Automated Hardship
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“I skip a meal so my children can eat and to ensure that the bills are paid.”
-Janet, 35, March 2020…
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Cyprus: Asylum Seekers Summarily Returned
Pushbacks Against Surge of Arrivals by Boat From Lebanon
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Cyprus coast guard carrying migrants from a boat…
UK: Automated Benefits System Failing People in Need
Government’s Flawed ‘Universal Credit’ Algorithm Pushing People into Poverty
(London) – The United Kingdom government’s rigid…
Ethiopian Forces Should Show Restraint at Upcoming Festival
Oromo Holiday Has Been a Flashpoint for Violence
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Armed security forces watch during the Irreecha…
Interview: Don’t Fear the Machines, Fear the People Running Them
What Happens When You Take The ‘Human’ Out Of Human Rights?
Governments worldwide increasingly use automation to deliver social welfare programs to people. They claim automation helps speed up the delivery of welfare support. But losing human input can spell danger for people’s livelihoods. As new research shows,…
Technical Difficulties
A ChinaFile Conversation
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To the Core-Group and Co-Sponsoring States to the MLA Initiative
24 September 2020
The undersigned non-governmental organizations welcome a number of improvements made in the March 2020 version of the Draft Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and…
UK Data Shows People with Disabilities Caught in Covid-19 Crosshairs
UK Parliament Needs to Act Fast to Save Lives
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Chile: Reject ‘Anti-Denial’ Law
Bill on Denying Dictatorship-Era Abuses Would Criminalize Protected Speech
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General Augusto Pinochet, who from 1973 to 1990 led…
Where Is Covid Emergency Aid Money Going?: Daily Brief
Where is Covid emergency aid money going?; justice awaits for Conakry stadium victims; Afghan parties should end attacks on civilians; Hong Kong protesters are held incommunicado; does anyone care about Moria refugees?; how Covid-related school closures…
Another Spike in Philippines’ ‘Drug War’ Deaths
Latest Data Shows Police Killings Rising amid Covid-19 Pandemic
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China: 12 Hong Kong Protesters Held Incommunicado
Detained Pro-democracy Activists Denied Basic Rights
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Relatives of 12 Hong Kong activists apprehended at…
Adoption of the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Kyrgyzstan
Item 6 – UN Human Rights Council
We cannot underscore enough our deep sadness and dismay that the Kyrgyz government took no action on Finland’s recommendation and Ireland’s statement to release the human rights defender Azimjon Askarov from prison. Instead authorities denied him adequate…
Guinea: Stadium Massacre Victims Await Justice
Still No Trial 11 Years after September 28, 2009 Attack in Conakry
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In Guinea’s capital, Conakry, family members cry…
Tracking the Trillions: 6-Month Checkup on IMF’s Covid-19 Emergency Aid
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Demonstrators run from teargas fired by police at a…
Afghans Tentatively Talk Peace in a Year of Rising Violence
Negotiating Parties Should End Unlawful Attacks on Civilians
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Friends and families of people killed in the…
Hong Kong: Stop Prosecuting Pro-Democracy Activists
Drop Charges Against Joshua Wong, Others
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong…
Key Rights at Stake in US Supreme Court Pick
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In Belarus Crackdown, Bitter Humour to Stem the Pain
As the crackdown continues in Belarus, protesters have responded with humour - but UN action, or sanctions, could really help.
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Riot police stand guard during demonstrations…
Joint Civil Society Statement
ICC Independent Expert Review: The court and states should seize opportunity to strengthen court’s performance
We call on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its states parties to maximize the unique opportunity provided by the final report of the Independent Expert Review (IER). We believe this requires identifying a plan that is characterized by genuine…
