(2024-12-30). "Total Moral, Ethical Failure": Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov on Israel's Genocide in Gaza. democracynow.org 
Since October 7, 2023, Israel's onslaught in Gaza has killed more than 45,500 Palestinians and injured more than 108,000. At the same time, Gaza officials continue to accuse Israel of deliberately blocking aid deliveries. Human rights organizations are condemning Israel for attacking Palestinian lifesaving infrastructure, including Gaza's water supply and medical system. All of this has led to the world's leading specialist on the subject of genocide to declare Israel is carrying out a combination of "genocidal actions, ethnic cleansing and annexation of the Gaza Strip." Omer Bartov,…
(2024-12-30). New UN Cybercrime Treaty Primed for Abuse. hrw.org Click to expand Image | The United Nations Headquarters building in New York City, United States, July 16, 2024. | © 2024 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo | The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention against Cybercrime on December 24, despite widespread concerns that the treaty will facilitate human rights violations.The convention, the first global treaty of its kind, extends far beyond addressing cybercrime — malicious attacks on computer networks, systems, and data. It obligates states to establish broad electronic surveillance powers to investigate and cooperate on a wide ran…
(2024-12-30). Report: Israel Detaining North Gaza Hospital Director in Notorious Torture Camp. truthout.org Israeli forces are reportedly detaining Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya in a camp notorious for torture, sexual assault and killings of Palestinians, after abducting him and carrying out a massacre in the hospital last week. CNN reported on Monday, citing Palestinians recently released from Israeli custody, that Israel is holding Safiya in Sde Teiman camp, a camp likened to… |
(2024-12-30). Realizarán cacerolazo verde por derecho al aborto en Argentina. radiohc.cu La Habana, 30 de dic (RHC) Miembros de organizaciones feministas y de derechos humanos participarán hoy en un "cacerolazo verde" para conmemorar los cuatro años de aprobada la Ley de Acceso a la Interrupción Voluntaria del Embarazo (IVE) en Argentina.
(2024-12-30). Report: Missing Gazan hospital director arrested by IDF located in Israel's Sde Teiman detention facility. haaretz.com Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital has been taken to the notorious Sde Teiman prison, according to three Palestinian detainees who had been released from the detention center, CNN reports…
(2024-12-30). Report: Horrific Conditions at Manashe Prison. imemc.org 
The Commission of Prisoners Affairs issued a report on Sunday that detainees in the Israeli "Manashe" prison live a catastrophic daily reality and harsh and painful conditions around the clock, which poses a danger to their bodies and lives. In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the Commission stated that the "Manashe" prison is newly …
(2024-12-30). Network in Defense of Humanity Expresses Solidarity With Former Argentinian Ambassador to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Argentina chapter of the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) expressed its solidarity with the former ambassador of Argentina to Venezuela and former president of the South American Parliament (Parlasur), àìscar Laborde, following the attacks against him by Argentinian Security Minister Patricia Bullrich for delivering a letter to Argentinian policeman Nahuel Gallo, who is under criminal investigation in Venezuela. | "The ridiculous accusation of treason for the humanitarian gesture of delivering a letter from his family to the policeman detained in Venezuela, at the requ…
(2024-12-30). Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Rufat Safarov. fidh.org
(2024-12-30). Gaza's Dr. Abu Safiya held in Sde Teiman detention camp: report. newarab.com 
(2024-12-30). Global conflicts shatter childhoods: Record number of children living in war zones in 2024. nationofchange.org 2024 marked an unprecedented crisis for children globally, with record numbers displaced, malnourished, and deprived of basic rights due to escalating conflicts.
(2024-12-30). Illinois Bill Would Restore Voting Rights to Thousands of Incarcerated People. truthout.org In every election cycle since 1992, more than 30,000 people in Illinois have been denied the right to vote due to being confined in prison. Until 2019, an additional 19,000 were disenfranchised because they were in county jails. That year, however, Illinois passed two significant pieces of legislation that strengthened citizens' access to vote. The "Voting in Jail" bill ensured that people… |
(2024-12-30). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org
(2024-12-30). How did the MENA region react to Jimmy Carter's death. newarab.com 
World leaders, journalists and political commentators have offered their condolences and weighed in on former US The former US leader was behind several major foreign policy decisions affecting the While he has been regarded as a champion of Palestinian rights later in his career, he was also responsible for controversial actions such…
(2024-12-29). Another Expert Report Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide. The West Yawns. Jonathan Cook. globalresearch.ca Three separate reports published this month by leading international human rights and medical groups have detailed the same horrifying story: that Israel is well advanced in its genocide of the Palestinian population in Gaza. | Or, to be more accurate, they …
(2024-12-29). Laos: States should ask "Where is Sombath?" at upcoming review of human rights record. fidh.org
(2024-12-29). Zimbabwe's civic space in crisis: New report details growing operational obstacles and legal threats to civil society. fidh.org The ouster of President Robert Mugabe in 2017 in Zimbabwe was followed by a brief period of cautious optimism for increased civil liberties. Regrettably, that optimism has been overshadowed by persistent restrictions, with recent years marked by heightened repression, harassment, and arrests of human rights defenders. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint programme of the International Federation for Human (…) | – |
(2024-12-29). Juan Cole: 2024 Word of the Year — Genocide (as in, Gaza). scheerpost.com 
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The word of the year was certainly "genocide." It was alleged of Israel's Gaza campaign by South Africa in a case brought before the International Court of Justice, and this charge was also lodged by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Doctors without Borders, and the UN Special Committee to …
(2024-12-29). Hospital Attacks Escalate on Day 450 of Israeli Aggression on Gaza as Netanyahu's Office Dismisses "Mini-Deal" Reports. english.almanar.com.lb For 450 consecutive days, Israeli occupation forces have carried out systematic atrocities in Gaza's northern regions of Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia. Since last October 5, over 80,000 Palestinians remain trapped, facing relentless bombardment, forced displacement, and starvation. The attacks have claimed more than 4,000 lives, with over 12,000 wounded and 1,750 detained. Health …
(2024-12-29). Calls for the release of Gaza hospital director detained by Israel. aljazeera.com Palestinians, campaigners express concern after Abu Safia and others from Kamal Adwan Hospital are detained by Israel.
(2024-12-29). Israel detains Kamal Adwan director, hospital 'out of service'. newarab.com 
Gaza health officials said on Saturday that Israeli forces detained the director of the "The occupation forces have taken dozens of the medical staff from Kamal Adwan Hospital to a detention centre for interrogation, including the director,
(2024-12-29). Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Rufat Safarov. fidh.org
(2024-12-29). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org
(2024-12-29). Thailand : Sixth conviction of pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa under "lèse-majesté" charges. fidh.org
(2024-12-29). Bishop Mukasa condemns child sacrifice, exploitation at Diocesan Children's Day. independent.co.ug 
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rt. Rev. Lawrence Mukasa, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasana-Luwero, has issued a powerful condemnation of child sacrifice and exploitation, calling for collective action to safeguard children's rights. The message was delivered during the Diocesan Children's Day celebrations at Our Lady of Fatima Queen of Peace Kasana Cathedral by …
(2024-12-29). Lawmakers and Free Speech Groups Urge SCOTUS to Overturn Impending TikTok Ban. truthout.org On Friday evening, President-elect Donald Trump filed a brief with the Supreme Court that took no position on whether a ban on TikTok would violate First Amendment rights. Instead, he wrote that he has "consummate deal-making expertise," and as president would be able to "negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns expressed by the government."… |
(2024-12-29). Ethnic cleansing happening in Christian town in Syria: Rights group. presstv.ir A rights advocacy organization says Christians have been threatened by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group to evacuate the southwestern Syrian town of Maaloula, in what has been decried as an act of ethnic cleansing.
(2024-12-29). Haiti gang massacres at least 110 people in Cite Soleil: Rights group. presstv.ir National Human Right Defense Network says at least 110 were killed in Haiti's Cite Soleil by gang led by Monel Felix.