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”
"As tyrants in our hemisphere maintain their illegitimate grip on power by subjecting their citizens to unimaginable hardships, the U.S. must reaffirm its unwavering support for the victims and not the oppressors," Rubio said
Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine’s official ombudsman for human rights, told the BBC that she has documented multiple cases of rape, torture and abuse by Russian forces in her country
The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that public servants and members of organized crime are to blame for the recent increase in enforced disappearances across Mexico
He said Russian troops brought mobile cremation equipment to dispose of the numerous civilian bodies
A decentralized network of activists is exposing the impact of China’s internal propaganda on its citizens to the outside world
"From prison or wherever, Maykel and Luis are an inspiration and a symbol for Cubans. Down with the dictatorship! Long live Cuba Libre!" said activist Anamely Ramos
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba took to Twitter to thank the nations who voted in favor of expelling Russia, noting that “war criminals have no place in UN bodies aimed at protecting human rights"
"I signed it with my hands shaking a lot," said one of the mothers on social media
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to set up an office in Venezuela