Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Human Rights

End Prosecutions Targeting Kurdish Language Activities in Tü…

Rıfat Roni has spent more than a decade as an official court interpreter facilitating communication for Kurdish speakers in legal proceedings. This...

Russia-Ukraine War Update and Interview with Ukrainian UAB S…

Recently, North Korea has promised closer ties with Russia and to further its aid in the Russia-Ukraine war. Throughout the war, many civilian...

Brazil Bans X from Using Children to Power Its AI

This week, Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority banned the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, from...

Corruption, Repression, and Hope in the 2024 Venezuelan Elec…

This year, a handful of elections were scheduled. At least 27 countries, including Algeria, Senegal, Pakistan, and Venezuela, held their presidential elections. Because...

Tackling player health: the disconnect between human rights …

Using the NFL as a case study, Jamie Klinger examines the troubling intersection of professional sports, human...

Liberian Warlord-Politician’s Death and the Search for Justi…

Liberia’s Prince Y. Johnson, who rose to prominence first as a warlord and then politician,...

The Human Rights Concerns of Migration into North Africa – U…

The human rights violations noted against Sub-Saharan African migrants have been increasing exponentially across North Africa, specifically in Tunisia. Tunisia is a transit...

South Korea: President Impeached for Abuse of Power

(Seoul) – The South Korean National Assembly’s 204 to 85 vote to impeach President Yoon...

A Youth Mentoring Program – UAB Institute for Human Rights B…

Introduction The clamor of tiny voices filled the UAB lecture hall, a space usually reserved for undergraduates and professors. At the front of the...

UN Security Council Recommits to Protecting People with Disa…

On December 6, I briefed the United Nations Security Council at its first informal meeting in...