Women of color in the United States encounter racism when it comes to their sexual and reproductive health, a situation exacerbated by gender and class discrimination — report submitted to UN committee examining racism. https://trib.al/Jw8SPAP
“On 25 April 2022, a Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced university students Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi to 16 years in prison on spurious national security charges after a grossly unfair trial. Their convictions were based on “confessions” which both … Continued
Amnesty International reported: “The Iranian authorities have embarked on an execution spree, killing at least 251 people between 1 January and 30 June 2022, according to research by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights in Iran and Amnesty International. … Continued
On October 14, 2021, Human Rights Watch released a report supported by Amnesty International about abuses of immigration detainees in provincial jails in Canada. Human Right Watch is urging the Canadian government to sever their contracts to hold detainees in … Continued
A disappointing reflection of political reality in the United States: as the population of prisons and jails gets whiter, which it is, the possibility increases of the American public finally addressing the US problem with over-incarceration. Read, Washington Post: Prisons … Continued
The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights, and that’s why it should be opposed in all cases andwork to abolish it. Many human rights organizations are making tremendous progress – today, 20 states in the U.S. and … Continued