Human Rights
Hero: Cuban activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara given 2024 Rafto Prize for human rights
The institution's ruling highlights that the 36 year-old Cuban, currently in prison, “has been arrested countless times for his activism”
The institution's ruling highlights that the 36 year-old Cuban, currently in prison, “has been arrested countless times for his activism”
Mexican lawmakers passed the bill with 50 votes in favor of the legalization against 16 who opposed it
Protests in Iran began on September 17 after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the Kurdish town of Saquez
The Islamic Republic has vowed to crush the protesters, continuing to send security forces and the Basij police to quell protests throughout the country.
Rescue workers were sent to the scene, as officials believe that more people are still under the rubble
Human Rights organizations have long accused the Ortega regime of taking the relatives of exiled political opponents as “hostages”
The U.S. freed Franqui Flores and Efrain Campo, nephews of Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores, Maduro’s wife.
The policing operations have assisted Chinese authorities in “carrying out policing operations in foreign soil,” says the report
Prominent Cuban activists criticized the Associated Press (AP), a U.S.-based agency with a permanent bureau in Cuba, for its coverage of the ongoing protests in Cuba.
Hundreds of Cubans took to the streets overnight from Sept. 29-30 to peacefully protest the regime’s inability to restore power after suffering prolonged blackouts that started Tuesday