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Us & Canada

New York bill would make ‘masked harassment’ a crime

January 24, 2025

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A proposal introduced in the New York Legislature on Thursday could make it a crime for people ...

Middle East

Morocco’s opposition pushes for ex-human rights minister release

January 20, 2025

He was among those profiled in a 2022 Human Rights Watch report accusing Morocco of a harsh crackdown on dissent. ...

Judge strikes down New York law intended to protect minority groups' voting power

Us & Canada

The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 15, 2025

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of ...

Africa

Venezuela’s attorney general seeks arrest of opposition leader

January 13, 2025

The Venezuelan government has petitioned the International Criminal Police Organization, known as Interpol, to seek the arrest of leading opposition ...

Africa

Guantanamo at 23: What’s next for the ‘lawless’ detention facility?

January 11, 2025

Washington, DC – The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, turns 23 on Saturday. For Mansoor Adayfi, a former inmate at ...

Africa

‘Much more persecution’: Venezuela braces for Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration

January 10, 2025

Bogota, Colombia – Jesus Medina Ezaine had already spent 16 months in a Venezuelan military prison, accused of crimes he ...

Africa

Historians say Jimmy Carter’s human rights legacy includes grim failures

January 10, 2025

In South Korea, as well, historians say that Carter adopted the messaging of a military government facing human rights criticism. ...

Africa

Venezuelan opposition candidate claims son-in-law has been kidnapped

January 7, 2025

Edmundo Gonzalez, who competed against incumbent Nicolas Maduro in July’s presidential elections, says masked men abducted his son-in-law in Caracas.Edmundo ...