Carroll, Rory (The Guardian, 2024)
AI to be used by researchers to scour documents for information on women omitted from chronicles written by men about men
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Europe; Ireland; Society; Technology; Universities; Women; World news

Biden Says U.S. Is Considering Dropping Its Case Against Assange - Green, Erica L. (The New York Times, 2024)
The WikiLeaks founder has been held in London as he has battled extradition to the United States on charges related to his publication of classified documents.
Keywords: Albanese, Anthony (1963- ); Assange, Julian P; Australia; Biden, Joseph R Jr; Classified Information and State Secrets; First Amendment (US Constitution); Freedom of Speech and Expression; Great Britain; United States International Relations; United States Politics and Government; WikiLeaks

The Respectful Terminology Platform Project Receives Prestigious Grant from the Mellon Foundation - Price, Gary (Library Journal infoDOCKET, 2024)
The Respectful Terminology Platform Project (RTPP), an Indigenous-led initiative under the NIKLA-ANCLA umbrella, is honoured to announce that the project has been awarded a two-year grant for a total of $1.4M USD from the Mellon Foundation.
Keywords: Multiple Nations

How the Maduro government pays to promote propaganda and disinformation in Venezuela - ProBox (Global Voices, 2024)
The official propaganda of the government of Nicolás Maduro spreads thanks to the work of citizens who receive payments from the government to promote trends on social media

Defend Rights - Memria x Norwegian Human Rights Fund Archive - Sienkiewicz, Emily (Permanent.org, 2024)
All people have a legacy that deserves to be preserved. In other words, we believe it is an essential human right to be able to preserve your legacy. A single story from someone who cares can inspire others to leave the world a better place.

‘Historic’ European Court of Human Rights ruling backs Swiss women in climate change case - Frost, Rosie (Euronews, 2024)
In a landmark decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that climate change violates the right to respect for one’s private and family life.

La CEDH condamne la Suisse pour inaction climatique, une première pour un État - Frost, Rosie (Euronews, 2024)
Pour la première fois, la Cour européenne des droits de l'Homme (CEDH) s'est prononcée sur une question liée à la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique dans trois affaires distinctes. Résultat de ces audiences : une victoire mais aussi deux rejets emblématiques.

Una sentencia "histórica" del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos respalda a las mujeres suizas en un caso de cambio climátic - Frost, Rosie (Euronews, 2024)
En una decisión histórica, el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos (TEDH) ha dictaminado hoy que el cambio climático viola el derecho al respeto de la vida privada y familiar.

Dawn Landes's new album reimagines feminist folk songs from 1800 to 1970 (CBC Art, 2024)
The singer-songwriter Dawn Landes album, The Liberated Woman's Songbook, inspired by a 1971 book of the same name that chronicles the women's liberation movement through a collection of songs from the 1800s to early 1970. Landes talks about the power of music as a tool for activism, finding solace and inspiration through the voices of women throughout American history, and why these songs still serve as a map for survival today.

Valuable documents about Dien Bien Phu Campaign unveiled - VietnamPlus (VietnamPlus, 2024)
A number of original documents and records about the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and the 1954 Geneva Conference were made public for the first time and recently introduced to the public.
Keywords: Dien Bien Phu

Génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda: «Une centaine de génocidaires sont installés en France» - Cantener, Anne (RFI, 2024)
Trente ans après le début du génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda, les autorités françaises avancent à petit pas vers une reconnaissance du rôle de Paris à l'époque et promettent des procès. Des dizaines et des dizaines de bourreaux ont trouvé refuge en France, dont Agathe Habyarimana, la veuve de l'ancien président rwandais, soupçonnée d'être impliquée dans le génocide de 1994.

Bangladesh Film Archive, Getty Images sign MoU to preserve footage on Liberation War, Bangabandhu - Dhaka UNB (The Daily Star, 2024)
The Bangladesh Film Archive, under the information ministry, and Getty Images, a visual media company of the US, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collect and preserve footage on the Liberation War and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Keywords: Bangladesh; Getty; Liberation war; audiovisual

NGO seeks a probe into the deaths of two French officers slain in Rwanda genocide - France 24 (France 24, 2024)
A non-governmental organisation on Monday sought answers over the deaths of two French officers killed in the early days of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, a legal complaint seen by AFP showed.

Le passé des Roms et le travail de mémoire : « nous existons, respectez notre humanité » - HCDH (HCDH, 2024)
Coordonnée par le HCDH, la Carte de la mémoire des Roms dans les Amériques est une initiative participative qui a pour but de reconnaître et mettre à l’honneur les sites de mémoire de la communauté rom dans les Amériques, des États-Unis à l’Argentine. Ce projet s’appuie sur des efforts visant à renforcer les droits et l’intégration des Roms, à faire progresser la mémoire publique du peuple et de l’histoire roms et à lutter contre l’antitsiganisme, la forme spécifique de racisme à laquelle sont confrontés les Roms.

Memorializing the Romani past: “We exist, respect our humanity" - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2024)
Coordinated by UN Human Rights, the Romani Memory Map for the Americas is a crowd-sourced initiative to recognize and honour sites of memory of the Romani community in the Americas, from the United States to Argentina. The project builds on efforts to strengthen Roma rights and inclusion, advance public memory of Roma people and history, and combat anti-gypsyism, the specific form of racism facing Roma.

The Queer Museum | Radical Inclusion and Western Museology - Robenalt, Erica (Routledge, 2024)
The Queer Museum examines how relationships between institutions and LGBTQ+communities function and how they help to define queer museum practice.

Beyond profit: Enforcing human rights in business - Sanchez Amor, Nacho; Wolters, Lara (ET Observer, 2024)
In an increasingly globalised world, where multinational corporations wield unprecedented influence, the need for robust mechanisms to hold businesses accountable for human rights abuses has never been more pressing. The ethical responsibilities of businesses extend far beyond profit margins and shareholder interests

Rwanda marks 30 years since genocide that horrified the world - Cheman, Melissa (RFI, 2024)
Rwanda has begun 100 days of commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred by Hutu militias.

Charles Michel admite la "responsabilidad" de la comunidad internacional en el genocidio de Ruanda - Euronews (Euronews, 2024)
En el 30º aniversario del genocidio de Ruanda, un intento de exterminio de la minoría étnica tutsi, el presidente del Consejo Europeo, Charles Michel, "admitió" la responsabilidad y complicidad por parte de la comunidad internacional, que permaneció inmóvil y cerró los ojos durante este momento oscuro de la historia de la humanidad.

Génocide au Rwanda : Charles Michel évoque "une forme de complicité" de la communauté internationale - Euronews (Euronews, 2024)
Lors des commémoration du 30e anniversaire du génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda, Charles Michel, le président du Conseil européen, a évoqué "une forme de complicité" de la communauté internationale. Le président français estime que Paris "aurait pu arrêter le génocide avec ses alliés".

Rwanda remembers genocide 30 years on in ceremony - Euronews (Euronews, 2024)
World leaders around the world have marked the anniversary of the genocide of the Tutsi ethnic minority. Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, admitted responsibility, a kind of complicity on the part of the international community - which remained motionless, closed its eyes - in this dark moment in human history.

Breakthrough for transparency: Court ruling exposes misconduct - IOL Reporter (IOL, 2024)
In a landmark legal battle, Independent Media's successful appeal against the State Security Minister's interim interdict reveals a victory not only for press freedom but also for transparency and accountability in governance.

RIM month to focus on records management, climate change - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
The Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) is observing Records and Information Management (RIM) month in April, with a focus on increasing awareness about the importance of accurate records management in providing holistic solutions to the impact of climate-change.

Guatemala ex-general on trial accused of genocide - Rocha, Leonardo; Vock, Ido (BBC News, 2024)
A former general accused of ordering the murder of more than 1,200 indigenous Ixil Maya people during Guatemala's civil war has gone on trial.

Victoria de Dien Bien Phu, símbolo del movimiento de liberación nacional en el mundo - VietnamPlus (VietnamPlus, 2024)
La victoria del pueblo vietnamita en Dien Bien Phu es un símbolo del movimiento de la liberación de los pueblos coloniales y oprimidos del mundo, afirmó el profesor argentino Ezequiel Ramoneda.

Amnesty International launches book ‘Images of Rebellion’, a testament to civil resistance - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International has published the book Images of Rebellion, an extraordinary visual compilation that chronicles and celebrates the defiant spirit of civil resistance in Cuba. The book contains a poignant selection of the more than 21,000 letters and drawings sent to Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Cuban artist and prisoner of conscience, in a global outpouring of support.

Amnesty International présente le livre Imágenes de Rebeldía (Images de rébellion), qui porte témoignage de la résistance civique - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International lance le livre Imágenes de Rebeldía, un remarquable recueil visuel qui non seulement raconte, mais aussi célèbre l’esprit rebelle de la résistance civique à Cuba. Ce livre rassemble une sélection des plus de 21 000 lettres et dessins de soutien international envoyés à Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, artiste et prisonnier d’opinion cubain.

Resettlement as a Human Rights Issue: Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International welcomes the call for inputs by the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living, and on the Right to Non-discrimination in this Context, to inform his report to the General Assembly in October 2024, and for developing international guiding principles for resettlement.

Amnistía Internacional presenta el libro "Imágenes de Rebeldía", un testimonio de resistencia cívica - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
Amnistía Internacional lanza libro “Imágenes de Rebeldía”, un extraordinario compendio visual que no solo narra, sino que también celebra el espíritu rebelde de la resistencia cívica en Cuba. Este libro recopila una emotiva selección de las más de 21,000 cartas y dibujos de apoyo global enviados a Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, artista y preso de conciencia cubano.

Denuncia internacional contra Luis Petri por obstaculizar las investigaciones sobre los crímenes de la dictadura | Desmanteló los equipos que analizaban archivos en las FFAA - Bertoia, Luciana (PAGINA12, 2024)
La presentación fue hecha por la legisladora Victoria Montenegro ante el relator de Naciones Unidas Fabián Salvioli.

Le Conseil de l’Europe veut lutter contre les poursuites-bâillons - Euractiv France; AFP (Euractiv France, 2024)
Le Conseil de l’Europe a exhorté vendredi ses 46 États membres à « lutter contre les poursuites abusives visant à réduire au silence les journalistes et autres observateurs critiques de la vie publique », dans un communiqué du Comité des ministres.

La réconciliation made in Rwanda - Sehene Ruvugiro, Emmanuel (JustiveInfo.net, 2024)
Au moins 800 000 personnes massacrées en cent jours, entre avril et juillet 1994. Depuis, la justice nationale a jugé plus d’un million de personnes. Le temps du châtiment a passé. Et les Rwandais ont dû réapprendre le « vivre ensemble ». Notre correspondant en a interrogé certains sur le sens et la réalité de cette « réconciliation ».

Reconciliation made in Rwanda - Sehene Ruvugiro, Emmanuel (JustiveInfo.net, 2024)
At least 800,000 people were massacred in 100 days, between April and July 1994. Since then, the national justice system has tried over a million people. The time for retribution has passed. And Rwandans have had to relearn how to “live together”. Our correspondent asked some of them what this “reconciliation” means for them.

De nombreux documents d'archives originaux sur la campagne de Dien Bien Phu dévoilés - VietnamPlus (VietnamPlus, 2024)
Un certain nombre de documents d'archives originaux sur la campagne de Dien Bien Phu et la Conférence de Genève de 1954 ont été rendus publics pour la première fois.
Keywords: Dien Bien Phu

UN body calls for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes - Wintour, Patrick (The Guardian, 2024)
Human rights council adopts resolution as Israel opens new routes into Gaza after Biden-Netanyahu phone call
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Joe Biden; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; US foreign policy; US news; United Nations; World news

Génocide au Rwanda : comment relever le défi de la mémoire ? - Le débat (France24, 2024)
Trente ans après le génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda, comment relever le défi de la mémoire ? Les invités du débat sont: Laurent Larcher, Journaliste à La Croix, chargé de l’Afrique; Christophe Boisbouvier, Directeur adjoint de RFI, chargé de l'Afrique; Jeanne Allaire Kayigirwa, Vice-présidente de l'association Ibuka France

Tories planned to make millions from members’ data with ‘True Blue’ app - Burgis, Tom; Dyer, Henry (The Guardian, 2024)
Exclusive: senior party officials worked on commercial venture that would allow brands to sell products to supporters
Keywords: Apps; Conservatives; Data protection; Politics; Technology; UK news

La liberté académique en déclin dans le monde, selon un groupe d'experts - Kisbenebek, Attila (Science et Avenir, 2024)
Seule une personne sur trois vit dans un pays garantissant l'indépendance de la recherche et des universités, selon un indice annuel qui s'alarme d'un déclin de la liberté académique dans le monde, particulièrement marqué en Russie, en Chine et en Inde.

Documentary captures journalist’s gender transition while embedded with Taliban (PBS News Hour, 2024)
A new documentary now available on Amazon Prime and AppleTV offers an in-depth look at the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. "Transition" follows Australian filmmaker Jordan Bryon as he undergoes a gender transition while embedded with a Taliban unit. Bryon and co-director Monica Villamizar spoke with Amna Nawaz about this turning point in Afghanistan.

En Haïti, des gangs armés vandalisent des bâtiments culturels et éducatifs - AFP (Challenges, 2024)
Des gangs armés ont pris d'assaut mercredi la Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti, située dans la capitale Port-au-Prince, a fait savoir à l'AFP son directeur, une nouvelle illustration de la spirale de violences dans ce pays des Caraïbes.

New short film highlights devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International is launching a powerful film showing the devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally, with many suffering life-long injuries and permanent disabilities. The new film, which features Leidy Cadena who was blinded by police in 2021 during a protest which was part of the National Strikes in Colombia, shows the devastating impact such weapons can have.

Un nouveau court-métrage met en lumière l’impact dévastateur des armes à létalité réduite sur les manifestant·e·s à travers le monde - Amnesty international (Amnesty International, 2024)
Les armes à létalité réduite sont à l’origine de milliers de blessures à travers le monde, ainsi que des dizaines de décès. Amnesty International sort un court-métrage percutant qui montre l’impact dévastateur qu’ont les armes à létalité réduite sur les manifestant·e·s à travers le monde, beaucoup souffrant de lésions à vie et de handicaps permanents. Ce nouveau film présente l’histoire de Leidy Cadena, qui a perdu un œil à cause de la police en 2021 au cours d’une manifestation s’inscrivant dans le cadre des Grèves nationales en Colombie. Il montre l’impact dévastateur de ce type d’armes.

Surge of interest in Ethiopian culture boosts case for return of treasures - Bakare, Lanre (The Guardian, 2024)
Poet who is curating country’s first Venice Biennale pavilion says ‘part of the heart’ of the country was looted and is being held in museums.
Keywords: Africa; Art and design; Books; British Museum; Colonialism; Culture; Ethiopia; Lemn Sissay; Music; Poetry; The Weeknd; UK news; Venice Biennale; World news

Enfants nés du viol : l'héritage dévastateur de la violence sexuelle dans le Rwanda de l'après-génocide - Denov, Myriam (The Conversation, 2024)
Le génocide rwandais de 1994 a laissé des traces indélébiles. Les enfants nés de violences sexuelles et les mères ont fait preuve d'une immense force pour surmonter leur histoire de violence.

Exhibition | Lost Liberties: The War Measures Act - Diefenbaker Canada Centre | University of Saskatchewan (Diefenbaker Canada Centre | University of Saskatchewan, 2024)
"Lost Liberties: The War Measures Act" is exploring the suspension of civil liberties in Canada during the First World War, the Second World War, and the 1970 October Crisis, Lost Liberties — The War Measures Act sheds new light on the enduring impact of the Act on Canada and its people. | On display until June 22, 2024 | Diefenbaker Canada Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets - McKernan, Bethan; Davies, Harry (The Guardian, 2024)
Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Technology; World news

A ProPublica Lawsuit Over Military Court Access Moves Forward - Megan Rose (ProPublica, 2024)
A federal judge ruled in March that ProPublica’s lawsuit against the secretary of defense should move forward, as the news organization seeks to increase public access to the military’s court proceedings and records. ProPublica sued in 2022, claiming the Pentagon has failed to issue rules ensuring that the services comply with a law that was supposed to make the military justice system more transparent.

Racism, harassment and discrimination takes a terrible toll on ethnic minority NHS staff - Rhead, Rebecca (The Conversation, 2024)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a time filled with uncertainty and fear, ethnically minoritised NHS staff have not only had to contend with the virus but also a workplace fraught with inequalities.

‘I wanted to end my life’: ‘Bookseller of Kabul’ rebuilds destroyed business - Taylor, Diane (The Guardian, 2024)
Shah Muhammad Rais was devastated when Taliban destroyed his shop, but now he is sending books to Afghanistan via the internet.
Keywords: Afghanistan; Books; Culture; South and central Asia; World news

Piloting Reparative Description and Metadata in SNAC via the Indigenous Description Group (Descriptive Notes, 2024)
Archivists have recognized the need to rethink how indigenous knowledge can be better represented, not only to heal previous harms but also to make information more accessible and usable for communities. The Indigenous Description Group, founded in Spring 2023 within the Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) cooperative, represents one effort to do this work in a pan-institutional and collaborative way.

Archivos comunitarios: estrategia brasileña para salvaguardar la memoria contra las desigualdades - G20 Brazil 2024 (G20 Brazil 2024, 2024)
Un acuerdo de cooperación entre el Archivo Nacional y el PNUD reforzará la política archivística del país e impulsará el trabajo de los archivos comunitarios para los grupos socioeconómicamente vulnerables del país. La política pretende garantizar que las comunidades negras, indígenas, rurales, de favelas y LGBTQI+ tengan acceso al derecho a la memoria y a las condiciones para registrar sus experiencias individuales y colectivas.

Explore the focus on community archives: Discover Brasil's strategy to preserve historical memory while addressing inequalities - G20 Brazil 2024 (G20 Brazil 2024, 2024)
A cooperation agreement between the National Archives of Brasil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will enhance the country's archival policy and support the efforts of community archives serving socioeconomically vulnerable groups. This policy aims to guarantee access to memory rights and the tools necessary for documenting the diverse experiences of black, indigenous, rural, favela-dwelling, and LGBTQIAP+ communities.
Keywords: community archives

Genocide Archives Released - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Human Rights Watch announced that it is releasing a series of archives highlighting the extraordinary efforts of human rights defenders in Rwanda and abroad, to warn about the planned 1994 genocide and attempt to stop the killings.

Publication d’archives sur le génocide - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Human Rights Watch a annoncé la publication d’une série d’archives témoignant des efforts extraordinaires déployés par des défenseurs des droits humains au Rwanda et à l’étranger pour lancer l’alerte au sujet du génocide planifié de 1994, et tenter d’arrêter les massacres.

‘Fake news’ legislation risks doing more harm than good amid a record number of elections in 2024 - Jens, Samuel (The Conversation, 2024)
Vague definitions and heavy penalties mean that legislation could be used to stifle a free press.

2,200 “génocidaires” being released in 2024, who are they? - Sehene Ruvugiro, Emmanuel (JustiveInfo.net, 2024)
Thirty years after the 1994 genocide, thousands of convicted men and women have already been released from prison. Others, like Emmanuel Ruzigana, are on the point of being released after serving their sentences. The government estimates that, putting completed sentences and pardons together, 2,200 “génocidaires” - as they are known in Rwanda - could be released in 2024. Who are they and how are they preparing?

2 200 « génocidaires » libérés en 2024, qui sont-ils ? - Sehene Ruvugiro, Emmanuel (JustiveInfo.net, 2024)
Trente ans après le génocide de 1994, des milliers de femmes et d’hommes condamnés sont déjà sortis de prison. D’autres, en attente comme Emmanuel Ruzigana, sont sur le point d’être libérés, après avoir purgé leurs peines. Le gouvernement estime qu’entre les fins de peine et les remises de peine, 2 200 « génocidaires » – selon le terme consacré au Rwanda –, pourraient être remis en liberté en 2024. Qui sont-ils et comment se préparent-ils ?

Protests Over Gaza Intensify at American Art Museums - Small, Zachary; Tracy, Marc (The New York Times, 2024)
A protest at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco led to the resignation of its leader and to a monthlong closure of its galleries. The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts event was among the most dramatic in a series of demonstrations about the Israel-Hamas war that have rocked the cultural sector in recent months with protests, withdrawals and other calls for boycotts.
Keywords: Appointments and Executive Changes; Art; Boycotts; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Israel-Gaza War (2023- ); Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museums; Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel; San Francisco (Calif); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Google to destroy browsing data to settle consumer privacy lawsuit - Stempel, Jonathan (Zawya.com, 2024)
Users alleged that Google's analytics, cookies and apps let the Alphabet unit improperly track people who set Google's Chrome browser to "Incognito" mode and other browsers to "private" browsing mode. They said this turned Google into an "unaccountable trove of information" by letting it learn about their friends, favorite foods, hobbies, shopping habits, and the "most intimate and potentially embarrassing things" they hunt for online.

A New Chapter for Irish Historians’ ‘Saddest Book’ - O’Loughlin, Ed (The New York Times, 2024)
A globe-spanning research project has turned the catalog of a public archive destroyed in Ireland’s civil war into a model for reconstruction.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Ireland; Libraries and Librarians; National Archives (Great Britain); Politics and Government; Restoration and Renovation; Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland); Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland; Yale University

Milei ajusta, Petri despide y los genocidas festejan - Canal Abierto (YouTube, 2024)
Un exjefe del Ejército y un ex empleado de la Embajada de EEUU liquidaron el área de Defensa que analizaba archivos para los juicios de lesa humanidad. En esta entrevista, los documentos en peligro, la sombra de Villaruel y el festejo por los despidos: “Lo ven como una oportunidad”.

Postmemory and the Partition of India: Learning to Remember | SpringerLink - Kapila, Shichi (Springer, 2024)
The book, examines the memories of the Partition of India in 1947; uses ethnographic and oral history methods to make meaning of the impact of partition events; argues for particular consideration of women, who were especially vulnerable to suffering during and after partition

Fais un homme de toi : thérapies de conversion - Lebeau, Jocelyn (Radio-Canada OhDio, 2024)
Une thérapie de conversion vise à modifier l’orientation sexuelle ou l’identité de genre d’une personne. Ces pratiques souvent cruelles sont interdites au Canada depuis 2022. Près de 100 000 personnes au pays en auraient subi, mais leur réalité demeure méconnue. Jocelyn Lebeau recueille des témoignages de gens qui ont survécu à ces "traitements". Il se tourne aussi vers des spécialistes pour comprendre comment l’intolérance et les croyances peuvent amener des personnes LGBTQ+ à se détester au point de vouloir correspondre aux stéréotypes du "vrai homme" et de la "vraie femme". Podcast de 7 épisodes totalisant 4h 38 m

Memory and Identity of Afro-Brazilian Archives - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2024)
A project to preserve Afro-Brazilian memory through archives containing documents of Afro-Brazilian activism (1964 - 1990s)

Projet Archives des Femmes, Mali - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2024)
Amongst the recent and historical socio-political turmoil in Mali, women have worked to create a more just and equitable society. The personal collections of movement leaders document the work of women across Mali from the 1950’s onward.

Why Indigenous people are fighting for data sovereignty - Beaulne-Stuebing, Laura (CBC News, 2024)
Indigenous data sovereignty means that communities have control over their own information, researcher says.That's why it's important that Indigenous communities gather their own data, in their own way, says Echo-Hawk, who is a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. This is Indigenous data sovereignty. "As individual nations … we have the ability to govern our own data. That means how it is gathered, how it is analyzed and how it is shared," Echo-Hawk told Unreserved host Rosanna Deerchild.
Keywords: Indigenous Data Sovereignty

“Access under review”: Freedom of Information, Data Protection, and the Disappearing Archive - McLean, Alioson (History and Policy, 2024)
While many historians will be familiar with the limitations of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) when trying to obtain access to closed records at the National Archives (TNA), few will be aware that since 2012 thousands of previously open documents have been removed from public access under TNA’s Reclosure Policy.

Polish war graves in Germany documented - S.A, Telewizja Polska (TVP World, 2024)
The Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation has information on 1,200 cemeteries or memorial sites where the remains of Polish citizens rest.
Keywords: Germany; Poland; World War II

Meta and Google accused of restricting reproductive health information - Strzyżyńska, Weronika (The Guardian, 2024)
Report claims posts on abortion and contraception have been deleted while misinformation on the feeds of social media users in Africa, Latin America and Asia has not been tackled
Keywords: Global development; Global health; Google; Meta; Reproductive rights; Society; Technology

Al-Yamamah arms deal report comes to light ending anti-corruption campaigners’ battle - Pegg, David; Evans, Rob (The Guardian, 2024)
Inquiry by National Audit Office into British-Saudi arms contract reveals evidence of MoD deception over bribery allegations. A suppressed official report on alleged corruption in a giant British-Saudi arms contract has been discovered in a public archive.
Keywords: Arms trade; BAE Systems; Defence policy; Foreign policy; Military; Ministry of Defence; Saudi Arabia; UK news; World news

English Nazi collaborators may have aided recapture of ‘great escape’ PoWs - Addley, Esther (The Guardian, 2024)
Document discovered by National Archives shows claim made after the war by recaptured RAF officer, but historians are sceptical
Keywords: National Archives; Nazism; Second world war; UK news; World news

U.N. AI Resolution Passes Vote - Rishi Iyengar (Foreign Policy, 2024)
The resolution, which followed more than three months of negotiations among dozens of countries, calls on U.N. member states to ensure "safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems" that are developed responsibly and respect human rights and international law.

Le poids des photos, le choc des mots : regard sur les dix missions de détention du CICR en Algérie (1955-1962) - Parrinello, Lucie (Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library, 2024)
Le CICR dispose d’un fonds d’archives photographiques se rapportant à ses missions de détention durant la guerre d'Algérie. Elles témoignent du fait que le Comité International de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) a déployé dix missions de visite en détention entre 1955 et 1962, suivies d’une dernière mission spéciale en 1963 consacrée à la visite aux supplétifs de l’armée française emprisonnés et à la recherche d’Européens disparus

Une histoire du conflit politique - Cagé, Julia; Piketty, Thomas (Editions du Seuil, 2023)
Qui vote pour qui et pour quoi ? Comment se répartissent les votes et les richesses en France depuis deux siècles ? Les auteurs rendent disponibles toutes leurs données à https://www.unehistoireduconflitpolitique.fr/telecharger.html

Palestinians’ Right of Return Is a Basic Question of Justice - Burgis, Ben (Jacobin, 2024)
Denying Palestinian refugees the right to come back to the areas from which they were ethnically cleansed during the Nakba is deeply unjust.
Keywords: Nakba

Belgium still struggling with its colonial ghosts - Jochecová, Ketrin (POLITICO, 2024)
By failing to publish a report on the nation’s colonial history, Belgium signals it is not yet ready to shake off its past.

Una multitud para decir nunca más a la dictadura y a la miseria planificada del gobierno libertario | Masiva movilización a Plaza de Mayo a 48 años del golpe genocida - Bertoia, Luciana (Logo Página 12, 2024)

‘Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo’ reclaman ley contra negacionismo - dw.com (dw.com, 2024)
La defensora de derechos humanos Estela de Carlotto cuestionó al presidente y a la vicepresidenta de Argentina por sus “provocaciones”.

Consejo de Seguridad, Gaza, Haití... Las noticias del lunes - Noticias ONU (Noticias ONU, 2024)
El Consejo de Seguridad adopta, por primera vez, una resolución que pide un alto el fuego inmediato en Gaza. Es “totalmente inaceptable” que Israel impida a UNRWA trabajar en el norte de Gaza, dice Guterres. El Programa Mundial de Alimentos amplía el reparto de comida en Haití pese a la violencia.

Le Conseil de sécurité adopte une résolution exigeant un cessez-le-feu immédiat à Gaza | - ONU Info (ONU Info, 2024)
Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU a adopté lundi une résolution dans laquelle il exige un cessez-le-feu immédiat à Gaza pendant le mois de Ramadan, la libération immédiate et inconditionnelle de tous les otages et souligne la nécessité urgente « d'élargir le flux » d'aide vers l'enclave palestinienne

Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan - UN News (United Nations News, 2024)
The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and "the urgent need to expand the flow" of aid into Gaza. There were 14 votes in favour with the United States abstaining.

Mass grave of at least 65 migrants found in Libya desert, UN agency says - France 24 (France 24, 2024)
At least 65 migrants' bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in southwest Libya, the International Organization for Migration said on social media platform X on Friday.

Dutch project tells wartime stories of intrepid ‘England voyagers’ - Boztas, Senay (The Guardian, 2024)
Hundreds of Engelandvaarders took various routes from occupied Netherlands to Britain to fight in second world war
Keywords: Europe; Netherlands; Second world war; World news

La organización de hijos de desaparecidos en Argentina denuncia que una de sus integrantes fue asaltada y abusada por militantes de Milei - Criales, José Pablo (El País Argentina, 2024)
La agrupación de derechos humanos H.I.J.O.S. responsabiliza al Gobierno de un ataque que sale a la luz a días de un tenso aniversario del golpe militar de 1976

Public Prosecution finalises classification of crimes, digitisation of criminal legislation - Rola AlGhoul (Zawya.com, 2024)
Under the project, legal texts have been transformed into a digital format that is comprehensible and executable by information systems, employing advanced artificial intelligence techniques

‘Man-made famine’ charge against Israel is backed by mounting body of evidence - Beaumont, Peter (The Guardian, 2024)
Prospect of Israel facing war crimes charges has moved closer after UN condemnation of Gaza aid restrictions
Keywords: Famine; Gaza; Human rights; International court of justice; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Law; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Society; War crimes; World news

"We hope to offer renewed hope of discovering ancestors and even new connections to families across the globe." - Campsie, Alison (The Scotsman, 2024)
Around 15,000 young, vulnerable Scots were shipped to Canada alone in a forced emigration scheme designed to improve their life chances, but some were never heard from again.

How Virginia Used Segregation Law to Erase Native Americans - Craig, Ashley R.; Smithers, Gregory (TIME, 2024)
Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act belongs to a settler colonial tradition extending back to the early 1600s. Some white Virginians, though, weren’t satisfied. They worried about a loophole in the law that would dilute the purity of white “blood.” Leading white supremacists had wanted the Racial Integrity Act to solidify Virginia’s black-white racial binary. To do so, they called for the Act to erase the presence of Native people. Some used the Act to do just this, engaging in a form of “bureaucratic genocide” to re-cast Native people as Black, rendering them less visible in the historical record.

New UN Exhibit Highlights Post-Genocide Reconciliation in Rwanda, on Display at Headquarters, 27 March-Late April - Paulina Greer (UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases, 2024)
Coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (7 April), the United Nations Headquarters in New York opens a new exhibit about the power of post-genocide reconciliation, the potentially deadly impact of hate speech and what visitors can do to say #NoToHate.

Une nouvelle exposition au Siège de l’ONU met en lumière la réconciliation postgénocide au Rwanda - Paulina Greer (UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases, 2024)
À l’occasion du trentième anniversaire du génocide perpétré contre les Tutsis au Rwanda en 1994, le Siège des Nations Unies à New York accueille une nouvelle exposition sur le pouvoir de la réconciliation postgénocide, l’impact potentiellement mortel des discours de haine et ce qui peut être fait pour dire #NonÀLaHaine.

Open sources and the future of spying - Sam Roggeveen (Lowy Institute, 2024)
Countries spy to overcome an information deficit. But we now live in a world of information super-abundance.

When fame and medical privacy clash: Kate and other crises of confidentiality - Stewart, Heather (The Guardian, 2024)
The Princess of Wales is the latest person in the public eye to find there are questions about the security of their health history
Keywords: Catherine; Gordon Brown; Health; Monarchy; Princess of Wales; Privacy; Society; Tony Blair; UK news; Winston Churchill

Missing migrants’ families say they were asked to pay hundreds for information on relatives - Ashifa Kassam; Leah Pattem (The Guardian, 2024)
Families say they were promised details of relatives’ whereabouts after contacting people they thought were linked to NGO in Spain
Keywords: Europe; Migration; Refugees; Spain; UK news; World news

Cryptic Conundrums: The Tug of War Between Privacy and Security - Brennan, Joseph (International Policy Digest, 2024)
U.S. tech companies pride themselves on protecting the data of their users. Increasingly, this commitment is being challenged by the government.

Documents reveal alleged pattern of Israeli harassment of Unrwa workers on West Bank - Burke, Jason (The Guardian, 2024)
Exclusive: UN documents seen by the Guardian list hundreds of incidents, including claims workers were blindfolded and beaten.
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; United Nations; World news

ICC Reporting Key to Catalyze National Justice - Vignoli, Maria Elena (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a court of last resort, stepping in only when national authorities are unwilling or unable to do so. This is a key legal pillar known as the principle of complementarity. But because the ICC can only take on a few cases in a particular situation, comprehensive justice will invariably mean that the ICC and national authorities will need to work closely together.

Les rapports de la CPI, des outils essentiels pour soutenir la justice nationale - Vignoli, Maria Elena (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
La Cour pénale internationale (CPI) est une juridiction de dernier recours, qui n’intervient que lorsque les autorités judiciaires nationales ne veulent ou ne peuvent pas se saisir d’une affaire. Il s’agit d’un pilier juridique connu sous le nom de principe de complémentarité. Mais comme la CPI ne peut traiter que quelques affaires dans une situation particulière, la quête d’une justice exhaustive signifie invariablement que la CPI et les autorités nationales doivent travailler en étroite collaboration.

Los informes de la CPI son claves para catalizar la justicia nacional - Vignoli, Maria Elena (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
La Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) es un tribunal de última instancia, que interviene únicamente cuando las autoridades nacionales no tienen la disposición o la capacidad para hacerlo. Este es un pilar jurídico fundamental que se conoce como principio de complementariedad. Sin embargo, la CPI solo puede tomar unos pocos casos en una situación determinada, por lo tanto, para que haya justicia integral será siempre necesario que la CPI y las autoridades nacionales trabajen en colaboración estrecha.

Operation Legacy: How Britain covered up its colonial crimes - Diptée, Audra (The Conversation, 2024)
The World learned in 2011 of the secret British policy called Operation Legacy that was implemented in the 1950s. Its goal was to remove or destroy incriminating documents from former colonies in the months before each one became politically independent. This policy had an impact far and wide, and was implemented in British colonies throughout the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.

Togoland: Germany's first and smallest African colony - Nebe, Cai (DW, 2024)
Germany's 30-year rule in Togoland (actual Ghana and Togo) seemed relatively peaceful compared to other German colonies, and Togoland was promoted as "a model colony." But it was a self-serving myth for German colonial administrators.

Togoland: Germany's first and smallest African colony - Nebe, Cai (DW, 2024)
Germany's 30-year rule in Togoland (actual Ghana and Togo) seemed relatively peaceful compared to other German colonies, and Togoland was promoted as "a model colony." But it was a self-serving myth for German colonial administrators.

New NAGPRA rules: A sea change in federal regulations - Pember, Mary Annette (ICT News, 2024)
Museums, universities begin shuttering exhibits as federal requirements change for handling human remains, cultural items.
Keywords: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; United States; repatriation

Joe Biden has just dealt a big defeat to big tech - Stiglitz, Joseph (The Guardian, 2024)
US president’s new executive order is an important step towards protecting sensitive personal data
Keywords: Business; Data protection; Digital media; Joe Biden; Privacy; Social media; Technology sector; US news; World news

Pablo Llonto: "Al gobierno de Milei no le interesan los derechos humanos" - Llonto, Pablo (PAGINA12, 2024)
Para el abogado, el oficialismo tiene una "particular provocación y perversidad" y cree que este domingo próximo "son capaces de hacer cualquier barbaridad".

CIDH finaliza 189 Período de Sesiones con 29 audiencias públicas sobre derechos humanos. - Loebenstein, Elke von (Diario Constitucional, 2024)
En las audiencias de país de la CIDH, se discutieron diversas temáticas. Sobre Chile, se trataron los derechos de las personas sordas; respecto a Colombia, el reclutamiento forzado de niñas, niños y adolescentes indígenas y reparación de víctimas del conflicto; acerca de Cuba, derechos de quienes participan en misiones médicas y libertad de asociación; relativo a Ecuador, justicia indígena; con relación a Estados Unidos, impactos de la explotación del uranio en pueblos indígenas; en cuanto a Honduras, desalojos de comunidades indígenas, negras y campesinas.

Rights advocates denounce 'systemic abuse' in Israeli prisons - AFP (France24, 2024)
In the shadow of the war raging in Gaza, record numbers of Palestinian detainees are filling Israeli prisons, where they face "systemic abuse" and torture, rights advocates warn, calling for international action.

Don’t forget Leonard Peltier - Nicholls, Will (Nation, 2024)
Leonard Peltier is the longest imprisoned Indigenous person in the United States. Even after almost 47 years behind bars he is considered a political prisoner by Amnesty International, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Congress of American Indians, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Rev. Jesse Jackson, among many others who believe he should be immediately released.

DRC: Reinstating executions shows a callous disregard for human rights - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Congo’s government wants to resume executions, after a hiatus of two decades, in a bid to combat armed groups and gang violence, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said:

RDC. La reprise des exécutions témoigne d’un mépris total pour les droits humains - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Compte tenu de l’inefficacité du système de justice la décision consternante du gouvernement signifie que de nombreux innocents risquent d’être exécutés.

República Democrática del Congo: La reinstauración de las ejecuciones muestra un cruel desprecio por los derechos humanos - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
En respuesta a la noticia de que, después de una pausa de dos decenios, el gobierno de República Democrática del Congo quiere reanudar las ejecuciones en un intento por combatir a los grupos armados y la violencia de las bandas, Tigere Chagutah, director regional de Amnistía Internacional para África Oriental y Austral, ha declarado: “La […]

En Indonésie, une vague de désinformation met en danger les réfugiés rohingyas - Chaigne, Thais (France24, 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 très accueillante, l’ONU s’inquiète pour leur sécurité. Notre Observateur, un journaliste indonésien spécialiste de la vérification pour "Mafindo", décrypte cette campagne de haine en ligne.

Germany's Bundesbank confronts dark Nazi origins - Connor, Richard (DW, 2024)
Germany's central financial institution, the Bundesbank, commissioned a study to examine its roots. Research showed that the bank, set up after World War II, was founded on a past tightly interwoven with the Nazi Party.

Data protection in the EU: Children, migrants, and EU Commission - Julia Tar (The Tech Brief, 2024)
We look at data protection issues, including the regulation concerning the detection and removal of online child sexual abuse material, as well as Frontex’s handling of migrants’ data, and the recent news regarding the European Commission's violation of data protection rules in its use of Microsoft.

Digital health data compromise hailed as 'most important health legislation' in this mandate - Mersh, Amalie Holmgaard (Euractiv, 2024)
EU institutions struck a deal on the European Health Data Space, having finally landed an agreement on the thorny issue of opt-out for secondary use of health data.

Law, Migration, and the Construction of Whiteness: Mobility Within the - Myslinska, Dagmar Rita (Routledge, 2024)
Brexit supporters’ frequent targeting of European Union (EU) movers, especially those from Central and Eastern Europe, has been popularly assumed as at odds with the EU project’s foundations based on equality and inclusion. This book dispels that notion. By interrogating the history, wording, omissions, assumptions and applications of laws, policies and discourses pertinent to mobility and equality

How a wave of disinformation is endangering Rohingya refugees in Indonesia - Observers team (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. This wave of disinformation…

UN Commission concerned by continuing patterns of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2024)
Two years after the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, civilian suffering is mounting as a result of Russia’s disregard for basic principles of humanitarian law and its human rights obligations.

The devastating persecution of trans people by the Nazis still echoes down the ages - Baska, Maggie (PinkNews, 2024)
Before WWII, Germany saw movements supporting transgender and gender non-conforming folks. It all changed when the Nazis took power.
Keywords: LGBTQ+ rights

Secret Iraq War cabinet documents released publicly - Brown, Andrew (The Canberra Times, 2024)
The National Archives of Australia released 14 declassified cabinet records relating to Australia’s involvement in the US-led invasion of Iraq.