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53 pro-democracy activists, including an American lawyer, arrested in Hong Kong in the city"s biggest crackdown yet under China"s severe security law

They were arrested in early-morning raids on Wednesday under China's draconian national security law, which was imposed on Hong Kong last June. John Clancey, a human-rights lawyer, is .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 6th, 2021

How Bitcoin Is Used to Promote Human Rights: Stories From Activists and Refugees

CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein and Syrian entrepreneur Moe Ghashim to discuss how cultural context shapes the way people view bitcoin, including stories from the Middle East......»»

Category: forexSource: coindeskFeb 17th, 2020

24 assassinations that changed the world

Carl Mydans/The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty From political leaders to human rights activists to former Russian spies, assassinations have changed the world. Beloved politicians like Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luthe.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 10th, 2020

Photos show Kim Jong Un opening a new ski town that North Korean state media called the "epitome of civilization" — but human rights activists say it was built with slave labor

KCNA via Reuters A .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderDec 3rd, 2019

Human rights lawyer who investigated Jamal Khashoggi"s murder explains why she"s hopeful that the case could still be solved

Panorama team/BBC Panorama United Nations rapporteur Agnès Callamard investigated Jamal Khashoggi's death for six months. She presented a 100-page report in June that provided credible evidence that .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 23rd, 2019

Activist investors to pressure privately held Palantir on human rights

A group advocating ethical investing will ask backers of tech analytics company Palantir Technologies to push for changes to its business practices, a rare case of coordinated shareholder action against a privately held company......»»

Category: topSource: reutersNov 22nd, 2019

Uighur activists say China is running nearly 500 detention camps and prisons in Xinjiang based on satellite images

Reuters A Uighur human rights group says.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 14th, 2019

WhatsApp accuses Israeli firm of helping governments hack phones of journalists, human rights workers

WhatsApp on Tuesday accused the Israeli surveillance company NSO of helping governments hack into the mobile devices of more than 100 people worldwide, including journalists and human rights workers......»»

Category: topSource: washpostOct 29th, 2019

Animal rights activists arrested at California Whole Foods

Activists used a giant cut-out of Jeff Bezos' head, live music and human chains to protest Whole Foods' animal product providers.....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralOct 1st, 2019

Gun Firms Must Abide By Human Rights Policy: Activists

Gun Compan.....»»

Category: blogSource: valuewalkSep 11th, 2019

French Activists Successfully Block Saudi Ship From Loading Purchased Weapons 

Authored by Andrea Germanos via Common Dreams A human rights organizat.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeMay 12th, 2019

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels

Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels......»»

Category: topSource: reutersApr 5th, 2019

Open Letters Ask Mark Zuckerberg: Why Does Facebook Help Governments Crush Dissent and Fuel Ethnic Conflict?

Activists and human rights advocates want answers from Facebook......»»

Category: topSource: newsweekApr 10th, 2018

Utah Missionary Set to Be Freed From Venezuela Detention

A former missionary from Utah who spent two years in a Venezuelan prison in what human-rights lawyers called a trumped up case is to be released later Saturday by President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian government......»»

Category: topSource: wsjMay 26th, 2018

Criticism of North Korean Repression Is Discouraged, Activists Complain

South Korean authorities, wary of upsetting a rapprochement with North Korea, are playing down the need to confront Pyongyang’s human-rights violations, worrying defectors and activists who have spoken out against the regime’s repression......»»

Category: topSource: wsjJun 25th, 2018

Case Against Reuters Journalists in Myanmar Moves to Trial

A judge’s ruling against the two journalists dashed hopes that they would be released in a case that has alarmed human rights and free press advocates......»»

Category: mediaSource: nytJul 9th, 2018

Saudi Arabia Detains More Women"s Rights Activists

Authorities have detained two women’s rights activists, human-rights groups said, broadening a campaign of arrests that has drawn international criticism and tainted the kingdom’s top-down reforms agenda......»»

Category: topSource: wsjAug 1st, 2018

Saudi Arabia has expelled the Canadian ambassador and is freezing new trade with the country in an escalating feud over human rights

Getty Images/Business Insider Saudi Arabia has expelled Canada's ambassador and frozen all new trade and investment with Ottawa over an escalating dispute centered on jailed human rights activists. The feud appears to .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderAug 6th, 2018

Canada defiant after Saudi Arabia freezes new trade over human rights call

Canada has refused to back down in its defense of human rights after Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment and expelled the Canadian ambassador in retaliation for Ottawa's call to free arrested Saudi civil society activists. Emily Wither reports......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersAug 7th, 2018

Saudi Arabia has detained several prominent human rights activists in a massive crackdown— and it"s sparked a huge feud with Canada

Saudi Arabia has detained several women's rights activists in recent months, including award-winning campaigner Samar Badawi, which sparked a massive feud with Canada. Canada tweeted on Frid.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderAug 9th, 2018