(2024-08-14). Renewed Hope for Justice for Burundi Massacre. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Mourners gather during a mass funeral service for the more than 150 Congolese Banyamulenge, a group often categorized with Tutsi, who were massacred the previous weekend, at Gatumba, a UN-run refugee camp in Burundi, August 16, 2004. | © 2004 Aloys Niyoyita/AP Photo…
(2024-08-14). Yemen's Houthis seized UN office in Sanaa, UN official says. newarab.com 
Yemen's Houthi rebels stormed the headquarters of the United Nations' Human Rights Office in the capital, Sanaa, seizing documents, furniture and vehicles, a senior UN official said Tuesday. | The seizure was the latest move in The rebels to…
(2024-08-14). Palestinian rights group calls for closure of 'Israeli torture camps'. aljazeera.com Al Mezan Center for Human Rights says 2,650 Palestinians taken from Gaza since October remain in Israeli custody.
(2024-08-14). India: UN Human Rights Committee calls for protection of human rights defenders and reform of counter-terrorism laws. fidh.org Front Line Defenders (FLD) together with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, welcome the findings of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee following its review of India's situation of civil and political rights. FLD and the Observatory urge the government to take immediate steps to address the serious concerns expressed by the (…) | – |
(2024-08-14). After Hasina's resignation, struggle continues. internationalviewpoint.org On August 5, at 2: 30 pm, Sheikh Hasina resigned from her post as prime minister and fled with some of her Special Security Forces by helicopter to India. She is now in Delhi, and some reports indicate that she wants to go to London for political asylum, but Britain is refusing her entry because of her human rights violations. | – | / |
(2024-08-14). RSS claims over 1.5 million Hindus fleeing Bangladesh, urges UNHRC to intervene. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to address alleged targeted attacks on Hindus and other religious minorities in Bangladesh. According to the RSS, these attacks are prompting a mass exodus of Hindu families seeking refuge in India. The petition, filed by the RSS's …
(2024-08-14). China denounces US interference and subversive activities. plenglish.com According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian, the NED falsely presents itself under the banner of 'promoting democracy and human rights'. | The diplomat denounced the participation of this foundation in a series of subversive actions that include the orchestration of color revolutions, incitement to confrontation between nations, fabrication of false information and the use of 'academic activities' as a means of intervention and infiltration. | The spokesman referred to the report 'The Actions and True Nature of the National Endowment for Democracy of the United States', recently published by China's Foreign…
(2024-08-14). India: Continued harassment of human rights defender Ajimuddin Sarkar. fidh.org
(2024-08-14). Thailand: Dissolution of election-winning party a setback for democracy, human rights. fidh.org
(2024-08-14). US: Los Angeles Criminalizes Unhoused People. hrw.org Play Video | Los Angeles systematically criminalizes unhoused people through arrests and citations for violations arising out of their unhoused status and by destroying their property through sanitation sweeps.Criminalization drives unhoused people out of public spaces but does nothing to solve their lack of housing.City government should stop its practice of criminalization and destructive sanitation sweeps and instead devote resources to preserving and providing affordable housing for all and services to those in need.(Los Angeles, August 14, 2024) — The Los Angeles city government has pursued a cruel,…
(2024-08-14). India: Hate Speech Fueled Modi's Election Campaign. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a public rally ahead of polling in the national election in Hyderabad, India, May 10, 2024. | © 2024 Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo…
(2024-08-14). Egypt: Human rights organisations condemn the targeting of ElMaraya for culture and arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is co-signing a call to the Egyptian authorities to end their harassement and repression of independent cultural organisations in Egypt. The political regime's continued use of security services, police crackdowns, arrests and prison sentencing to intimidate artists and cultural workers must stop.
13 August 2024. The signatories of this statement condemn the Egyptian security forces' raid on the headquarters of ElMaraya for Culture and (…) | – | /…
(2024-08-14). The Tale of a Wall: Nasser Abu Srour's 30 years of incarceration. newarab.com 
In his remarkable literary memoir, Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Srour crafts a universe from the monotonous surroundings of his prison cell. | Srour's memoir, The Tale of a Wall, was written from within the carceral condition that he has endured since 1993 when he was imprisoned towards the end of the Accused of being an accomplice to the murder of an Israeli intelligence officer, he was convicted based on a confession extracted under torture and sentenced to life in…
(2024-08-14). Torture of Palestinian prisoners is Zionist crime against humanity. workers.org 
The following statement was issued by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Office of Martyrs, Prisoners and Wounded on Aug. 8, 2024, by the Resistance News Network. Incarcerated Palestinians The leak of rape and torture scenes that Palestinian detainees are subjected to in the extermination camp at "Sde . . . |
(2024-08-14). Zimbabwe: Arbitrary detention and alleged torture of Namatai Kwekweza, Robson Chere and Samuel Gwenzi. fidh.org
(2024-08-14). China Urges Probe Into Reports of Israeli Soldiers' Abuse of Palestinian Detainees – Envoy. sputnikglobe.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Beijing is concerned about reports of sexual abuse by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian detainees and is calling for an investigation, Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Fu Cong said on Tuesday.
(2024-08-14). Israelis accused of raping Gazan detainee put on house arrest. newarab.com 
(2024-08-14). Israel detains Palestine Olympics chief Rajoub at Jordan border. newarab.com 
Rajoub, who is also the head of the Palestinian Football Association, was detained at the King Hussein border (Karama)…
(2024-08-14). Myanmar junta denies detaining military chief. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Following reports of Myanmar's junta detaining the army chief, the military denied on Wednesday that top generals had imprisoned the junta commander in what is suspected to be a "fresh coup".Junta commander Min Aung Hlaing has been under fire from military supporters in recent weeks as government soldiers lose territory to ethnic minority armed groups and other opponents attempting to overthrow the government's 2021 coup.On Tuesday, multiple social media posts reported that top generals imprisoned Min Aung Hlaing in the capital Naypyidaw in an attempt to alter the junta's leadership.t.co/jmFrmQ…
(2024-08-14). Over 1,000 arrested following UK disorder: police. geo.tv 
An anti-immigration protester is detained by police officers, in Newcastle, Britain August 10, 2024. —ReutersRiots started following death of three girls in stabbing. Judiciary is moving through cases and handing down sentences. At least 575 people have been charge.
(2024-08-14). Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral — who will it take down with it? asiapacificreport.nz Israel's zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war, whatever the consequences. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye There should be nothing surprising about the revelation that troops at Sde Teiman, a detention camp set up by Israel in the wake of Hamas's October…
(2024-08-14). Exclusive: Yemenis go on hunger strike over detention in Russia. newarab.com 
(2024-08-14). Platform vows to protect delivery riders' rights. ecns.cn Meituan, a popular on-demand service platform, has vowed to strengthen protections of its delivery workers' rights following a conflict between one of its couriers and a security guard in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
(2024-08-14). Tuesday 8/13: Trail of Truth Rally for Indigenous Rights w/ Muwekma Ohlone (San Jose). indybay.org San Jose City Hall Plaza | 200 E. Santa Clara Street | San Jose CA 95113…
(2024-08-14). UAW files federal charges against Trump and Musk over anti-union intimidation. nationofchange.org Union accuses Trump and Musk of illegal threats as the fight over workers' rights intensifies.
(2024-08-14). Arizona's abortion rights showdown as record-breaking support puts Proposition 139 on November ballot. nationofchange.org As Arizona's abortion rights amendment heads to a vote this November, the state's largest-ever petition drive signals a pivotal moment in the battle for reproductive freedom.
(2024-08-14). Malaysian PM pledges support to Bangladesh's interim govt. tribune.com.pk 1723633422-0/BeFunky-collage]____-(97)1723633422-0.jpg)
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has assured Bangladesh's transitional government of Kuala Lumpur's "help and support" during a phone call with the interim administration's head, Muhammad Yunus. | "I am very pleased that Prof. Yunus has given his assurances to protect the rights of all Bangladeshis, including minorities," Anwar said. | Yunus, a Nobel laureate and an economist, was appointed to lead the 17-member interim government last week following the end of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule. Hasina fled to India on August 5 after month-long protests against her government. | "Prof. Y…
(2024-08-14). Trans activists tell WA Labor to 'Get trans rights right'. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-08-14). COP29: Call to stop hosting Conference of Parties (COP) annual climate summits in authoritarian countries. fidh.org
(2024-08-14). Legal Experts: US Unilateral Economic Sanctions Violate International Law. popularresistance.org New York, NY — A new letter from legal groups, legal scholars, and attorneys calls on the Biden administration to end the use of broad unilateral economic sanctions, noting their civilian harms and illegality under international law. The letter, sent to the White House today, is signed by 38 organizations and 200 individual attorneys, including dozens of legal scholars. | The letter notes that, 75 years since the signing of the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit the collective punishment of civilian populations as a war crime, "collective punishment is a standard practice of US foreign policy in the form of…