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Jul 15
What happens when your island disappears? Academy Award–nominated actor and human rights advocate @MarkRuffalo has joined forces with Human Rights Watch, NowHere Media, and Agog to narrate "Solwata," a new immersive documentary spotlighting the human consequences of climate
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Hong Kong’s High Court has found Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan guilty of "inciting subversion of state power." The truth? They held peaceful vigils for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. Each now faces up to 10 years in prison. Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan, and all
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Good news! Bolivia has celebrated its first civil marriage between two women. This is a historic milestone for the rights of same-sex couples in a country where marriage equality is still not guaranteed nationwide. Bolivian authorities, including the Legislative Assembly, should
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Aug 20
On July 10 at about 5 a.m., more than 100 Africa Corps’ fighters, accompanied by several Malian soldiers, stormed a village in Mali in pickup trucks and on motorbikes. They shot and killed six civilians who tried to flee. In early July, Russian government-controlled Africa
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Aug 20
Attacks by settlers in the occupied West Bank are increasingly driving the forced displacement of Palestinian communities, with dozens at risk of erasure. Israeli authorities are arming, funding, and granting impunity to the violent settlers responsible for these escalating
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