Human Rights

CONGRATULATIONS to abolitionists all over the world. August 11, 2026, will stand in history as a great day for Lebanon, which has just abolished the death penalty and provided a pioneering model in the region. After a 22-year de facto…

After 76 days of peaceful protest against the government and development projects linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, the Flamingo Revolution movement awaits the arrival of hundreds of diaspora members on August 14, 15, and 16, who will join…

By Sheikh Arif (Dhaka Bureau) The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite force in Bangladesh, alongside the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), has implemented maximum security measures across the country, including the capital Dhaka, surrounding the anniversary of the assassination of…

By Sheikh Arif (Dhaka Bureau) Humanist Movement, Bangladesh Chapter has finalized a comprehensive series of national programs to mark the global campaign ‘4th World March for Peace and Nonviolence in My City- 2026’, scheduled to take place worldwide from September…

Letter back to Mark Zuckerberg, who wrote to the whole world in order to look at no one. I return to you your favorite word, that “everyone,” and with it I turn the planet around —from China to America, counterclockwise—…

Faced with the threat of cuts to labor rights, included in the request for legislative powers by Keiko Fujimori’s government, the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) called for a peaceful march on August 13. Thousands of workers from…

After the acquittal of all 40 alleged accused by the court, the case regarding the alleged mass killing of five Dalits in Dangawas, Rajasthan—which occurred 11 years ago—is back in the headlines with anger and resentment. On August 12, 2026,…

Today, finally, the parliamentary groups of the Chamber of Deputies, Ahora Nación (AN) and Juntos por el Perú (JP), presented the bill repealing Law No. 32645, which creates the Professional Association of Artists of Peru (CPAP). The bill seeks to…

By Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) In an unprecedented effort to restore discipline to its financial sector and reclaim money laundered abroad, Bangladesh has launched an ambitious international legal campaign. Banks in the country have begun hiring world-renowned international law…

Climate change is the force behind the greatest migration storm of all time. It will be 500,000,000 or maybe 2,000,000,000; nobody knows for sure how many, but as climate change worsens, the estimates go up. Scientific studies run the gamut…