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Jordan: Petraβs Bedul Bedouin Community Displaced
Click to expand Image Bedul women making bread in one of the caves in Stooh al-Nabi Harun Mountain, Jordan. 2025 Private (Beirut) β TheJordanian government is forcibly evicting the Bedul, a group of Bedouins fromPetra, in clear violation of their economic, social, and cultural rights, including their right to housing, Human Rights Watch said today. Jordanian authorities should immediately reverse measures that have...
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:
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US: Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites
Click to expand Image 2025 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch Detainees in Florida immigration detention centers are being subjected to inhuman conditions, including denial of medical care, overcrowding, and degrading treatment. At least two recent deaths may have been linked to medical neglect.These are not isolated incidents, but rather the result of a fundamentally broken detention system that is rife with serious...
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Greece's Asylum Suspension Denies Rights, Puts Lives at Risk
Click to expand Image A Portuguese vessel in a Frontex operation in Lesbos, Greece, 2016. 2016 Frontex Greece hassuspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum βviolating their rights, potentially putting their lives at risk and flouting its obligations under EU law.The measure approved by Parliament on July 11 for a period of three months, blocks people coming by boat via North Africa...
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Angola: Police Use Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protesters
Click to expand Image Angola's Rapid Intervention Force during a protest against the rise in fuel prices and transport costs in Luanda, July 12, 2025. 2025 Julio Pacheco Ntela/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) β Angolan police used excessive force and carried out arbitrary arrests while dispersing peaceful protesters in Luanda, the capital, on July 12, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.Police unnecessarily fired...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Global: Caster Semenyaβs Court Victory a Win for All Athletes
Click to expand Image South Africa's Caster Semenya (C), answers reporters with lawyers Gregory Nott (L) , and Shona Jolly KC after Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on in her seven-year legal fight against track and field's sex eligibility rules Strasbourg, eastern France, July 10, 2025. 2025 Antonin Utz/AP Photo (New York) β In a landmark case for athletesβ rights, Caster Semenya,...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:A Disappointing Ruling in Italy with a Silver Lining
Click to expand Image The SOS MEDITERRANEE crew performs a rescue in the central Mediterranean, March 9, 2025. 2025 SOS MEDITERRANEE/ by Stefano Belacchi The Italian Constitutional Courtβs recent ruling upholding a law that imposes sanctions on sea rescue groups casts a dark shadow over sea rescue, but that cloud has a silver lining: the court essentially said that the imperative to save lives justifies rescue ships...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:How Changing Mindsets Can Change the Economy
The ways funders and impact investors think about money often reinforces inequality, even when they seek to reduce it. Here are some ways to get out of this vicious circle.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:How an International NGO Plans to Fight the Digital Divide with a Satellite Company
The Whitaker Peace and Development Initiativeβs latest collaboration with a world-renowned satellite provider could help minimize the disparity in digital access seen in conflict-affected regions.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Anchoring Communities: How to Combat Displacement Through Asset Ownership
For many food justice organizations, ownership of spaces like markets, kitchens, and commercial food hubs is central to protecting communities from displacement.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:They Say Climate Tech Will Save Us, but Who Will Save Us from Climate Tech?
As climate tech, including AI, races ahead, are these solutions helping or hastening the climate crisis?
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source: