Human Rights
Concerned Communities of America illuminates human trafficking crisis with Florida panel discussion
Human trafficking has become a threat to potential victims all throughout the Western Hemisphere
Human Rights
United Nations and EU condemn new Taliban laws as women's rights evaporate in America's absence
The new law requires that they cover and clothe their entire body and bans on their voices from being heard in public, while restricting their movement without a male relative
Politics
BREAKING: Russia declines Ukraine summit with United States—for now
A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that its “premature to talk” with the U.S. about the developing crisis in Ukraine amidst warnings about future human rights abuses if Moscow invades Kyiv
Human Rights
Colombia sees record number of killings of social leaders and rights defenders
At least 66 individuals have been killed since President Gustavo Petro, the country’s first leftist leader, assumed power in August
Human Rights
At least 19 children killed in Iran protests, rights group says
Protests in Iran began on September 17 after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the Kurdish town of Saquez
Human Rights
Meryl Streep at the United Nations: "A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan"
During a debate forum, it was also noted that at least 1.4 million girls were banned from secondary education in 2024 in the Middle Eastern country
Human Rights
U.S. accuses Cuban dictatorship of human trafficking, deploys workers to foreign countries using "deceptive and coercive tactics"
The 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) was released Monday by the U.S. Department of State
Crime
After Maduro’s capture, armed paramilitary groups patrol Caracas, search phones and restrict press
ADN América spoke with a Venezuelan man in Caracas who was held for several hours after armed groups searched his mobile phone.
Education
Students file civil rights lawsuit against American University for ignoring antisemitism, Nazi vandalism
The lawsuit says there has been unequal treatment for Jewish students when they complain versus Muslim students, and that when reports of Islamophobia occurred, the university acted
Politics
U.S. Rep. Salazar calls for investigation of 'human trafficking' by Mexico and Cuban regime
Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar leads a group of Republicans calling on the Department of Labor to investigate Mexico for business with the Cuban regime