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Human Rights

May 26

Ripple CEO Meets Georgian Prime Minister With Awful Human Rights Record

During this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of the popular cryptocurrency Ripple, met with Iraki Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia, whose government has a spotty human rights record and a demonstrated hostility to LGBTQ rights.
By James Ledbetter
May 3

Artist Yulia Tsvetkova, Accused of Distributing Pornography, Begins Hunger Strike

"And here's the big question, am I ready to die? I don't know," Tsvetkova wrote on Facebook.
By Helen Holmes
J.K. Rowling
Oct 31

What J.K. Rowling Can Teach Us About Blockchain’s Relationship to Magic

J.K. Rowling's nonprofit Lumos is working to end the systematic institutionalization of children—and blockchain could play a vital part.
By Mariana Dahan
Neil Bush.
Jul 10

Political Elite Ask Trump to Address ‘Human Rights Abuse’ in Kuwait

By Patrick Hillmann
Saudi state media is now threatening foreign countries from behind a computer screen.
Aug 7

Saudi Arabia Threatens Canadian 9/11, Shows Limits of Twitter Diplomacy

By John Bonazzo
Packages of Tampax brand tampons on a drugstore shelf in New York on Feb. 10, 2016. (Photo by Richard Levine/Corbis via Getty Images)
Jan 23

New York Schools May Start Providing Free Feminine Hygiene Products

By Madina Toure
Protesters attend a "Me Too" rally to denounce sexual harassment and assaults of women in Los Angeles, California on Nov. 12, 2017.
Jan 11

California to Consider New York City’s Legal Standard for Sexual Harassment

By Madina Toure
Saudi Arabia announced to allow women to drive for the first time. The change will take effect in June 2018.
Oct 24

Saudi Arabia Bets on Women Drivers to Boost Troubling Economy

By Sissi Cao
Alfredo Jaar, The Garden of Good and Evil, 2017.
Oct 17

Alfredo Jaar Creates a Garden of Good and Evil in Northern England

By Margaret Carrigan
A man points at a Biafran flag painted on a wall on Old Market road in Onitsha on May 30, 2017, during a shutdown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Nigerian civil war. Nigeria on May 30 marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a civil war, amid renewed tensions and fresh calls for a separate state. The main pro-independence groups -- the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) -- have called for a day of reflection. / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
Jun 7

Why Don’t All Black Lives Matter?

By Judith Bergman
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
May 19

Trump Slaps Sanctions on Venezuela, the North Korea of South America

By John A. Tures
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: Women take photos as protesters walk during the Women's March on Washington, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds are attending the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president.
Mar 20

Why the American Feminist Movement Is Steeped in Hypocrisy

By Eliana Rudee
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 13: People walk past a large banner showing the portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Taksim Square on March 13, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey will hold its constitutional referendum on April 16, 2017. Turks will vote on 18 proposed amendments to the Constitution of Turkey. The controversial changes seek to replace the parliamentary system and move to a presidential system which would give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan executive authority. Campaigning will officially begin on February 25 with a pro referendum rally to be held in Ankara and attended by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
Mar 14

The Irony: Turkish President Cries ‘Nazi’ While Justifying Domestic Purges

By John A. Tures
Members of the Security Council at UN Headquarters in New York.
Mar 13

Former UN Staffer: It’s Imperative US Cuts Ties With United Nations

By Pallavi Kakoti-McHugh
Digital information should be private and secure.
Feb 16

Should Cybersecurity Be a Human Right?

By Scott Shackelford
Meetup is helping protesters resist the Trump agenda.
Feb 14

This Social Network Temporarily Ceased Operations to Figure Out How to Defeat Trump

By John Bonazzo
Fury Young on the cover of his book of poetry, "MEAT & MILK"
Nov 17

The Man Who Recorded the Wrongfully Imprisoned to Fight Mass Incarceration

By Justin Joffe
People kiss during a gay parade on Istiklal Street, the main shopping corridor in Istanbul, on June 22, 2014, during the Trans Pride Parade as part of the Trans Pride Week 2014, which is organized by Istanbul's 'Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transvestites and Transsexuals' (LGBTT) solidarity organization. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC
Jun 30

It’s Time to Stop Turkey’s LGBT Assaults

By Jeff Robbins
President Obama speaks at the Islamic Society of Baltimore on February 3, 2016.
Jun 23

The Islam Speech I Would Have Written for President Obama

By Jason Criss Howk
Abdi Salaam recovers in Ziv Hospital
Mar 16

The Cost of Compassion: Israel Saves Syrians Despite Pushback From Critics

By Eliana Rudee
Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, at Rikers Island.
Feb 17

Afternoon Bulletin: De Blasio Nixes Plan to Shutter Rikers Island

By Parker Richards
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) talks to reporters during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol December 1, 2015 in Washington, DC. Nadler and fellow Democrats were critical of the House Republicans' formation of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's new Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood and abortion, which the Democrats have dubbed the 'Select Committee to Attack Women's Health.' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Jan 5

The Pathetic Partnership of Jerry Nadler and Iran

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Nov 29

Hawa Hassan, Supporting Sustainable Institutions in Somalia with Sauce

By Valentina Rice
The Saudi judiciary issued a public flogging punishment for liberal blogger Raif Badawi last January. (TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Oct 21

With the Saudis, the West Should Take No Prisoners

By Adam Coogle
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