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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

US immigration officials didn’t properly document hysterectomies – watchdog - Levine, Sam (The Guardian, 2024)
Officials didn’t document medical necessity in two cases. Based on that sample, the OIG said it could infer with 95% confidence that between 137 and 217 of 553 major surgical procedures were not properly approved in the timeframe it studied.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Reproductive rights; US immigration; US news; Women's health

El “Corredor del Cáncer” de Luisiana - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
La industria petroquímica y de combustibles fósiles en el área de Luisiana conocida como “Corredor del Cáncer” ha devastado la salud, la vida y el medioambiente de quienes residen allí.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

La « Cancer Alley » de la Louisiane - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
L’industrie des combustibles fossiles et de la pétrochimie dans une zone de Louisiane surnommée « Cancer Alley » (« Allée du cancer »), a dévasté la santé, la vie et l’environnement des habitants.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The fossil fuel and petrochemical industry in the Louisiana area that has come to be known as “Cancer Alley” has devastated the health, lives, and environment of residents.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Shocking images show why many Aussies are no longer celebrating Australia Day - Sutton, Candace (Daily Mail Online, 2024)
January 26 is 'Australia Day'. It marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour. It is also a day the day of remembrance of the start of the violent colonization of Australia. The item describes the shocking genocidal process that started on that day.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

‘Our god was locked in a US museum’: the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal’s lost treasures - Adhikari, Rojita (The Guardian, 2024)
Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Culture; Global development; Heritage; Nepal; South and central Asia; World news

El presidente Arévalo convoca a la fiscal general de Guatemala a rendir informe sobre temas “de preocupación” - CNN Español (CNN, 2024)
El presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, informó este viernes que convocó a la fiscal general, Consuelo Porras, a una reunión para rendir un informe sobre temas que calificó como “de preocupación para esta Presidencia: derechos humanos, libertad de expresión, proceso de compras de vacunas contra el covid-19 y protocolos de actuación del Ministerio Público de Guatemala
Keywords: 2024-01 January

A Virginia tribe says racism wiped their Native identity from historic records. Nearly a century later, they’re still fighting for recognition - Duster, Chandelis (CNN, 2024)
The Patawomeck Indian Tribe has been fighting to gain federal recognition from the US government for more than a decade. The tribe says the designation is critical to preserving its cultural traditions.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Several Investigative Journalists Under Pressure in Ukraine - Denber, Rachel; Gorbunova, Yulia (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
On January 14, unknown assailants attempted to break into the Kyiv apartment of Ukrainian journalist Yurii Nikolov, co-founder and editor of anti-corruption media investigative project Nashi Groshi (Our Money).
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Grieving Louisiana father faces $18,000 bill to access state records of son’s case - Vargas, Ramon Antonio (The Guardian, 2024)
Lawsuit alleges that office of Jefferson parish district attorney is violating state public records laws by setting such a high price.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Louisiana; US crime; US news

Foreign Office lawyers ‘unable to conclude if Israeli bombing was lawful’ - Wintour, Patrick (The Guardian, 2024)
The evidence shows a far more intensive investigation was under way inside the government about Israel’s compliance with international law than suggested by the foreign secretary.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Arms trade; David Cameron; Foreign policy; Gaza; Human rights; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Politics; UK news; World news

End Abuses Against Journalists - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
No Justice for Suspicious Death; Detainee journalist Dieudonné Niyonsenga Denounces Torture in Court
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Les abus à l’encontre des journalistes doivent cesser - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Absence de justice pour une mort suspecte ; le journaliste Dieudonné Niyonsenga détenu dénonce des actes de torture devant un tribunal
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Google promised to delete location data on abortion clinic visits. It didn’t, study says - Bhuiyan, Johana (The Guardian, 2024)
Tech giant said it would delete entries for locations deemed ‘personal’ or sensitive, but 18 months later, it’s still retaining data in some cases.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Abortion; Alphabet; Google; Health; Surveillance; Technology; Women

Spain to declassify secret documents in ‘Catalan Gate’ scandal - Heller, Fernando (www.euractiv.com, 2024)
The Spanish government agreed on Tuesday to release secret documents on the tapping of the mobile phone of Catalan President and leader of the separatist party ERC Pere Aragonés by agents of the state-run National Intelligence Centre (CNI) using the Israeli spying software Pegasus, a scandal known as “Catalan Gate”.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Court rules Barita must comply with IC request for financial records of public officials - Jovan Johnson (The Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
The Supreme Court has ruled that Barita Investments Limited must comply with an Integrity Commission (IC) request for financial information on 151 current and former public officials.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Lilian, la última liberada en El Salvador por una muerte neonatal: “Ya estamos todas afuera” - Mahtani, Noor (El País América, 2024)
Tras siete años encarcelada por una emergencia obstétrica, la jueza anula la sentencia por la vulneración de garantías procesales. Desde 2014, 73 mujeres fueron puestas en libertad, pero 11 procesos penales siguen abiertos por aborto
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Internet access a human right - The Jamacia Gleaner (The Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
Minister with responsibility for Information, Robert Morgan, says the Government sees internet access as a human right that should be available to citizens wherever they reside.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Gaddafi Son Wrongfully Held for 8 Years - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Lebanese authorities should immediately release Hannibal Gaddafi, a son of Libya’s former leader, who has been held in pre-trial detention on spurious charges since his arrest in December 2015.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Canada led efforts to weaken original UN Indigenous rights declaration - Forester, Brett (CBC News, 2024)
The Canadian Liberal government led efforts to weaken the original draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, working secretly with Australia to develop a watered-down, state-friendly substitute in the early 2000s, newly released documents show.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Canada led efforts to weaken original UN Indigenous rights declaration - Forester, Brett (CBC News, 2024)
The Canadian Liberal government led efforts to weaken the original draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, working secretly with Australia to develop a watered-down, state-friendly substitute in the early 2000s, newly released documents show.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Le Canada a tenté d’affaiblir la déclaration de l’ONU sur les droits des Autochtones - Forester, Brett; Radio-Canada - Espaces autochtones (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Le Canada a dirigé des manœuvres pour réduire la portée de la Déclaration des Nations unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA). Ottawa a travaillé en secret avec l’Australie pour produire un texte alternatif édulcoré au début des années 2000, démontrent des documents du gouvernement australien.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Le Canada a tenté d’affaiblir la déclaration de l’ONU sur les droits des Autochtones - Forester, Brett; Radio-Canada - Espaces autochtones (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Le Canada a dirigé des manœuvres pour réduire la portée de la Déclaration des Nations unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA). Ottawa a travaillé en secret avec l’Australie pour produire un texte alternatif édulcoré au début des années 2000, démontrent des documents du gouvernement australien.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

France Should Commit to an International Treaty on Autonomous Weapons - Fortin, Tony; Jeannerod, Bénédicte; Patrouillard, Manuel; Samouiller, Jean-Claude (Human Rights Watch/ Le Monde, 2024)
France initiated the first multilateral talks on autonomous weapons a decade ago at the CCW and has been one of the most active and engaged states on this concern, but it has the potential to do so much more.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Human rights tribunal to be told Canada is still failing First Nations kids - Passafiume, Alessia; Canadian Press (CTV News, 2024)
The First Nations Family and Caring Society will argue before the Human Rights Tribunal Friday that Canada isn't living up to its promise of timely access to health care for Indigenous children. Jordan's Principle is a legal rule that ensures First Nations kids are able to access health care, social and educational supports when they need them, with questions about which jurisdiction pays for them to be worked out afterward.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Principe de Jordan: La Société de soutien à l’enfance des Premières Nations affirme qu’Ottawa échoue - Passafiume, Alessia; Canadian Press (La Presse, 2024)
La Société de soutien à l’enfance et à la famille des Premières Nations affirme que le Canada échoue systématiquement à répondre aux exigences du « principe de Jordan », qui prévoit de financer rapidement les services destinés aux enfants et de déterminer ensuite quel ordre de gouvernement devra payer.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Casi 141.000 personas pidieron refugio en México en 2023, la mayor cifra en 10 años - Torres, Mauricio (CNN, 2024)
En 2023, 140.982 personas solicitaron refugio al Gobierno de México por diferentes motivos —como la inseguridad o sentir que son perseguidas en sus países de origen—, lo que representa la cifra más alta registrada en una década, de acuerdo con las estadísticas más recientes publicadas por la Comisión Mexicana de Ayuda a Refugiados (Comar)
Keywords: 2024-01 January

‘It could foster empathy’: Black archives look to preservation amid growing US history bans - Walker, Adria R. (The Guardian, 2024)
Matter-of-fact accounting of the legal mechanism of slavery provides insight into American history and the country’s fraught present. At a time when many schools across the country grapple with teaching truthful American history, the preservation of precious archival documents can provide a vital lens through which to understand the past and its implications for the present and future.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Education; Harvard University; Race; Slavery; US news

Why sex workers and unmarried women worked for no pay at these commercial laundries - Abela, Donna; Kelsey-Sugg, Anna (ABC News, 2024)
In the 19th century, Australia was home to Magdalene "retreats", Catholic-run institutions to reform wayward women. For some, the path to penitence was a brutal one.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; St Magdalene Retreat; fallen women; laundry slaves; magdalene refuge; penitent; st magdalene laundry

Volunteers Race to Preserve Culturally Significant Records in Chinatown - Wu, Zhe (San Francisco Public Press, 2024)
A community-based volunteer group worked on digitising records related to community organisations in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The records include those of organisations such as the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, which was at the forefront of filing civil rights lawsuits against the Chinese Exclusion Act and supporting newly arrived immigrants.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Crackdown Amid Growing Information Vacuum - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Belarusian authorities carried out a widespread and systematic crackdown on dissent and on the spread of information about rights abuses during 2023.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Lower House discusses draft amendments for Right to Access Information in Jordan - The Jordan Times (The Jordan Times, 2024)
The Joint Lower House Committee approved the 2023 amendments, incorporating modifications after discussions with experts and relevant bodies.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

World Court to hear Genocide Case Against Israel - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on January 11 and 12, 2024, on genocide in Gaza will include the first formal response by Israel before an independent and impartial court, to allegations of atrocities against the Palestinian people since October 7, 2023.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Gaza; Isreal

World Court to hear Genocide Case Against Israel - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on January 11 and 12, 2024, on genocide in Gaza will include the first formal response by Israel before an independent and impartial court, to allegations of atrocities against the Palestinian people since October 7, 2023.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Gaza; Israel

Zambia enacts new Access to Information law - New Zimbabwe.com (New Zimbabwe, 2024)
Zambia has become the latest country to enact an Access to Information law, signed the bill last month. Under the new law, every citizen can request unclassified information from the government on any issue of public interest.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Access to Information law

La denuncia de genocidio contra Israel ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia - Stroehlein, Andrew (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Mañana será un día importante para el gobierno de Israel y el pueblo palestino, así como para la historia de la justicia internacional. El más alto tribunal del mundo iniciará las audiencias sobre las acusaciones de genocidio en Gaza.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Gaza; Isreal

La denuncia de genocidio contra Israel ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia - Stroehlein, Andrew (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Mañana será un día importante para el gobierno de Israel y el pueblo palestino, así como para la historia de la justicia internacional. El más alto tribunal del mundo iniciará las audiencias sobre las acusaciones de genocidio en Gaza.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Gaza; Isreal

How digital archives are preserving Palestinian history amid Israel’s bombardment of Gaza - Malvisi, Gabriele (Arab News, 2024)
Keen to preserve items and documents pertaining to the history of Palestine, a digital platform, Palestine Nexus, launched in 2020, has redoubled its efforts to gather and protect treasures drawn from archives across the Middle East.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Labour to table vote calling for release of Rwanda deportation plan documents - Syal, Rajeev (The Guardian, 2024)
Party to ask for details of individual relocation costs and any payments to the Rwandan government.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Africa; Conservatives; Immigration and asylum; Politics; Refugees; Rishi Sunak; Rwanda; UK news; World news; Yvette Cooper

Is Israel's treatment of Palestinians a form of apartheid? - Wilkinson, Tracy (Los Angeles Times, 2024)
In 1976, then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said the then-nascent right-wing movement that pushed Jewish settlers into what was supposed to be Palestinian land was a “cancer” and an “acute danger” to Israel’s democracy. He warned that it would lead to apartheid, a specter raised in later years by his successors Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Taonga archive of Māori history in photos acquired by national library - 1News Reporters (1 News, 2024)
The purchase of thousands of photos has come as a result of a new deal between the archive's foreign owner and the National Library of New Zealand. The historic archive includes important images of key figures in Māoridom and a significant section of images documenting political activation.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Duncan Miller Gallery; Maori; New Zealand; United States of America

A Journey Through the Documents That Inspired ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ - Montoya, Stephen (Fort Worth Magazine, 2024)
Many of the documents written and received by the real-life people portrayed in Martin Scorsese’s latest film are housed in Cowtown.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Murders; Osage; United States of America

Le Portugal durcit les conditions de naturalisation des juifs séfarades - Darcy, Marie-Line (RFI, 2024)
Au Portugal, les descendants des juifs portugais expulsés il y a plus de 500 ans du territoire peuvent obtenir la nationalité. Mais des scandales ont conduit à un durcissement des conditions. Une loi en ce sens a été votée vendredi 5 janvier 2024.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

United Arab Emirates acknowledges mass trial of prisoners previously reported during COP28 - Grambell, Jon; UPI (The Globe and Mail, 2024)
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged it is conducting a mass trial of 84 inmates previously reported by dissidents.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Social Issues

Suisse/Gambie : Les crimes de l’ère Jammeh devant la justice - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Le procès qui s’ouvrira en Suisse le 8 janvier 2024, pour des crimes graves commis en Gambie, représente une avancée significative pour délivrer la justice aux victimes de graves abus.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; 2024-01 January; Switzerland

Switzerland/Gambia: Jammeh-Era Crimes on Trial - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The opening of a Swiss trial for serious crimes committed in The Gambia on January 8, 2024 represents a significant advance for justice for the victims of grave abuses.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Switzerland

La libération de la prisonnière d’opinion Virginia Laparra marque une victoire contre l’injustice - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Ana Piquer, directrice du programme Amériques à Amnesty International, a déclaré : « Virginia Laparra n’aurait jamais dû passer un seul jour en prison. Nous nous réjouissons qu’elle puisse retrouver ses proches après avoir passé près de deux ans en détention comme prisonnière d’opinion. Sa libération marque un premier pas vers la fin des graves violations des droits humains qu’elle subit en représailles de son travail remarquable en tant que procureure anticorruption ».
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Release of Virginia Laparra is a triumph against injustice - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “Virginia Laparra should never have spent a day in jail. It’s great news that she can be reunited with her loved ones after nearly two years as a prisoner of conscience. Her release is a first step towards ending the terrible human rights violations she has faced in retaliation for her outstanding work as an anti-corruption prosecutor.”
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Liberación de Virginia Laparra es un triunfo contra la injusticia - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
Ana Piquer, directora para las Américas de Amnistía Internacional, declaró: “Virginia Laparra nunca debió pasar ni un día en la cárcel. Es una gran noticia que pueda reunirse de nuevo con sus seres queridos después de casi dos años de ser una presa de conciencia. Su liberación es un primer paso para poner fin a las terribles violaciones de derechos humanos que ha tenido que enfrentar como represalia por su destacado trabajo como fiscal anticorrupción.”
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Russian News Outlet Says Data Shows Putin Signed Record Number Of Secret Decrees In 2023 - Current Time (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, 2024)
Almost one-half of the presidential decrees signed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin last year were done in secret, a local media outlet said, more than any other year on record.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Meet the retired women bringing Switzerland to court over climate inaction - Niranjan, Ajit (Mother Jones, 2024)
"Our generation has done so much to destroy the climate. We have a responsibility." The women are suing the Swiss government in Europe’s top court for violating their human rights with policies that do too little to stop the planet from baking
Keywords: 2024-01 January

For families of LGBTQ+ hate crime victims, our tragic loss was compounded by NSW police who turned away with a ‘sorry, mate’ - Steve Johnson (The Guardian, 2024)
Dozens of cases profiled by special commission are studies in police tactics to erase LGBTQ+ murders from the history books.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Australia news; Australian police and policing; LGBTQ+ rights; New South Wales

Statement by ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC on conference addressing cyber-enabled crimes through the Rome Statute system - Khan KC, Karim A.A (International Criminal Court, 2024)
The Office of the Prosecutor hosts an innovative conference addressing cyber-enabled crimes through the Rome Statute system. Gathering more than 100 participants including from 12 cybersecurity and technology companies at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms - McQue, Katie (The Guardian, 2024)
Employees fretted over company’s ‘negligible’ response to child grooming, according to internal documents made public in lawsuit.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Children; Facebook; Instagram; Meta; Sexual harassment; Social networking; Technology; US news

La Fiscalía lanza consultas públicas para el desarrollo de nuevos principios para avanzar en la comprensión del delito de persecución de género - Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court, 2024)
La Clínica Internacional de Derechos Humanos y Justicia de Género (HRGJ) y el Fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional, Sr. Karim A.A. Khan KC se complace en anunciar una nueva iniciativa para promover la rendición de cuentas por el crimen de lesa humanidad de persecución por motivos de género.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

The Office of the Prosecutor launches public principles to advance understanding of the crime of gender persecution - Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court, 2024)
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, announced a new initiative to advance accountability for the crime against humanity of persecution on the grounds of gender. This initiative will culminate in a comprehensive set of principles on gender persecution to provide guidance for increasing its prevention, and ensuring protection and participation of its survivors.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Danger and dignity in some of the world’s vanishing trades – a photo essay - Farand, Chloé (The Guardian, 2024)
From Egypt to Bangladesh, photographer Lucien Migné has documented the work of marginalised groups whose livelihoods have remained largely untouched by the modernisation of work.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Bangladesh; Egypt; Ethiopia; Global development; Photography; South and central Asia; World news

Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally - Sengupta, Somini (The New York Times, 2024)
The crisis, worsened partly by climate change, has been accompanied by soaring food prices and could have consequences for hunger, elections and migration worldwide.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Agriculture and Farming; Drought; Food; Food Insecurity; Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Malnutrition; Poverty

Former 'Namgis Nation chief remembered as 'example of how we should carry ourselves in this world' - CBC News (CBC, 2024)
Chief Bill Cranmer was known for repatriating cultural objects, helping preserve 'Namgis culture, language. He died in his Alert Bay home on Wednesday at the age of 85.
Keywords: 'Namgis Nation; 2024-01 January; Canada; Repatriation

Hydroxychloroquine use in COVID pandemic may have led to 17,000 deaths - Duboust, Oceane (euronews, 2024)
The drug hydroxychloroquine was prescribed off-label during the pandemic and touted in particular by a prominent French researcher.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Transatlantic slavery continued for years after 1867, historian finds - Alberge, Dalya (The Guardian, 2024)
Evidence found by Hannah Durkin includes ships landing in Cuba in 1872, and people held in Benin in 1873.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Africa; Americas; Benin; Cuba; Europe; Nigeria; Slavery; Spain; US news; World news

Racisme envers les Autochtones : le New England Journal of Medicine fait son mea culpa - Radio-Canada - Espaces autochtones (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Le prestigieux New England Journal of Medicine publie une introspection sur des siècles de médecine injuste et raciste envers les Autochtones. La longue liste des préjugés évoqués permet de réaliser qu’ils sont bien ancrés dans les sociétés occidentales.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Ending violence against women: can a UN protocol make a difference? - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2024)
A record 89,000 women were intentionally killed in 2022, including more than 130 killed every day by a partner or relative. This is just one of the many forms of violence against women and girls that Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Antigua and Barbuda and Sierra Leone are hoping to tackle through a globally agreed framework.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Beware the ‘botshit’: why generative AI is such a real and imminent threat to the way we live - Spicer, André (The Guardian, 2024)
With pivotal global elections approaching, experts warn of AI's capability to influence outcomes through the production of deceptive content, a phenomenon termed "botshit." There is an urgent need for measures to mitigate AI's negative effects on political discourse and the information landscape.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Artificial intelligence (AI); Computing; Politics; Technology; UK news; US news; US politics; World news

Tony Blair urged 'radical' measures to cut asylum, archive papers reveal - Berg, Sanchia (BBC News, 2023)
Government records from 2003 released by the UK National Archives reveal the extent of "radical" measures discussed during the Blair premiership in order to prevent migrants from entering the UK.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Read the letters from around the world calling on Mary Robinson to intervene in X Case - Riegel, Ralph (Irish Independent, 2023)
Released confidential records reveal the concern expressed by organisations and individuals about the human rights implications of a 1992 Irish High Court injunction against a 14-year-old rape victim seeking to travel overseas for an abortion.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Abortion

Les Pays-Bas accusés d'avoir espionné les Juifs après la Seconde Guerre mondiale - euronews (euronews, 2023)
Les services secrets auraient surveillé les membres du Comité néerlandais d'Auschwitz et infiltré ses réunions.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Netherlands accused of spying on Jews after World War II - euronews (euronews, 2023)
The secret services reportedly monitored members of the Netherlands Auschwitz Committee and infiltrated its meetings.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Affaire Disney-DeSantis: Poursuite de Disney pour violation des lois sur les archives publiques - Schneider, Mike; AP News (La Presse, 2023)
Disney a intenté une poursuite affirmant que le district administratif de Walt Disney World, qui a été repris par des personnes nommées par le gouverneur Ron DeSantis au début de l’année, n’avait pas réussi à divulguer des documents et à conserver correctement les dossiers, en violation des lois sur les archives publiques de Floride.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Poland’s Media Transparency Under Threat: State Archives Allegedly Destroyed - Zylm, Wojciech (BNN Breaking, 2023)
The archives of public broadcasters, TVP (Telewizja Polska) and Polish Radio, have been allegedly destroyed according to the National Broadcasting Council of Poland (KRRiT).
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Censure littéraire : aux Etats-Unis, 3.362 livres interdits et retirés des écoles, facs et bibliothèques - Fried, Aviva (Europe 1, 2023)
Aux Etats-Unis, un phénomène inquiète : la censure des livres. Plus de 3.000 titres ont été retirés des bibliothèques au cours de l'année scolaire 2022-2023, que ce soit dans les écoles, les universités ou dans les établissements publics.
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Good morning, Mogadishu! Preserving Somalia’s cultural history, one tape at a time - UN News (UN News, 2023)
Historic audio recordings covering the recent history of Somalia are being preserved for future generations thanks to UN support.
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Archives From Oslo Era Reveal the US Press Wasn’t Always in Lockstep on Israel - Falcone, Daniel (Truthout, 2023)
A Truthout analysis of the archival material uncovers how mainstream papers portrayed the asymmetries of the accords.
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The shocking state of US LGBTQ rights in 2023 - Hansford, Amelia (Pink News, 2023)
State legislators in the US have spawned so many anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the past 12 months that it’s easy to lose track. The independently researched trans legislation tracker puts the number at 589, across 49 states. By comparison, a conservative estimate of the number of bills filed against the LGBTQ+ community in 2022 is 174, meaning the count has increased by more than 230 per cent this year.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Rite Aid facial recognition misidentified Black, Latino and Asian people as ‘likely’ shoplifters - Bhuiyan, Johana (The Guardian, 2023)
Surveillance systems incorrectly and without customer consent marked shoppers as ‘persons of interest’, a Federal Trade Commission settlement says
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Artificial intelligence (AI); Facial recognition; Race; Technology; US news

Surveillance technology is advancing at pace – with what consequences? - Boffey, Daniel (The Guardian, 2023)
Plans for facial recognition searches across UK driving licence records could threaten idea of policing by consent.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Police; Surveillance; UK news

No Right to Medical Care, Compensation for Injuries or Time Off: How Immigrant Dairy Workers Go From Vital to Disposable - Jameel, Maryam; Sanchez, Melissa (ProPublica, 2023)
Immigrant workers are essential to Wisconsin’s dairy industry. But when they get injured, they’re often cast aside.
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Troubles legacy act: Ireland takes human rights case against UK - O'Neill, Julian (BBC News, 2023)
The Irish government is to begin a legal challenge against the UK government over its decision to offer immunity for Troubles-era crimes. The UK's controversial Troubles legacy act became law in September, despite opposition from Dublin and all Northern Ireland's main political parties. Critics argued the law gave an amnesty and removed access to justice.
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Troubles legacy act: Ireland takes human rights case against UK - O'Neill, Julian (BBC News, 2023)
The Irish government is to begin a legal challenge against the UK government over its decision to offer immunity for Troubles-era crimes despite opposition from Dublin and all Northern Ireland's main political parties. Critics argued the law gave an amnesty and removed access to justice.
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Les recommandations pour la réconciliation « ne seront pas en place avant 2081 » - Passafiume, Alessia; Canadian Press (La Presse, 2023)
Le rapport 2023 du Yellowhead Institute a constaté qu'aucun appel à l'action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation n'a été réalisé cette année. Selon ce rapport, si le Canada continue à ce rythme, il ne terminera pas le travail avant 2081.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Reconciliation; Yellowhead Institute

Yellowhead Institute to end reports on TRC calls to action - Passafiume, Alessia; Canadian Press (Vancouver Sun, 2023)
The 2023 report by the Yellowhead Institute found that no calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission were completed this year. It says that if Canada continues at this pace, it will not finish the work until 2081
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Reconciliation; Yellowhead Institute

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs controversial legislation to create slavery reparations commission - Duddridge, Natalie (CBS New York, 2023)
The new law authorizes the creation of a community commission that will study the history of slavery in New York state and what reparations could look like.
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We know who created Syria’s torture programme and how | Opinions - Jelacic, Nerma (Al Jazeera, 2023)
After 12 years of civil war, hundreds of thousands of people killed and tens of thousands missing, a glimmer of hope for the Syrian people came from the world’s top court. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that the Syrian state must prevent torture of detainees and refrain from destroying evidence of these unlawful acts.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

L'Église flamande éclaboussée par un scandale d'adoptions forcées - RFI (RFI, 2023)
En Belgique, de nouveaux témoignages de victimes relancent le scandale des adoptions forcées et éclaboussent une nouvelle fois l’Église catholique en Flandre. Près de 30 000 enfants auraient été retirés à leur mère par des religieux entre les années 1950 et 1980 et ils auraient parfois même été vendus à leur famille d’adoption.
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Binder of classified material on Russia reportedly went missing in final Trump days - Pengelly, Martin (The Guardian, 2023)
Reported disappearance of 2,700 pages of classified material caused alarm in US intelligence circles.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Donald Trump; Europe; Robert Mueller; Russia; US foreign policy; US news; US politics; World news

Videos of stripped detainees in Gaza: A practice condemned under international law? - Gallo, Nathan (The Observers - France 24, 2023)
Israeli authorities say they undressed the detainees as a security measure, but that photos of them in their underwear "serve nobody". The images have sparked debate on the legality of the IDF's arrest procedures. Human Rights Watch told FRANCE 24 that sharing humiliating images of prisoners can amount to a war crime
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Senate Passes $886 Billion Military Bill That Extends Mass Spying Authorization - Johnson, Jake (Truthout, 2023)
In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate passed a military policy bill that includes an extension of surveillance authority that the government has used — and heavily abused — to access the communications of activists, journalists, lawmakers, and others without a warrant.
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How Israeli settler violence is forcing Palestinians to flee their homes – video - McKernan, Bethan; Evangelou, Kyri; Doran, Temujin (The Guardian, 2023)
After weeks of intense settler violence in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, and despite the decades-long fight to remain in their homes, these communities are now being forced off their land.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories

Embassies allegedly fail to investigate abuse of women migrant workers, incl. in care & garment sectors, showing need for greater protection of women migrants - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 2023)
In recent years, a number of stories have been reported in the media about the awful sufferings and exploitation of Bangladeshi women migrant workers in some Middle East countries. Many of the victims returned home empty-handed, tortured or even dead, which posed questions about the protection of women migrant workers in those countries.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Vidéos de prisonniers dévêtus à Gaza : une pratique condamnable au regard du droit international ? - Gallo, Nathan (Les Observateurs - France 24, 2023)
Les autorités israéliennes, qui déplorent la diffusion de ces images, affirment avoir dévêtu ces prisonniers par mesure de sécurité. Plusieurs interrogations entourent toutefois la légalité de telles pratiques, alors que le partage d'images humiliantes de prisonniers peut être considéré comme un crime de guerre, a indiqué Human Rights Watch à France 24.
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The World remembers the Nanjing Massacre on anniversary as new evidence continues to surface - Media OutReach Newswire (Zawya, 2023)
An American pawnshop owner donated an album containing photos of atrocities committed by the Japanese Army in World War II in China, updating the complete electronic archive of the album.
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The Remorse That Follows Wartime Actions Against Civilians - Shore, Zachary (TIME, 2023)
The U.S. learned this lesson during World War II—and it should guide those countries at war in 2023.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Japanese American Internment

Prison avec sursis pour trois militaires accusés de violences sexuelles - Agence France-Presse; Charles, Frédéric (RFI, 2023)
La décision était très attendue. Rina Gonoi, une ancienne soldate, avait été la première à dénoncer publiquement les agressions sexuelles dans l'armée japonaise et à porter plainte devant la justice pour de tels faits contre trois de ses anciens collègues.
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Suspended sentences in Japan army sexual assault case - Agence France-Presse; Charles, Frédéric (RFI, 2023)
Three Japanese ex-soldiers were found guilty Tuesday but given only suspended jail sentences for sexually assaulting a female colleague who won praise but also online hate for going public with her accusations.
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Zimbabwe: Acquittal of imprisoned opposition leader shows growing cases of misuse of justice system to target critical voices - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Responding to yesterday’s High Court acquittal of opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, who was sentenced in April to 48 months imprisonment for leading protests against government corruption, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa, said: “His imprisonment is a travesty, and an affront to Zimbabwe’s constitution and the country’s international human rights obligations. No […]
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Haxhi Shala arrested on charges of witness intimidation and transferred to the KSC Detention Facilities in The Hague – Initial Appearance scheduled for 13 December 2023 - Kosovo Specialist Chambers (Kosovo Specialist Chambers & Specialist Prosecutor's Office, 2023)
Haxhi Shala was arrested yesterday, 11 December 2023, in Kosovo by the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, pursuant to an arrest warrant, transfer order and a confirmed indictment issued by a Pre-trial Judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Kosovo

« Sans preuve matérielle, quelle vérité judiciaire ? » - Ponselet, Gaelle (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
Les avocats des Rwandais Séraphin Twahirwa et Pierre Basabosé, accusés d'avoir participé au génocide de 1994, présentent leurs lignes de défense en Belgique.
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Tyla’s racial identity: South African singer sparks culture war - Nesta Kupemba, Danai (BBC News, 2023)
The term "coloured" is a slur in the US, but for millions of South Africans it is part of their identity. Apartheid was a political system with a racial hierarchy and the Population Registration Act of 1950 required people to be registered into one of four racial categories - white, black, Indian or coloured.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Apartheid

Why Ukrainian archives must be protected - Reymann-Schneider, Kristina (dw.com, 2023)
Many archives have been destroyed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion. Is Vladimir Putin trying to erase Ukraine's cultural memory?
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It's one of the biggest experiments in fighting global poverty. Now the results are in - Aizenman, Nurith (NPR, 2023)
The study focuses on a universal basic income and spans 12 years and thousands of people in Kenya. How did the money change lives? What's better: monthly payouts or a lump sum.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

United States-born Pinochet hitman's "confessions" declassified - Contreras, Russell (Axios, 2023)
Recently declassified notes reveal for the first time the entire scope of the role an agent in Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's secret police played in multiple assassinations and in a fatal 1976 Washington car bombing that shocked Americans.
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À la Une: au Pérou, l’ex-président Alberto Fujimori est sorti de prison - Paget, Christophe (RFI, 2023)
La libération de l'ancien dirigeant autoritaire a déclenché un tollé dans le pays andin. Il purgeait une peine de 25 ans pour avoir dirigé des escadrons de la mort contre des personnes supposées subversives.
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« Ils sont les fondateurs d'une milice impitoyable à Kigali » - Ponselet, Gaelle (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
Lors de leur procès en Belgique pour génocide, deux hommes sont présentés par la procureure comme étant à l'origine d'un groupe Interahamwe meurtrier à Kigali, en 1994.
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Reporters sans frontières déplore le silence sur l’enlèvement de deux journalistes. - Reporters sans frontières (lemonde.fr, 2023)
Le directeur de Radio Coton Ansongo, Saleck Ag Jiddou, et un animateur de la même station, Moustapha Koné, ont été « enlevés » le 7 novembre par « un groupe armé non identifié ».
Keywords: 2023-12 December