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”
Opinion & Reviews
AI: How Venezuela's dictatorship is weaponizing artificial intelligence against human rights
Dictatorships around the world are using artificial intelligence to censor and manipulate public opinion, creating concerns about the potential dangers of AI and its impact on democracy and human rights
Politics
Cuban-American Senators ask for Russia to be removed from the Human Rights Council
Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez called on the U.S. representation at the United Nations to promote the removal of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council
Human Rights
Clooney Foundation sues Venezuela over human rights abuses
According to the lawsuit, Venezuelan security forces are guilty of international crimes, including torture, arbitrary detention, sexual violence, and sometimes even execution of political opponents since 2014
Human Rights
Human rights commission urges El Salvador to respect rights
Bukele claimed that the country has arrested around 14,000 alleged gang members since the state of emergency was implemented 25 days ago
Human Rights
Freedom House warns of "transnational repression," and restrictions on "freedom of movement" against human rights defenders
The American NGO released a report with a list of more than 50 nations around the world where political dissent is punished
Human Rights
As U.S. reinstates sanctions, Venezuelan dictatorship reopens door to U.N. Human Rights Office
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said that while he does not agree with the Venezuelan regime on some issues, there has been a small positive step in that that spaces for “dialogue” are beginning to open
Pope Francis blasts COVID-19 'disinformation' as a human rights violation
"To be properly informed, to be helped to understand situations based on scientific data and not fake news, is a human right," Francis said
Politics
Mexican president calls U.S. State Department "liars" over human rights report
When asked by reporters about the report at a news conference, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that the State Department of was “lying” and that the U.S. “believes it’s the government of the world”
Human Rights
5,000 human rights violations in Crimea during Russian occupation, says Ukrainian Institute
Ukrainian institute official says that “after 2014, Crimea turned into a model of colonization measures for Russia.”