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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How data shapes political narratives amid the 2024 super-elections - Rafaela Landikusic (Global Voices, 2024)
The age of data might seem like a modern concept, but the notion of using information for political advantage has a long history.

UN chief warns of ‘cyber mercenaries’ amid spike in weaponising digital tools - UN News (UN News, 2024)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday highlighted the dual-edged nature of cyberspace, stressing its potential for both immense benefits and significant risks when misused. |

U.S. and Colombia Should Purge False Information on NGOs from Intelligence Archives - Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA, 2024)
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) calls upon the Colombian president and the U.S. president to review and purge intelligence archives containing false information that could cause security problems and other consequences. The statement refers to the impact false information has had on the lives of Colombians.

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

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

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

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

China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups - Davidson, Helen (The Guardian, 2024)
Report finds that religious, historical and cultural references have been removed by Beijing.
Keywords: Asia Pacific; China; Human rights; Islam; Law; Religion; Uyghurs; World news; Xinjiang

In Iraq, a New Tool Helps Forensic Doctors Document Sexual Violence and Torture - Haddad, Maram (Physicians for Human Rights, 2024)
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in partnership with medical-legal professionals in Iraq have developed a new forensic medical form. The new tool is expected to standardize survivor-centered documentation and improve access to justice.

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

L’apartheid fondé sur le genre doit être reconnu comme un crime de droit international - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
L’apartheid fondé sur le genre doit être reconnu comme un crime de droit international, en vue de renforcer les initiatives visant à lutter contre les régimes institutionnalisés d’oppression et de domination systématiques imposés pour des motifs liés au genre.

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

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

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

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

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

Gender apartheid must be recognized as a crime under international law - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Gender apartheid must be recognized as a crime under international law in order to strengthen efforts to combat institutionalized regimes of systematic oppression and domination imposed on the grounds of gender, said Amnesty International.

El 'apartheid' de género debe ser reconocido como crimen de derecho internacional - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
“El apartheid de género debe ser reconocido como crimen de derecho internacional a fin de intensificar los esfuerzos para combatir los regímenes institucionalizados de opresión y dominación sistemáticas impuestas por motivos de género”, ha afirmado hoy Amnistía Internacional.

22 Ida B. Wells Quotes About Injustice, Truth and Virtue - Beck, Laura (Parade, 2024)
Ida B. Wells was a remarkable human: a groundbreaking African American journalist, civil rights leader and anti-lynching activist. Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862 (just before the Emancipation Proclamation), Wells went on to dedicate her life to passionately campaigning against lynching and fighting for racial justice. It's no wonder there are so many powerful Ida B. Wells quotes to share.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Les tribunaux de l'ONU chargés de juger les crimes de guerre au Rwanda et en ex-Yougoslavie arrivent à leur fin. - UN News (UN News, 2024)
Les 253 personnes inculpées par les tribunaux de l'ONU pour des crimes de guerre, des crimes contre l'humanité et des génocides commis il y a plusieurs décennies au Rwanda et en ex-Yougoslavie ont toutes été retrouvées, a été informé le Conseil de sécurité mardi.

Social media companies’ removal of abortion-related content may hinder access to accurate health information - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Removal of abortion-related content on social media platforms with inadequate or unclear justification can contribute to the increasing challenges in accessing abortion care and threatens the right to health and bodily autonomy, according to a new briefing from Amnesty International. In Obstacles to Autonomy: Post-Roe Removal of Abortion Information Online, Amnesty International reveals that social […]

ICC Prosecutor appeals for evidence of Darfur atrocities - UN News (UN News, 2024)
The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched a campaign on Tuesday to address the unfolding crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, amid the going war between rival military forces that erupted last April.

UN war crimes tribunals move closer to completion - UN News (UN News, 2024)
All of the 253 people indicted by UN tribunals for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed decades ago in Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia, have now been accounted for, the Security Council heard on Tuesday. |

Children’s Personal Photos Misused to Power AI Tools - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The personal photos of Brazilian children are being used to create powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools without the children’s knowledge or consent.

Fotos personales de niños utilizadas indebidamente para alimentar herramientas de IA - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Las fotos personales de infantes brasileños son utilizadas para crear potentes herramientas de inteligencia artificial (IA) sin conocimiento ni consentimiento de ellos.

Girls failed by authorities after escaping Boko Haram captivity - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Girls and young women who escaped Boko Haram captivity in north-east Nigeria faced further suffering, including sometimes in unlawful military detention, and are now receiving inadequate support as they attempt to rebuild their lives, Amnesty International said in a new report. ‘Help us build our lives’: Girl survivors of Boko Haram and military abuses in […]

Les autorités manquent à leur devoir envers les jeunes captives ayant échappé à Boko Haram - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Des filles et des jeunes femmes ayant échappé à Boko Haram, qui les maintenait captives dans le nord-est du Nigeria, se sont heurtées à de nouvelles souffrances, y compris, dans certains cas, à un maintien en détention illégale par l’armée, et reçoivent désormais un soutien inadapté alors qu’elles tentent de reconstruire leur vie, a établi Amnesty International dans un nouveau rapport. Intitulé « Aidez-nous à construire notre vie » : les rescapées des atteintes aux droits humains commises par Boko Haram et par l’armée dans le nord-est du Nigeria, ce rapport présente les résultats de l’enquête menée sur la manière dont les filles ont survécu à la traite et aux crimes contre l’humanité aux mains de Boko Haram, notamment aux enlèvements, aux mariages forcés, à l’esclavage et aux violences sexuelles.

Las autoridades desatienden a las niñas huidas del cautiverio de Boko Haram. - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
Las niñas y mujeres jóvenes que escaparon del cautiverio de Boko Haram en el noreste de Nigeria tuvieron que soportar aún más sufrimiento, algunas incluso detención militar ilegítima, y ahora que intentar rehacer su vida no reciben apoyo suficiente; así lo afirma Amnistía Internacional en un nuevo informe. El informe, ‘Help us build our lives’: Girl survivors of Boko Haram and military abuses in north-east Nigeria, investiga cómo estas niñas sobrevivieron a la trata y los crímenes de lesa humanidad cometidos por Boko Haram, que incluyen secuestro, matrimonio forzado, esclavitud y violencia sexual.

Entrevue avec Oleksandra Matviïtchouk, lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix | Les larmes discrètes du canari ukrainien - Perreault, Julie-Marie (La Presse, 2024)
Salle à guichets fermés, ovation debout. Il ne manquait que le tapis rouge, à Montréal la semaine dernière, pour accueillir Oleksandra Matviïtchouk, la patronne du Centre pour les libertés civiles de Kyiv et l’une des lauréates du prix Nobel de la paix de 2022.

Destruction de 140 habitations au sein d’une communauté autochtone - Agence France-Presse (La Presse, 2024)
Les forces de sécurité de la Malaisie ont détruit près de 140 habitations d’une communauté autochtone vivant sur le littoral de l’État de Sabah dans l’île de Bornéo, dans le cadre d’une opération de « répression de la criminalité ». Pour l’ONG locale de défense des droits humains Pusat KOMAS, les Bajau Laut « font l’objet d’une discrimination systémique ». « Leur déplacement forcé soulève de sérieuses questions quant au traitement équitable des minorités ethniques en Malaisie.

‘Comfort women’ or sex slaves? Why the debate over this WWII term remains so complicated - Gao, Ming (The Conversation, 2024)
Many victim-survivors and scholars say ‘sex slaves’ more accurately describes the abuses the women endured, but governments have been slow to change their view.

Nation’s First Online Boarding School Records Repository Launched by NABS - Kunze, Jenna (Native News Online, 2024)
The Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) has launched the nation’s first online records repository and research tool for Indian boarding school records. The database, called The National Indian Boarding School Digital Archive (NIBSDA), was nearly five years in the making, and contains records collected from National Archives in Seattle and Kansas City, Mo. Those records contain case files, administrative records, enrollment registers, and health information about Native American students who attended Indian boarding schools operated by the federal government for more than a century.

Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles - Smith, Helena (The Guardian, 2024)
Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary
Keywords: Art and design; British Museum; Culture; Europe; Greece; Heritage; Parthenon marbles; Sculpture; Turkey; UK news; World news

Chang orders review of rules on release of information on sex offenders - The Gleaner (The Gleaner, 2024)
The National Security Ministry's legal team is reviewing existing legislation to determine whether it allows for wider sharing of information on convicted sex offenders.

Société arabo-musulmane et esclavage - Traoré, Kpénahi (RFI, 2024)
Afrique, mémoires d’un continent remonte à nouveau dans le temps, plus précisément à partir du VIIème siècle, et suit les caravanes traversant le Sahara avec des convois d’esclaves. Quand cette pratique a-t-elle véritablement débuté dans les pays d’Afrique du Nord ? Comment a-t-elle façonné les sociétés maghrébines ? Pour quelles raisons l’esclavage dans les sphères musulmanes est parfois mis en opposition avec la traite transatlantique ?

Facebook et Instagram vont utiliser vos données personnelles pour entraîner l’IA de Meta (sauf si vous refusez) - Tual, Morgane (Le Monde, 2024)
Textes, photos, commentaires, stories… Les contenus publiés par les internautes européens seront bientôt utilisés par l’entreprise pour entraîner ses programmes d’intelligence artificielle. Il est possible, théoriquement, de s’y opposer.

Coming clean? EU cleaning industry exploitation exposed - EUobserver (EUobserver, 2024)
The cleaning industry across Europe is increasingly under scrutiny for its treatment of employees and disregard for the European standard of fair labour laws. A six-month-long investigation into the European cleaning industry shed light on a complex network across Europe and exploitative business practices.

Google to start permanently deleting users’ location history - Hern, Alex (The Guardian, 2024)
Tech firm earlier committed to storing less data about individuals in response to privacy concerns
Keywords: Abortion; Alphabet; Data protection; Google; Privacy; Roe v Wade; Technology; US news; World news

Stunning map shows the extent of Native Title control in Australia - Southwell, David (Mail Online, 2024)
Native Title, a legal recognition of Aboriginal rights over an area, is set to cover 60 per cent of Australia's landmass in the next 15 years.

London NHS hospitals revert to paper records after cyber-attack - Campbell, Denis; Milmo, Dan (The Guardian, 2024)
Disruption has affected wider range of health providers than first thought, including GPs and community and mental health services
Keywords: Cybercrime; Hacking; Health; NHS; UK news

"La politique mémorielle d'Emmanuel Macron avec l'Algérie nous place dans une impasse" - Campion, Etienne (Marianne, 2024)
Alors qu'a éclaté une polémique sur la restitution à l’Algérie par la France de biens qu'elle réclame depuis des années, nous avons interrogé Sébastien Ledoux et Paul Max Morin, auteurs du récent « L'Algérie de Macron : les impasses d'une politique mémorielle » (PUF).

From beef noodles to bots: Taiwan’s factcheckers on fighting Chinese disinformation and ‘unstoppable’ AI - Chan, Elaine (The Guardian, 2024)
Taiwan is the target of more disinformation from abroad than any other democracy.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Asia Pacific; China; Taiwan; Technology; World news

Israel’s National Archives Releases 10,000 Files of City Census by Jerusalem’s Civil Guard - Julian, Hana Levi (Jewish Press, 2024)
The Israel State Archives – a unit within the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) – is for the first time revealing to the general public 10,189 population files of Jerusalem residents from 1948, which were collected by the “People’s Guard’ in Jerusalem during the War of Independence.

New UNICEF report reveals severe child food poverty amid world crises - UN News (UN News, 2024)
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a new report that highlights alarming levels of child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises. |

Stories from the UN Archive: BBC legend and UN Earth Champion - UN News (UN News, 2024)
As communities across the planet celebrated World Environment Day on 5 June, we are taking you back to the 1950s when broadcaster extraordinaire Sir David Attenborough went from zoologist to climate activist, winning the UN’s highest environmental award. |

Explosive Weapons Pose Threats to Cultural Heritage: States Have a Tool to Protect It - Docherty, Bonnie (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
In early May 2022, Russian forces fired a munition that struck a museum complex including the final home of the 18th-century Ukrainian philosopher and poet Hryhorii Skovoroda. The attack sparked a fire that raged for nearly nine hours. By the time the blaze was extinguished, almost all that remained were scorched walls and a pockmarked statue of the national figure.

Quelle place pour les musulmans dans l’Inde de Narendra Modi ? - Ortis, Delphine (The Conversation, 2024)
En 10 ans à la tête de l’Inde, Narendra Modi a mis en œuvre une politique très hostile aux musulmans, qui constituent quelque 15 % de la population.

Saving Houston’s LGBTQ history through thousands of hours of radio archives - Ulaby, Neda (NPR, 2024)
Archivists at the University of Houston have saved decades-worth of episodes of local LGBT radio shows that started in the 1970s. Together they tell the story of a complex, diverse community.

Russians target Ukrainian publishing industry, libraries, books, archives - Vorozhko, Tatiana; Matviichuk, Iryna (Voice of America, 2024)
Largest printing house in Ukraine, hit by a missile strike on May 23, was the third publishing house attacked by Russia in Kharkiv, strengthening Ukrainian authorities and experts’ beliefs that Russia is intentionally trying to destroy Ukrainian cultural identity.

L’étau se resserre sur la liberté de presse en Inde - Leblanc, Philippe (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Vanessa Dougnac a été expulsée d’Inde pour avoir fait une couverture jugée trop critique du gouvernement. Valentin Hénault a été arrêté pour s’être intéressé à un groupe de femmes violentées. Le traitement des deux Français révèle les nombreuses entraves au travail de la presse étrangère en Inde.

Queer Legends: An Oral History Podcast - Dearn, Shawn (Listen Notes, 2024)
Discover the true story of Canada's LGBT Purge in a landmark, eight part documentary series. This is the first documentary to examine the full extent of Canada's anti-homosexual campaigns using newly declassified documents released by the LGBT Purge Fund. From ridiculous to shocking, you'll hear amazing true stories from courageous survivors; academics; researchers; former MPs, cabinet ministers and a retired Chief of Defence Staff.

Attaques chimiques dans la Ghouta en Syrie : comment juger l'horreur ? Les exilés demandent justice - Alboz, Dana (France 24, 2024)
Il y a une dizaine d’années en Syrie, le 21 août 2013, une attaque chimique au gaz sarin a été perpétrée dans la région de la Ghouta, au nord-est de Damas, décimant 1 400 personnes. Ce crime, attribué au régime de Bachar al-Assad, demeure à ce jour impuni. Mais des Syriens réfugiés en Europe se battent pour obtenir justice. Activistes, juristes et témoins se sont lancés dans la traque des responsables, dont certains résident sur le sol français. Les obstacles sont nombreux : les rares témoins exilés craignent des représailles pour leur famille restée sur place, tandis qu’aucun accès à la Syrie de Bachar al-Assad n’est envisageable, rendant impossibles enquêtes et instructions sur le terrain.

Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election - Lowell, Hugo; Bekiempis, Victoria (The Guardian, 2024)
Former president calls verdict ‘a disgrace’ after being convicted in New York on all 34 counts of falsifying business records
Keywords: Donald Trump; Donald Trump trials; Michael Cohen; New York; Republicans; Stormy Daniels; US crime; US elections 2016; US news; US politics; World news

Indian boarding home settlement approved by federal court - Needham, Fraser (APTN News, 2024)
The Indian boarding home class action settlement was officially approved by a Federal Court justice.

‘Silent witnesses to the past’ – Ireland helping to protect Ukraine from Russian ‘memory war’ on archives - Ralph Riegel (Irish Independent, 2024)
An Irish university is now playing a key role in helping Ukraine avoid irreparable losses in Russia's so-called 'memory war'.

Le tournant antidémocratique en Afrique francophone (RFI, 2024)
Ni les sanctions internationales ni les médiations régionales n’ont d’effet sur les putschistes. Les “hommes forts“ ont tous adopté rapidement des mesures autoritaires, en vue d’asseoir ce qu’ils ont arraché par les armes. Concentration des pouvoirs dans les mains du président autoproclamé, suspension des textes législatifs fondamentaux, restriction des libertés d’expression et de la presse, mise au pas de l’opposition, et reports incessants du projet d’organisation d’élections.

Event | How Does the Inland Empire Strike Back Against Hate? - Zócalo Public Square (Zócalo Public Square, 2023)
In the 1920s, Southern California’s Inland Empire was a bucolic place, dotted with small towns set amid orange groves. It was also a growing outpost for the Ku Klux Klan, whose members subjected the region’s minority residents to exclusion, harassment, and violence in following decades. Today, antisemitic, anti-Muslim, anti-Black, anti-Latino, anti-Asian, and anti-LGBTQ movements persist, with hate crimes again on the rise, alongside a new generation of domestic extremist groups. Can the region’s battles against discrimination chart a path forward for the rest of the state, and nation? The event is held Tuesday, July 16, 2024 6:30 PM PDT Riverside In-Person | Streaming Online

Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons for Texas lawmakers trying to erase history from the classroom - Littlejohn, Jeffrey L.; Montz, Zachary (The Conversation, 2023)
For the formerly enslaved Black people in Texas, Juneteenth meant more than freedom. It meant reuniting families and building schools and developing political power.

À Hong Kong, 14 militants prodémocratie reconnus coupables de subversion - News Wire (France 24, 2024)
Quatorze militants prodémocratie hongkongais, dont l'ex-député "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, ont été reconnus coupables de subversion jeudi. Il s'agissait du plus important procès de ce type depuis que…

Hong Kong court finds 14 democracy campaigners guilty of subversion - News Wire (France 24, 2024)
A Hong Kong court found 14 people guilty of subversion on Thursday in the biggest case against pro-democracy campaigners since China imposed a national security law to crush dissent.

Executions soar to highest number in almost a decade - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
2023 saw a sharp rise in executions across the Middle East.

Monde. Le nombre d’exécutions à son plus haut niveau en près d’une décennie Le nombre d’exécutions à son plus haut niveau en près d’une décennie - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
En 2023 Amnesty a constaté une augmentation importante des exécutions à travers le Moyen-Orient.

Las ejecuciones se disparan y alcanzan la cifra más alta en casi un decenio - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
2023 experimentó un marcado incremento de las ejecuciones en toda la región de Oriente Medio.

Belarus: Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers | Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch (2024)
Belarusian authorities have unrolled systematic and widespread repression targeting lawyers who represent clients in politically motivated cases or who shed light on rights abuses, Human Rights Watch, the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers, and the Right to Defence Project said in a report released today.

Bélarus : Répression contre des avocats défenseurs des droits humains | Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch (2024)
Les autorités biélorusses exercent une répression systématique contre des avocats qui représentent des clients dans des affaires à caractère politique et/ou qui dénoncent des violations des droits humains, selon un nouveau rapport conjointement publié par Human Rights Watch et deux organisations biélorusses.

‘O desmonte me adoeceu’: o abandono de arquivos da Ditadura - Tautz, Carlos (Intercept, 2024)
The had of the dictatorship project at the National Archives retires and denounces abandonment. It wasn't an easy decision to make. Inês Stampa spent 40 years working at the National Archives. Of these, 17 were dedicated to the Reference Centre for Political Struggles in Brazil - Memórias Reveladas (Revealed Memories), an award-winning research centre on the 1964 military dictatorship. But she was left with no alternative: she decided to retire.

Grindr accused of treating gay man’s medical data like ‘piece of meat’ - Booth, Robert (The Guardian, 2024)
Civil lawsuit against dating company alleges misuse of users’ private information, including HIV status
Keywords: UK news

How Church of England’s ties to chattel slavery went to top of hierarchy - Baptiste, Desirée; Ungoed-Thomas, Jon (The Observer, 2024)
Lambeth Palace documents show purchase of enslaved people in 18th century approved by Anglican archbishop
Keywords: Americas; Anglicanism; Barbados; Christianity; Justin Welby; Religion; Slavery; UK news; World news

Israel must comply with ICJ order to immediately halt military operations in Rafah - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
The Israeli authorities must completely halt military operations in Rafah, as any ongoing military action could constitute an underlying act of genocide.

Libya: Arbitrarily Detained Political Analyst Dies | Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watcg (2024)
A Libyan political analyst who had been arbitrarily detained in eastern Libya for nearly seven months died under dubious circumstances on April 19, 2024.

‘Black Twitter’ documentary explores its history and cultural impact - Amna Nawaz (PBS News Hour, 2024)
In its early days, "Black Twitter'' became a driving force in defining pop culture, creating trending hashtags, unforgettable memes and sparking social justice movements.

National Records of Scotland data published in NHS cyber attack - BBC (BBC, 2024)
National Records of Scotland (NRS) data was accessed and published by hackers who breached the systems of NHS Dumfries and Galloway in March of this year. The patient data, used for identification and service accuracy, has been published on the dark web.

'It's a privilege' - Brennan, Dechlan (National Indigenous Times, 2024)
Meet one of the commissioners responsible for helping document the "real" history of Victoria

A catástrofe no Rio Grande do Sul, as limitações do Sistema Nacional de Arquivos e uma utopia (possível?) - Cougo, Chico (Medium, 2024)
The Permanent Archive Division of the General Archive Department at the Federal University of Santa Maria was one of the first to be hit by the flood. On Tuesday 30 April, 8,000 boxes containing documents dating back to the 1930s were submerged in the muddy water that overflowed from a stream near the DAG-UFSM building. Thousands of documents, including records such as the university's founding minutes and the Gaucho archives were affected.

Passports, criminal records leaked in EU Parliament data breach - Tar, Julia (Euractiv, 2024)
Identity cards, passports, excerpts of criminal records, and work experience documents were among the personal data of European Parliament employees compromised in a data breach.

Las nuevas tecnologías y la inteligencia artificial utilizadas en la fronteras aumentan las desigualdades y socavan los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes - Amnesty International (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
En un nuevo documento de investigación publicado hoy, Amnistía Internacional documenta ampliamente las maneras en que la tecnología contribuye a la creciente tendencia de violaciones de derechos humanos en las fronteras, e insta a los Estados a que pongan fin al uso de dichas tecnologías hasta que garanticen que no vulnera derechos humanos. El informe, […]

Newsmax accused of deleting evidence that it was spreading 2020 election lies - Levine, Sam (The Guardian, 2024)
In lawsuit, voting machine firm Smartmatic alleges the outlet destroyed documents that were ‘direct evidence of actual malice’
Keywords: Defamation law; Law; Media; Newspapers & magazines; US elections 2020; US news; US politics

Holocaust Death Toll on English Channel Island Is Raised by Hundreds - Moses, Claire (The New York Times, 2024)
A panel of academics said it found more conclusive evidence of how many people were killed during the Nazi occupation of Alderney, one of the Channel Islands in British territory.
Keywords: Alderney Island; Channel Islands; Concentration Camps; Deaths (Fatalities); English Channel; Forced Labor; Great Britain; History (Academic Subject); Holocaust and the Nazi Era; World War II (1939-45)

Les nouvelles technologies et l’IA utilisées aux frontières accroissent les inégalités et sapent les droits des personnes migrantes - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
La protection des droits humains ne doit pas être sacrifiée sur l’autel du profit privé.

New technology and AI used at borders increases inequalities and undermines human rights of migrants - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Global: New technology and AI used at borders increases inequalities and undermines human rights of migrants

Revista Española de la Transparencia - Curiel, Karen Dalina (Revista Española de la Transparencia, 2024)

Exhibit explores experiences of humans put on display at 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis - Gabrielle Hays (PBS NewsHour, 2024)
In 1904, nearly 1,200 Filipinos were brought to the U.S. to take part in the World’s Fair in St. Louis. Some worked as guides, but others were put on display. More than a century later, a new exhibit explores the impact in St. Louis and beyond. Communities correspondent Gabrielle Hays reports.

A new Texas landmark highlights a chapter in US history that’s often overlooked - Schoichet, Catherine (CNN, 2024)
Some of Sebastian Corral’s memories have faded. But the 91-year-old remembers his 1953 arrival in the US as if it were yesterday. He is one of the last surviving participants in a US program some described as ‘legalized slavery’

A century ago, anti-immigrant backlash almost closed America’s doors - Smith, Matthew (The Conversation, 2024)
May 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the Immigration Act of 1924, which sharply cut the number of people allowed into the US.

‘One hell of a storm is coming’: Canadian graphic novel about Indigenous identity sparks outrage - Cecco, Leyland (the Guardian, 2024)
A graphic novel investigating Indigenous identity in Canada has prompted outrage from Métis groups, who say the book undermines their history and represents an attack on their sovereignty.

Assassination attempt on Gotabaya: Confession by main accused missing, High Court told - Padmasiri, Ranjith (The Sunday Times, 2024)
The log book containing the confession of a suspect in the case filed over the assassination attempt on then Defence Ministry Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has gone missing at the police archives.

États-Unis: il y a 70 ans, l'arrêt Brown décrétait la fin de la ségrégation scolaire - RFI (RFI, 2024)
Souligne l’arrêt Brown vs Board of Education qui a mis fin en 1954 à la ségrégation scolaire aux États-Unis.

South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases - Soyapi, Brewsters Caiphas; Kotzé, Louis; Toit, Louise Du (The Conversation, 2024)
Indigenous people’s concerns and considerations could provide a strong basis for climate litigation in South Africa.

Ukraine crisis reaches new terrifying level as civilians face daily drone and ‘glide bomb’ attacks | | UN News - UN News (2024)
Daily attacks by the Russian military in Ukraine have damaged dozens of towns and villages in the south and east of the country but also in central areas - including the city of Dnipro, which was shelled again early this Friday, UN humanitarians said.

Nouvelle-Calédonie : la peur d’être noyé du peuple autochtone kanak - Zone International- ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Les Kanaks craignent d'être de nouveau mis de côté, malgré le processus de décolonisation.

Repressive crackdown on Tunisian CSOs following months of escalating violence against migrants and refugees - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Tunisia’s authorities must immediately end this vicious campaign and halt all reprisals against NGO workers providing essential support, including shelter, to migrants and refugees.
Keywords: Freedom of Movement

Tunisie. Réfugié·e·s, migrant·e·s et organisations de la société civile sont visés par des opérations répressives après des mois d’escalade de la violence - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Au cours des deux dernières semaines, le gouvernement tunisien a mené une campagne répressive sans précédent contre les migrant·e·s, les réfugié·e·s et les défenseur·e·s des droits humains s’efforçant de protéger leurs droits, ainsi que contre des journalistes, a déclaré Amnesty International jeudi 16 mai.

Décolonisation : les territoires non autonomes selon l’ONU - Fourreau, Valentine (Statista Daily Data, 2024)
Cette infographie détaille les territoires définis comme "non autonomes" par les Nations Unies, ainsi que leur puissance administrante.

Biden asserts executive privilege to block release of special counsel interviews - Pengelly, Martin (The Guardian, 2024)
House Republicans seek recordings of classified documents case interviews, in what Democrats call a ‘purely political’ move
Keywords: House of Representatives; Joe Biden; Republicans; US Congress; US news; US politics

État d’urgence en Nouvelle-Calédonie | Une colère historique a éclaté - Thibodeau, Marc (La Presse, 2024)
La France a imposé mercredi l’état d’urgence en Nouvelle-Calédonie en réponse à des protestations à grande échelle qui ont tourné à l’affrontement, faisant au moins quatre morts, dont un gendarme, et des centaines de blessés. Un projet de réforme électorale piloté de Paris a entraîné une « explosion » qui menaçait depuis longtemps de se produire au sein de la population kanake.

Gambia: Landmark Swiss Conviction of Ex-Official | Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch (2024)
A Swiss court’s conviction of the former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko for crimes against humanity is monumental for Gambian victims of atrocity crimes during the rule of Yahya Jammeh. The verdict is a major achievement for Switzerland’s efforts to hold accountable those responsible for grave crimes committed abroad.

Segunda noche de violencia en Nueva Caledonia con temores de una escalada - Mannevy, Charlotte; RFI; AFP (RFI, 2024)
Durante las últimas 48 horas, Nueva Caledonia ha estado asolada por una violencia sin precedentes desde la guerra civil de los años ochenta. La reforma constitucional sobre la apertura del electorado, ahora aprobada por la Asamblea Nacional, está en el origen de la protesta: los separatistas la rechazan y temen una "recolonización" del archipiélago. Desde la noche del lunes 13 de mayo, las manifestaciones se han salido de control y ya han dejado dos muertos.

Three killed as New Caledonia rocked by riots over voting change - Mannevy, Charlotte; RFI; AFP (RFI, 2024)
Three people have been killed in New Caledonia during rioting that broke out after France's National Assembly approved changes to voting rules. Many injuries were reported in the worst unrest the Pacific island has seen since the 1980s.

Exhibition | L’histoire autochtone de la colonisation de New York exposée à Amsterdam - Zone International- ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Une exposition présentée jusqu'au 10 novembre 2024 au Musée de la Ville d'Amsterdam retrace l'histoire d'Autochtones victimes il y a 400 ans de la conquête néerlandaise.

Georgia: Dark day as parliament bulldozes adoption of repressive “foreign influence” bill - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
This damaging bill contravenes Georgia’s international obligations on the rights to freedom of expression and association and strikes at the heart of the civil society’s ability to operate freely and effectively

Jour sombre pour la Géorgie, alors que le Parlement fait passer en force le projet de loi répressif sur l’« influence étrangère » - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Le parti au pouvoir en Géorgie a passé en force cette loi délétère, qui piétine les droits fondamentaux de tous en Géorgie.

‘Instead of a scream’: the Palestinian artist who does a Gaza drawing every day - Baroud, Maisara (The Guardian, 2024)
His studio was flattened, he has had to move his family 10 times, and they now share a house with 25 others. But still Maisara Baroud finds a way to document the fear and destruction he sees all around
Keywords: Art; Art and design; Culture; Drawing; Gaza; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; World news

Former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanistan war documents - Canales, Sarah Basford (The Guardian, 2024)
McBride, who pleaded guilty to stealing commonwealth information and passing it to the ABC, receives non-parole jail term of 27 months
Keywords: Australia news; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Australian media; Australian military

Avec les chômeurs, la France n'est pas plus généreuse que ses voisins - Françon, Baptiste; Pillon, Jean-Marie (The Conversation, 2024)
Un panorama européen permet d’éclairer cette caractéristique centrale de l’indemnisation des chômeurs. Contrairement aux idées reçues, elle n’est généreuse ni en France ni chez nos voisins.

Call for Proposals | Disability Heritage: Participatory and Transformative Engagement - Publishing in the Archives Profession (Publishing in the Archives Profession, 2024)
Call for Proposals | Disability is “everywhere and nowhere” in heritage. Even in settings where disability is obviously embedded, as in collections and sites associated with war, medicine, and industry, the experiences of disabled people often go unacknowledged or uncritically presented in the service of another story | Chapter proposals due 15 June 2024: 500 words (not including references)

Rilwan and Yameen’s murders: DDCom seeks to share redacted reports with families - Sun Online (Sun Online International, 2024)
The Deaths and Disappearances Commission (DDCom) announced on Tuesday that it is seeking to share redacted reports on two most high-profile murders it investigated. The commission also added it is prepared to hand over all its records of permanent value to the President’s Office, and that the material will be accompanied by guidelines and procedures “regarding how to ensure its security, confidentiality, but also accessibility for future use.”

Chinese Woman Jailed for Reporting on Covid Is Set to Be Freed - Wang, Vivian (The New York Times, 2024)
Silencing of a film-maker documenting the widespread 2022 demonstrations against Covid controls is part of rising suppression of press freedom
Keywords: China; Coronavirus (2019-nCoV); Freedom of the Press; Human Rights Watch; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Political Prisoners; Reporters Without Borders; Zhang Zhan

Historic Haida Nation agreement shows the world how to uphold Indigenous rights - Lightfoot, Sheryl (The Conversation, 2024)
The recent title lands agreement between British Columbia and the Haida Nation is historic and inspiring, but also long overdue in light of decades of rulings by international human rights bodies.

Reportage. En Namibie, les germanophones face au sinistre héritage de la colonisation allemande - Obertreis, Sarah (Courrier international, 2024)
De nos jours, on dénombre environ 20 000 Namibiens d’origine allemande, descendants des colons qui ont participé, entre 1904 et 1908, à l’extermination des peuples herero et nama. La “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” raconte une communauté attachée à ses privilèges de grands propriétaires fonciers et qui tente néanmoins d’assumer ce lourd passé.

‘Why must I be a doctor, solicitor and detective?’: lost records block compensation for infected blood victims - Ungoed-Thomas, Jon (The Observer, 2024)
Claimants who can’t access medical information face battle for payments in biggest treatment disaster in NHS history.
Keywords: Contaminated blood scandal; Health; Hepatitis C; NHS; Society; UK news

RDC: des familles déplacées pour cause de pollution engendrée par l’exploitation minière - RFI (RFI, 2024)
En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), la société minière Tenke Fungurume mining (TFM) a enfin décidé de déplacer plus mille familles du quartier Mano-Mapia, à Fungurume, à quelque 120 Km de Kolwezi. En effet, depuis plus de six mois, cette filiale du groupe chinois CMOC, était accusée de pollution de l’environnement par l’usine de traitement du cuivre et du cobalt.

Flawed immigration detention risk assessment tool can’t be upgraded as ABF data ‘riddled with errors’ - Bogle, Ariel (The Guardian, 2024)
The secretive risk assessment tool used in Australia's immigration detention centres could not be replaced by a better model due to insufficient data collection by Australian Border Force.
Keywords: Australia news; Australian immigration and asylum; Freedom of information; Human rights; Law (Australia); Serco

"Les maudits" : les anciens migrants de retour en Côte d’Ivoire, entre honte et espoir - Reporters - Collanges, Guillaume; Ciyow, Yassin (France 24, 2024)
Des dizaines de milliers de personnes, qualifiées de "retournés" par l’OIM et de "maudits" par la société ivoirienne, errent dans les rues d'Abidjan et d'autres grandes villes de la Côte d’Ivoire. Ayant fui leur pays dans l’espoir d’une vie meilleure en Europe, ces anciens migrants sont désormais confrontés à la réalité brutale de leur retour, marquée par la honte, l’échec et la détresse financière.

'The Cursed': Former migrants rejected by society on return to Ivory Coast - Reporters - Collanges, Guillaume; Ciyow, Yassin (France 24, 2024)
In Ivory Coast, would-be migrants who return home are known locally as "the cursed". With their dream of a better life abroad in tatters, they also face stigma and rejection from their families and communities.

Les dessous de l'infox, la chronique - Inde: la désinformation s'immisce dans les élections législatives - Génévrier, Gregory (RFI, 2024)
En Inde, 970 millions d'électeurs sont appelés, jusqu’au 1er juin 2024, à élire les 543 députés de la Lok Sabha, la chambre basse du Parlement. Le Premier ministre, Narendra Modi, est candidat à sa réélection et son parti, le BJP, est favori face au Congrès, le premier parti d’opposition. Cette semaine, les autorités électorales ont mis en garde les partis politiques contre la fabrication de fausses vidéos et l’utilisation abusive de l’intelligence artificielle qui perturbe le scrutin.

"L'expérience Ungemach, une histoire de l'eugénisme" : un documentaire et trois raisons de le regarder - Gueffier, Sophie (France 3 Grand Est, 2024)
140 maisons roses, ceintes de jardinets proprets, voici le décor de la cité-jardin Ungemach, à deux pas du Parlement européen de Strasbourg. Derrière cet engageant décor se jouait depuis 1924, une expérience aux limites de l'eugénisme.

Europol’s declaration against end-to-end encryption reignites debate, sparks privacy concerns - Julia Tar (Euractiv, 2024)
Europol’s recent joint declaration with European police chiefs urges action against end-to-end encryption, citing concerns of possible justice obstruction, amid an ongoing debate about balancing data privacy with combating crime.

Identificación de archivos relativos a Derechos Humanos, memoria histórica y conflicto armado - CanalAGNColombia (2024)
¿Conoces los criterios para identificar los archivos relativos a Derechos Humanos, memoria histórica y conflicto armado? En este video te lo contamos. 🔗Si deseas aprender más, te invitamos a leer el Protocolo de gestión documental para este tipo de archivos: https://acortar.link/AIRMkp #archivo #derechoshumanos #identificacion #memoriahistorica #conflictoarmado #archivistica #agn

Looking Up an NYPD Officer’s Discipline Record? Many Are There One Day, Gone the Next. - Hernandez, Sergio (ProPublica, 2024)
The police department’s public site for tracking officers’ discipline is shockingly unreliable. Cases against officers frequently vanish for days — sometimes weeks — at a time.

Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias in El Geneina, the capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur state, from April to November 2023, killed at least thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands as refugees.

Nettoyage ethnique au Darfour occidental - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Les attaques menées par les Forces de soutien rapide (RSF) et des milices alliées à El Geneina, capitale du Darfour occidental au Soudan, entre avril et novembre 2023, ont fait plusieurs milliers de morts et provoqué le déplacement de centaines de milliers de personnes

Call for Applications | EHRI Seminar "Holocaust and Exile: Approaches, Sources, Methodologies" - EHRI (EHRI Project, 2024)
Call for Applications | EHRI Seminar | Holocaust and Exile: Approaches, Sources, Methodologies November 4-7 2024 | Location: German Exile Archive 1933-1945, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Deadline for Submissions: 30 June 2024

Birth certificate in Braille now available - The Gleaner (The Gleaner, 2024)
For many years, members of the visually impaired community have faced significant challenges in accessing printed information, often having to rely on others for assistance.

Musée national de l'histoire du Québec - Personne n'effacera les Premières Nations de l'histoire du Québec - Assemblée des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador (Cision, 2024)
L'Assemblée des Premières Nations Québec-Labrador (APNQL) tient à rappeler au gouvernement du Québec que l'histoire du Québec débute bien avant l'arrivée des Européens sur le territoire. L'APNQL réagit ainsi à la suite des propos tenus par le premier ministre Legault le 25 avril dernier, lorsqu'il a annoncé la création du Musée national de l'histoire du Québec en mettant en avant « l'importance de débuter avec Champlain [...] ».

Tribunaux citoyens : « Il s’agit d’actionner le starter » - janderson (JusticeInfo.net, 2024)
C'est un tribunal, et cela n’en est pas un. Comment fonctionne un tribunal citoyen et quelle est son utilité ? Justice Info examine quelques exemples de ces tribunaux issus de la société civile.

"Grand tabou de la Seconde Guerre mondiale" : des Bretonnes témoignent des viols commis par les soldats américains à la Libération - LeCharpentier, Manon; AFP (FranceInfo, 2024)
À la Libération, 152 soldats américains seront jugés pour le viol de femmes françaises. Un nombre largement sous-estimé selon les spécialistes. 80 ans après la Libération, la parole se libère dans les campagnes bretonnes.

Addressing the Impact of Mis-/Disinformation and Hate Speech on Civilians: Evolving Policies and Practices from Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Actors - ReliefWeb (ReliefWeb, 2024)
Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (MDM), also categorized as “harmful information”, and hate speech pose a direct threat to civilians in situations of armed conflict and other humanitarian crises. MDM and hate speech affect conflict dynamics and exploit societal divisions by increasing mistrust, exacerbating polarization, and contributing to physical, political, economic, and gendered harms.

Restitution des archives algériennes : Lancement prochain d’une plateforme numérique - El watan.dz - Salem, Yoursa (El Watan, 2024)
Annonce de la mise en service imminente d’une plateforme numérique dédiée aux archives nationales marque un tournant décisif dans l’accès à la mémoire collective du pays. Cette avancée majeure a été révélée par Mohamed-Lahcen Zeghidi, professeur d’histoire à l’université d’Alger et coprésident de la commission conjointe d’historiens algériens et français «Histoire et mémoire», lors de l’ouverture d’un colloque sur «L’agression française contre l’identité et le patrimoine national».

Quand la justice devient « complice » involontaire de violence conjugale - Gaior, Camil (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Québec veut profiter de sa réforme sur le droit de la famille pour mieux outiller les tribunaux contre la violence judiciaire.

Immoral, l’esclavage était-il aussi une aberration économique ? - Mueller, Thomas Michael (The Conversation, 2024)
Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours et le marquis de Condorcet, tous deux favorables à l’abolition de l’esclavage, soulignaient entre autres son absurdité économique.

Revealed: key files shredded as UK government panic grew over infected blood deaths lawsuit - Ungoed-Thomas, Jon (The Observer, 2024)
Lost documents prevented victims from finding out the truth.
Keywords: Aids and HIV; Contaminated blood scandal; Health; Hepatitis C; NHS; Pharmaceuticals industry; UK news

Assassinat d'un leader sikh au Canada : la police annonce l'arrestation de trois suspects indiens - France24 (France24, 2024)
Trois ressortissants indiens, soupçonnés d'avoir appartenu à une équipe ayant assassiné le leader sikh Hardeep Singh Nijjar, il y a presque un an, ont été arrêtés vendredi par la police canadienne et inculpés de meurtre avec préméditation et de conspiration en lien avec la mort de la victime.

What Biden’s expansion of health privacy rules means for people seeking abortions - John Yang (2024)
The Biden administration issued new rules designed to keep prosecutors from obtaining medical records of patients who seek legal abortions. The expansion of HIPAA prohibits the disclosure of health information to state officials as part of a criminal investigation.

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.