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May 21, 2024

Millions in the US at Risk of Losing Internet Access

People in the United States are more reliant than ever on using the internet for all aspects of their lives. But one in six US households may lose internet access by June when current federal funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) ends.
Marisol Coronado, center, prepares for a zoom call, while her husband and son spend time in the living room of their apartment in Huntington Park on April 19, 2024.
May 21, 2024

Tibet: Mass Relocations of Tibetans Not Voluntary

Chinese government officials are systematically using extreme forms of pressure to coerce rural Tibetans to relocate their long-established villages. Officials have relocated or are currently relocating 500 villages with over 140,000 residents to new locations, often hundreds of kilometers away.
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May 21, 2024

“Educate the Masses to Change Their Minds”

China’s Forced Relocation of Rural Tibetans

The 71-page report, “‘Educate the Masses to Change Their Minds’: China’s Coercive Relocation of Rural Tibetans,” details how participation in “whole-village relocation” programs in Tibet, in which entire villages are relocated, amounts to forced eviction in violation of international law. Officials misleadingly claim that these relocations will “improve people’s livelihood” and “protect the ecological environment.” The government prevents relocated people from returning to their former homes by generally requiring them to demolish these homes within a year of relocating.

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May 20, 2024

What the Iranian President’s Death Means for Human Rights

Iranians woke up on Monday to the news that President Ebrahim Raeesi, Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian, and several other government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. How Raeesi’s death will affect human rights in the country is already the subject of much commentary.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeesi at the inauguration ceremony of dam of Qiz Qalasi, at the border of Iran and Azerbaijan, on May 19, 2024.
May 20, 2024

Israel/Palestine: ICC Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrants

Karim Khan’s decision to seek arrest warrants for five people for grave international crimes committed in Israel and Palestine since October 7 in the face of pressure from US lawmakers and others reaffirms the crucial role of the International Criminal Court.
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan gives an interview with Reuters about Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, The Hague, Netherlands, October 12, 2023.
May 20, 2024 Audio

Shipbreaking: The Most Dangerous Job in the World

What happens to cargo ships at the end of their lives? Often, they wind up beached on shores in the global south where untrained and unprotected workers are tasked with breaking them apart in dangerous conditions. In this episode, Host Ngofeen Mputwbwele takes listeners to the beaches of Bangladesh where Human Rights Watch
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May 20, 2024

The New Cycle of Atrocities in Darfur Must Be Stopped

For months now, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an independent military force, together with allied armed groups, have been besieging the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. If the city falls, this would likely kick off yet another wave of killings. This is happening in the total absence of any UN or other international or regional presence mandated to protect the civilian population there.
Sudanese girls who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, walk beside makeshift shelters in Adre, Chad, July 29, 2023.
May 20, 2024

Iraq: Repeal Anti-LGBT Law

The Iraqi government should immediately reverse the recently passed law that punishes same-sex conduct and transgender expression with imprisonment. The law violates fundamental human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression, association, privacy, equality, and nondiscrimination of LGBT people in Iraq.
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