(2025-01-06). Kenya's High Court Delivers Blow To Neoliberal University Funding Model. popularresistance.org The Kenya High Court delivered a landmark ruling on December 20, 2024, that declared the new funding model for higher education unconstitutional. The case, brought before the court by the Kenya Human Rights Commission and other organizations including the National Student Caucus, challenged the legality and fairness of the new model launched last year. | In his ruling, Justice Mwita declared the new university funding model unconstitutional for several reasons. The high court noted that it violates Section 53 of the Universities Act by introducing policies that conflict with the law.
(2025-01-06). Germany freezes funding of aid organization, cutting off Israeli human-rights groups. haaretz.com In what critics call the latest measure of an anti-Palestinian policy, the German government cut funding to an NGO that finances Israeli human rights groups. 'In discussions with German officials, we were told supporting the Palestinian right of return is unacceptable," one rights group said…
(2025-01-06). Laos: States should ask "Where is Sombath?" at upcoming review of human rights record. fidh.org
(2025-01-06). 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, (…) | – |
(2025-01-06). Biden administration approves $8 billion arms sale to Israel amid allegations of genocide in Gaza. nationofchange.org Human rights groups condemn Biden's approval of $8 billion arms deal with Israel amid Gaza conflict…
(2025-01-06). 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 (…) | – |
(2025-01-06). Dr Hussam Abu Safiya's life in danger in Israeli custody. ummid.com The Israeli government bears full responsibility for the life of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Northern Gaza, amid alarming indications of torture and ill-treatment.
(2025-01-06). 'The High Court stands with Hamas': Israel's hard right is intensifying its attack on the judiciary. haaretz.com Tortured logic or not, the message is clear: For Israel's hard right, the top court is just a notch below the Nukhba. And everyone knows how Israel treats its enemies…
(2025-01-06). Israel's Military police to probe assaults of officers by soldiers during Sde Teiman arrests. haaretz.com The investigation was launched after Haaretz reported that military police personnel said they were attacked by Israeli army soldiers when they came to arrest some of them over the soldiers' alleged sexual abuse of a Gazan detainee at the Sde Teiman detention center…
(2025-01-06). Israel prevents detained Gaza hospital doctor from seeing lawyer. newarab.com 
(2025-01-06). Convictions in 2018 Kasganj Communal Riots. ummid.com Most of those arrested in the Kasganj Communal Riot Case appeared to be innocent Muslims who were detained arbitrarily by the police.
(2025-01-06). Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Rufat Safarov. fidh.org
(2025-01-06). Trump's Team Looks to Bypass Sanctuary Laws That Hinder His Deportation Plans. truthout.org Five years ago, police officers stopped Jose Armando Escobar-Lopez while he was driving to his home in Daly City near San Francisco with his partner and her brother. Without giving a reason for the stop, the officers questioned him about his immigration status and facilitated his transfer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. Escobar-Lopez's 2019 brush with ICE illustrates… |
(2025-01-06). Thailand : Sixth conviction of pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa under "lèse-majesté" charges. fidh.org
(2025-01-06). IYSSE (Sri Lanka) public meeting in Kandy: How to defeat the IMF austerity program. wsws.org The IYSSE meeting, which will discuss the socialist program necessary to defend the social and democratic rights of workers and youth, is being held in Kandy after being anti-democratically banned at Peradeniya University.
(2025-01-06). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org
(2025-01-06). 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.
(2025-01-06). 60 Years After Assassination of Malcolm X, a Lawsuit Aims to Uncover the Truth. truthout.org A major lawsuit has been filed by leading civil rights attorneys on behalf of the daughters of Malcolm X in an effort to litigate claims of state complicity in the 1963 murder of the Black revolutionary leader. The suit comes in the wake of a reinvestigation that led to critical exonerations of two of the alleged killers in 2021. The outcome will turn on proving the U.S. government's role in… |
(2025-01-06). El Salvador remains under state of emergency. plenglish.com Endorsed by nine out of 10 Salvadorans, the measure extended the day before by the Legislative Assembly, at the request of the government's security cabinet, attracts more support than criticism after helping to position the country as one of the safest in the continent, and in the world. | Although it restricts three constitutional rights, its impact is evident in the lives of the entire population, from mobility, full-scale commerce, housing recovery, real estate prices, among other benefits. | Thanks to its effectiveness the population can move freely now, because 32 months ago just crossing a street or an im…
(2025-01-06). Unions Get Bigger In Texas. popularresistance.org Texas has long ranked at the top of the list for the best states to run a business and the worst for quality of life and working conditions. Almost one out of every five Texans does not have health insurance. We are the only state in the country that allows private-sector employers to opt out of providing workers' compensation. Despite having a $33 billion surplus to put toward improving life for all Texans, our state lawmakers instead chose to spend the most recent regular legislative session attacking workers' rights, immigrants, public schools, transgender people, voting access, and higher education.
(2025-01-06). Brazilian Court Orders Police Probe Into Vacationing Israeli Soldier. popularresistance.org A Brazilian federal court has ordered police to open an immediate investigation into an Israeli soldier accused of committing war crimes in Gaza who is currently on vacation in the country. | According to the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a Belgium-based NGO supporting Palestinian rights, the federal court of Brazil's federal district, citing Article 88 of the Brazilian Code of Criminal Procedure, "directed the Federal Police to urgently execute the investigative measures requested by the Federal Prosecutor." | HRF said the court order "marks the first instance of a signatory state to the Rome Statute directly enf…
(2025-01-06). US To Loosen Humanitarian Aid Restrictions in Syria, Maintain Sanctions. themedialine.org 
(2025-01-06). Iran, Russia to sign comprehensive cooperation agreement in 'mid-January'. presstv.ir The Iranian and Russian presidents will sign a comprehensive agreement for long-term cooperation in Moscow in mid-January.
(2025-01-06). Haaretz publisher petitions High Court against Israeli government's 'fundamentally illegal economic boycott' of the newspaper. haaretz.com Haaretz is asking the High Court of Justice to schedule an urgent hearing against the Netanyahu government's 'unreasonable' imposition of economic sanctions which are estimated will cost the newspaper millions of shekels. The petition says the boycott aims to 'silence and weaken' an outlet 'that dares to criticize the conduct of the government and its members'…
(2025-01-06). China imposes sanctions on U.S. defense contractors for selling arms to Taiwan. mronline.org 
China alleges that the U.S. approach to Taiwan is guided by "cold war zero sum mentality" which violates its own declared commitments to the "one-China policy" and agreements of non-interference in internal matters.
(2025-01-05). How the Human Rights Industry Manufactures Consent for 'Regime Change'. orinocotribune.com 
In the words of the United Nations, "human rights" range from "the most fundamental—the right to life—to those that make life worth living, such as the rights to food, education, work, health, and liberty." These rights are supposed to be "inherent to us all." But this lofty ambition has become distorted, not only by the UN itself but by the whole of what Alfred de Zayas calls the "Human Rights Industry." | This industry, headed by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), has multiple layers that include UN "expert groups" and "rapporteurs," regional commissions like (in the Western Hemisphere) the Inter-…
(2025-01-05). Laos: States should ask "Where is Sombath?" at upcoming review of human rights record. fidh.org
(2025-01-05). 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 (…) | – |
(2025-01-05). 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, (…) | – |
(2025-01-05). UNHCR chief slams 'atrocious' Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals. newarab.com 
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has condemned Israel's During the a UN Security Council meeting on
(2025-01-05). Dr Hussam Abu Safiya's life in danger in Israeli custody. ummid.com The Israeli government bears full responsibility for the life of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Northern Gaza, amid alarming indications of torture and ill-treatment.
(2025-01-05). Disabled Palestinian teenager detained without trial in Israel for six months. haaretz.com Lawyers representing the West Bank teenager presented an expert opinion to the court detailing his intellectual disability and low IQ. The Shin Bet says he was arrested based on information that he tried to stab Israelis…
(2025-01-05). Algerian social media influencer detained in France. newarab.com 
(2025-01-05). Convictions in 2018 Kasganj Communal Riots. ummid.com Most of those arrested in the Kasganj Communal Riot Case appeared to be innocent Muslims who were detained arbitrarily by the police.
(2025-01-05). Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Rufat Safarov. fidh.org
(2025-01-05). Tehran protests Italy's 'illegal' arrest of Iranian sought by US. newarab.com 
"Given the continued detention of Iranian citizen Mr. Mohammad Abedini by Abedini, 38, was arrest…
(2025-01-05). Thailand : Sixth conviction of pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa under "lèse-majesté" charges. fidh.org
(2025-01-05). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org
(2025-01-05). 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.
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kira Magistrates Court has sentenced Precious Tumuhirwe to serve 40 years in prison for torturing a 4 Year Old child. The Court on Friday presided over by Shallon Niwaha sentenced 37 Year Old Tumuhirwe following her own plea of guilty to torturing the child on December 26th 2024 …
RIYADH | Xinhua | In a momentous celebration of national pride and passion for football, Saudi Arabia recently secured the rights to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, a victory that captivated the nation. As one of the world's most football-enthusiastic countries, this achievement marks a pivotal moment in Saudi Arabia's journey towards becoming a …
On Friday 15th 2024 the World March for Peace and Nonviolence stoped in Rijeka (Croatia). | Some interesting events took placed in the morning. | The international delegation of the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence start from the Sanctuary of the Mother of God of Trsat with the guidance of the guardian fra. Krunoslav Kocijan through the Franciscan monastery and church: a centuries old spiritual oasis of peace in Rijeka and the region.
Asia Pacific Report The UN's Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has called on "medical professionals worldwide" to suspend ties with Israel in an act of solidarity with the more than "1000 colleagues of yours" killed in Gaza over the past 14 months. Countless more Palestinian medical workers "were…
On December 27, the Israeli military recently attacked and emptied the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza. They also detained and abused the staff as well as kidnapping Hospital director Hossam Abu Safiyeh.
One of the reasons I'm having difficulty "enjoying the holidays" is the editorial writing of Bret Stephens. His columns defending Israel's brutal military campaign that targets sanctuary areas and so-called safe zones in Gaza are typically chauvinistic and bellicose. Stephens supports any Israeli military option that "advances Israel's national interests on all fronts." His lecture at Harvard last year argued that "taking out most, but not all, of Hamas is not enough," which seems to justify the genocidal campaign that Israel conducts. Stephens has never mentioned that this campaign targets Gaza's hospitals and h…