Human Rights

Search documents
X @Mike Benz
Mike Benz· 2025-07-30 18:41
RT Dominik Tarczyński MEP (@D_Tarczynski)Today, I, along with 15 other Members of the European Parliament, sent a letter to @kajakallas, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security, urging her to recommend that the Council impose targeted sanctions against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his allies on the Court for their egregious violations of human rights. The EU must not stand idly by as Moraes continues to weaponize Brazil’s judicial system against his polit ...
X @The Economist
The Economist· 2025-07-30 11:20
In a recent article we argued that the world should rethink how it deals with asylum claimants. A human-rights barrister wrote to us saying that our coverage ignores “some merits of the status quo” https://t.co/huPpsf0tjS ...
Venezuelans describe being beaten and abused during El Salvador detention
NBC News· 2025-07-29 22:30
You're seeing moments of joy and relief as these Venezuelan men are reunited with their families after spending months in a notorious prison in El Salvador. Back in March, they were sent to this prison known as Secot by the Trump administration. And it's there where some detainees say they experienced physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. Hers Reyes was detained for four months before he was released and flown to Venezuela as part of a prisoner swap with the US. He said one of the hardest moments for h ...
X @Elon Musk
Elon Musk· 2025-07-29 17:50
RT Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor (DRL) (@StateDRL)In support of @POTUS Executive Orders, DRL just returned from a trip to South Africa to learn more about rural farm attacks and the breakdown of rule of law. Here’s what we found🧵[1/6] ...
Trump on Gaza conditions: ‘That’s real starvation’
NBC News· 2025-07-29 00:30
Tonight, facing fierce criticism, Israel allowing airdrops of aid into Gaza. Thousands of tons of aid dropped by United Arab Emirates military planes in partnership with Jordan. And an Israeli aid drop overnight, met by droves of desperate Palestinians clamoring for food, carrying away sacks on their backs.I'm going to die for flour so we can eat. 18-year-old Abdul says. Israel paused its offensive against Hamas to allow more aid distribution, but the UN calling it a drop in the ocean compared to what's nee ...
The human cost of your smartphone | Johise Namwira | TEDxWinnipeg
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-28 16:42
[Music] How many people in this room own a cell phone. Okay, I want you to take it out and hold it in your hands. I'll give you a moment to reach into your pocket and find it in your purse, but please take out your cell phone and hold it in your hands.Right now, you're holding a device that connects you to the world. You can send messages to your best friend, capture precious family memories, stream your favorite movies, and use tools that will keep you productive and informed. But what if I told you that t ...
The Hidden Power Behind Activism: Friendship | Nika Kovač | TEDxDonauinsel
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-28 15:57
[Music] My mom taught me two really important things that shaped my entire life. First thing is that if you are born into a privilege, you need to use this privilege to fight for others. And second, even more important thing was that friends, especially women friends, are probably the most important thing that you will have in your entire life.My mom's best friends were my role models. We laughed together, we traveled together, and we even marched together. and they presented this radical idea to me that so ...
Immigration advocate: The Trump admin is 'using the justice system to trap people'
MSNBC· 2025-07-27 17:12
A Venezuelan migrant who was sent to El Salvador's notorious SECOT is taking the first step to sue the United States for what he says was his wrongful detention, telling reporters, quote, "I want to clear my name." New reporting this week also sheds light on the horrific conditions that he and the more than 200 other deported migrants endured over the course of four months. Three ex-detaines told the Washington Post that they were repeatedly beaten, denied access to lawyers. They were also shot with rubber ...
X @The Economist
The Economist· 2025-07-20 05:00
Some 10% of the 160,000 children who were adopted by foreigners between China’s legalising of this practice in 1991 and its banning last year were forcibly taken from their birth parents, by one count https://t.co/EZPbZg3GHT ...
X @The Economist
The Economist· 2025-07-18 17:30
Some 10% of the 160,000 children who were adopted by foreigners between China’s legalising of this practice in 1991 and its banning last year were forcibly taken from their birth parents, by one count https://t.co/HgsgSkyR3D ...