Vegemite is not a human right(cnn.com)
18 points by sumnole | 13 comments
CNN/AP news article reporting that a Victorian judge rejected a murderer's challenge to the state prison ban on Vegemite, which he argued breached his cultural rights.
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Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem Pillay(nobelprize.org)
441 points by Anon84 | 225 comments
Official Nobel Prize press release announcing the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navanethem Pillay.
South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize(france24.com)
15 points by abdullahalharir | 5 comments
France 24 news article reporting that former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay of South Africa won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
Anger as man sentenced to death for Facebook comment(themirror.com)
36 points by bcaulfield | 18 comments
Mirror US news article about a man sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after a Facebook comment was screenshotted and passed to authorities and his employer.
Three AI agents, two countries, and one uneven world wide web(royapakzad.substack.com)
35 points by effects | 1 comments
Substack post by researcher Roya Pakzad comparing how GPT, Claude, and Muse AI agents handle multilingual research, source access, human-in-the-loop, and observability.
California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states(bbc.com)
57 points by dabinat | 64 comments
BBC News article reporting that California has banned child marriage, which remains legal in 32 US states.
Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE(alqst.org)
1002 points by giuliomagnifico | 427 comments
ALQST article reporting that Meta has blocked human rights organizations' accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal(iranintl.com)
790 points by mhb | 544 comments
Iran International exclusive report claiming documents show over 36,500 people were killed in Iran's deadliest massacre.
The US polluters that are rewriting the EU's human rights and climate law(somo.nl)
368 points by saubeidl | 208 comments
SOMO investigation into how US fossil fuel companies are lobbying to weaken the EU's corporate sustainability due diligence rules on human rights and climate.
US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces(bbc.com)
665 points by tartoran | 341 comments
BBC News article reporting that the US government shut down a website for reporting human rights abuses by foreign forces armed by the US.
Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza(middleeasteye.net)
1090 points by Qem | 856 comments
Middle East Eye news article reporting that a UN commission of inquiry concluded Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a report its authors say could inform an ICJ ruling.
EFF’s concerns about the UN Cybercrime Convention(eff.org)
342 points by walterbell | 92 comments
EFF Deeplinks post by Katitza Rodriguez outlining the organization's concerns about the UN draft Cybercrime Convention.
Banana giant Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries(bbc.com)
488 points by no_exit | 240 comments
BBC News article reporting that a US court held banana company Chiquita liable for funding Colombian paramilitary groups.
'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture(aljazeera.com)
577 points by wahnfrieden | 1035 comments
Al Jazeera feature in which Gaza boys and men describe being arrested and allegedly tortured by Israeli forces during the 2023 war.
Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN(ohchr.org)
321 points by layer8 | 173 comments
UN Human Rights Office press release (Aug 2023) on a report finding hundreds of thousands of people trafficked into forced online scam operations in Southeast Asia.
UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubling’ Public Order Bill(ohchr.org)
333 points by BerislavLopac | 437 comments
OHCHR press release from 27 April 2023 in which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges the UK to reverse its Public Order Bill.