(2024-12-31). Auschwitz to Gaza: The War Against International Law. counterpunch.org 
At Home and Abroad Police in America need a great deal of reform, a project that translates to freeing them from the racist nature of U.S. culture while tying them more firmly to the culture of civil and human rights. Not easy, but certainly a worthwhile task compared to maintaining the present situation. Here is
(2024-12-31). Israel has put Gaza healthcare on 'brink of total collapse': UN. presstv.ir Israel has placed Gaza's healthcare system on the verge of collapse, the United Nations human rights office says.
(2024-12-31). Raise your voice and stand up for Palestine! unitedworldint.com At a time when the West has lost its moral values and international institutions have lost their functionality, we must raise our voices for human rights! By Adem Kƒ±lƒ±àß, political scientist Beginning on October 7, 2023, Israel's attacks on Palestine continued throughout 2024 and took their place in the pages of history as a process …
(2024-12-31). 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 (…) | – |
(2024-12-31). Laos: States should ask "Where is Sombath?" at upcoming review of human rights record. fidh.org
(2024-12-31). SOS-defenders platform: Expose arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide. fidh.org A collective of local, regional and international human rights organisations unveils SOS-Defenders, an action platform that exposes the alarming scale of arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide.
Geneva, 13 December 2024. This information hub, which will progressively expand to cover more countries, has already documented 274 cases of arbitrarily detained human rights defenders across 17 countries (Bahrain, Belarus, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iran, Jordan, (…) | – |
(2024-12-31). Kamal Adwan Hospital chief detained by Israeli forces in torture facility, global outcry ensues. nationofchange.org Global outrage grows as Israeli forces abduct Gaza hospital chief, amid allegations of torture and systematic attacks on healthcare.
(2024-12-31). Four Gaza detainees die in Israeli prisons amid torture, neglect. newarab.com 
Four The slain detainees were identified as Mohammed Rashid Aka, 44, Samir Mahmoud Al-Kahlout, 52, Zuhair Omar Al-Sharif, 58, and Mohammed Anwar Labad, 57, according to a joint statement by the two Palestinian detainees rights groups.
(2024-12-31). 'Israel' imprisoning Dr. Abu Safiya exposes its 'cowardice': Colombian President Petro. indybay.org Colombian President Gustavo Petro expresses solidarity with the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who was detained by the Israeli occupation forces.
(2024-12-31). Hamas holds Israel 'fully responsible' for safety of detained Gaza hospital director. presstv.ir Hamas says Israel is fully responsible over the recent arrest of the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip.
(2024-12-31). Israeli forces detain four Gaza patients on way to hospital. newarab.com 
Since Israel attacked and raided the north Gaza Kamal Adwan Hospital, patients were forced to the Indonesian Hospital, which has been rendered out of function due to incessant Israeli shelling. | The head of the World Health Organis…
(2024-12-31). Shin Bet chief says BibiLeaks probe stopped further leaks, potential 'entire framework' of top-secret disclosures. haaretz.com Following criticism from Israeli ministers, Shin Bet security service chief Ronen Bar addresses for the first time the high-profile BibiLeaks investigation and rebuts claims that key suspects were abused during their detainment…
(2024-12-31). PA forces arrest Palestinian students at Hebron university. newarab.com 
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has come under fire on Monday for the arrest of university students at the Palestine Polytechnic University in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron as its ongoing campaign against Palestinian fighters in the Jenin refugee camp continues. | PA security forces carried out a raid on the university's student accommodation and detained several students, according to sources cited by the Shehab news agency on Monday. | Among those arrested were two students from Jenin, one from Nablus and two others who had filmed the incident, the report said, adding that some of the detainees were a…
(2024-12-31). US military releases long-held Guantanamo detainee to Tunisia. aljazeera.com Transfer from the US military prison is the fourth in two weeks by the outgoing Biden administration.
(2024-12-31). Video: Longest-held Guantanamo Bay detainee repatriated to Tunisia. aljazeera.com The US military has released Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi from the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
(2024-12-31). South Korean court issues arrest warrant for Yoon over martial law decree. aljazeera.com Court's issuance of warrant marks first time South Korean authorities have sought to detain a sitting president.
(2024-12-31). El Salvador on tenterhooks over US migration policies. plenglish.com The topic is frequently featured in local media, which warn about the effects of large deportations of Salvadorans on the local economy and the eventual drop in remittances from the US, which represent almost a quarter of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). | This Tuesday, the newspaper El Mundo reported that more than 40,000 Salvadoran migrants were detained at the United States border during 2024, the majority on its southern border, from January to November 2024, according to data from the Customs and Border Patrol Office (CBP, for its acronym in English). | High as it may look, the figure stands as a…
(2024-12-31). South Korean court issues warrant for impeached President Yoon. newarab.com 
South Korean anti-corruption agency said Tuesday that a court has issued a warrant to detain The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials said in a statement that the Seoul Western District Court issued a warrant to detain Yoon over his stunning yet short-lived The agency said it is investigating whether his declaration o…
(2024-12-31). Doctors launch campaign to free Gaza hospital head Abu Safiya. newarab.com 
Healthcare workers around the world have launched an online campaign demanding the Hundreds of medical professionals are using the hashtag #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiyeh to decry Israel's capture and detention of him as well as calling fo…
(2024-12-31). Gaza's Dr. Abu Safiya held in Sde Teiman detention camp: report. newarab.com 
(2024-12-31). UN rights expert slams Israeli plan for volunteer prison guards. newarab.com 
UN Special Rapporteur The draft bill, approved by a ministerial committee on Sunday, aims to expand Israel's prison workforce to manage the increasing number of Palestinians imprisoned in the country's detention facilities. | "This…
(2024-12-31). Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Rufat Safarov. fidh.org
(2024-12-31). Gazans disappear in Israeli military custody. The army claims it doesn't know where they are. haaretz.com A large number of Palestinians have contacted the IDF to locate relatives who went missing during the war. The army responded it had 'no information' on their whereabouts. Some of the people were later found in detention or dead…
(2024-12-31). Call Major Media Outlets: Break Your Silence on Hospital Massacres. indybay.org Doctors kidnapped. Patients murdered. Medics burned alive. All of this is being reported by Arabic media online, but major media outlets in the U.S. are silent. They have to hear from us. | act.uscpr.org/a/gaza-media-call…
(2024-12-31). Sen. Chris Coons and the Cult of Patent Monopolies. counterpunch.org 
Last week, Delaware Senator Chris Coons, the chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, made an assertion about the nature of patents that is flat out wrong. Senator Coons said: "OUR FOUNDING FATHERS MADE IT CLEAR THAT INVENTORS SHOULD HAVE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO THEIR INVENTIONS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE CONSTITUTION IN ITS SCRIPT GUARANTEES
(2024-12-31). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org
(2024-12-31). 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.
(2024-12-31). Israel's claims of armed groups using Gaza hospitals 'vague': UN. newarab.com 
A United Nations report on Tuesday found that Israel's claims that The 23-page report condemned Israeli In the report documenting various attacks between 12 October 2023 and 30 June 2024, the UN rights office said they had documented severe co…
(2024-12-31). 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…
(2024-12-31). Zapatistas 'Rebellion and Resistance' Celebrates Autonomy and Rights of Women. indybay.org Zapatistas 'Rebellion and Resistance' celebrates the long road of autonomy and self-governance, and the equality of women and men, at the gathering underway honoring 31 years of resistance in Chiapas.
(2024-12-31). Thailand : Sixth conviction of pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa under "lèse-majesté" charges. fidh.org
(2024-12-31). In Iran, late Jimmy Carter remembered as 'architect of sanctions'. newarab.com 
Iran played a central role in The former US president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who passed away on Monday at the age of 100, left behind a legacy of punitive measures whose impact on Iran has endured since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. | "Carter had a bad character," said Hassan Taherifar who works at a Tehran bazaar outside the former US e…
(2024-12-30). Demand The Reinstatement Of Dr. Rupa Marya At UC San Francisco. popularresistance.org In September 2024, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) placed Dr. Rupa Marya on paid leave and threatened her medical license. These actions against Dr. Marya, a professor of medicine who has written extensively on the health impacts of systemic oppression, provoked many important questions. | After being approached by alarmed students, Dr. Marya raised concerns about the implications of admitting students who may have recently served in the Israeli Defense Force, which has credibly been accused of human rights violations, war crimes, and genocide in Gaza and the West Bank.
(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). "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). 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). Kamal Adwan Hospital Chief Taken To Notorious Israeli Torture Camp. popularresistance.org Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital Dr Hussam Abu Safia has been taken to Israel's notorious torture camp, Sde Teiman, following his abduction by Israeli forces at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza, CNN reported on 30 December. | Dr Abu Safia has not been seen publicly since his abduction from the hospital during an Israeli raid on 27 December that caused the hospital to cease functioning. | Medical staff told CNN that Israeli forces started a fire in the hospital and that they were all rounded up outside and ordered to remove their clothes over the course of several hours before being forced to leave.
(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: 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). WAFA: "Palestinian prisoner Ashraf Abu Warda, from Gaza, dies in Israeli detention" imemc.org 
GAZA, December 29, 2024 (WAFA) — Fifty-one-year-old Palestinian detainee, Ashraf Mohammad Fakhri Abu Warda, from Gaza, has died in mysterious circumstances in the Israeli Soroka Hospital. The Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) announced that they were informed of Abu Warda's death after he was transferred from Naqab Prison to Soroka …
(2024-12-30). UN Expert Urges Medical Boycott of Israel After It Detains Hospital Director. truthout.org The UN's top expert on the occupied Palestinian territories has called for medical professionals worldwide to cut ties with Israel after it destroyed northern Gaza's last operational hospital and abducted its director, sparking an outcry. UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese called on the medical community to act on Monday, as reports emerged that… |
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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…