Human Rights
‘Sad & disgusting’: Enes Kanter continues calling out LeBron James’s silence on China, slave labor
Enes Kanter called out James’s hypocrisy of championing social justice causes in America while ignoring Chinese human rights abuses
Human Rights
Padlocked doors, poor conditions contradict Mexican president's narrative migrants started facility fire
According to local human rights organization who have been monitoring the burned facility, doors were padlocked and migrants were stripped of their property leaving them little opportunity to start a fire—or escape
Politics
Colombian senator warns Peru that delegation of humanitarian activists aim to disrupt democratic process
"If these gentlemen were interested in defending human rights, they would be in Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua or Venezuela, where crimes against humanity are committed daily," said Colombian senator María Fernanda Cabal
Human Rights
Torture cases in Venezuela increased by 148% in 2021
The NGO Provea published the 33rd edition of its Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela
Human Rights
China reportedly replaces Communist party leader who oversaw Uyghur persecution
The 66-year-old Chinese politburo member was sanctioned by the United States last year for his role facilitating "serious human rights abuse" in Xinjiang
Politics
U.S. designates Russian paramilitary firm Wagner Group as criminal organization
The group is being accused of destabilizing governments and several other human rights violations, including targeting women and children in Ukraine, attacking schools and hospitals, and forcibly relocating civilians
Human Rights
Russian soldiers kept and raped 25 Ukrainian women in basement
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
Sports
NBA player celebrates U.S. citizenship by changing name to Enes Kanter Freedom
Boston Celtics player and human rights activist Enes Kanter will change his name Monday in celebration of becoming a U.S. citizen.
Politics
U.N. 'horrified' by images of Bucha massacre
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights asked to determine the causes of the deaths of 410 civilians found in the cities surrounding Kyiv
Politics
Vatican document condemns abortion, surrogacy and gender ideology while defending the rights of LGBTI people
A new document approved by Pope Francis denounces practices such as abortion, surrogacy and “gender ideology,” while defending the rights of LGBTI people