Truthout
Human Rights
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a town hall hosted by the NAACP on September 11, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Also pictured is Rep. Rashida Tlaib.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1167449560-400x300.jpg)
The Squad Calls for UN Inquiry Into Alleged Human Rights Abuses at Trump’s DHS
Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Omar and Tlaib were among several lawmakers calling for an international investigation.
![Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange leaves Southwark Crown Court in a security van on May 1, 2019, in London, England.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1140452204-400x300.jpg)
Assange Faces Extradition for Exposing US War Crimes
Trump's push to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is a blunt effort to criminalize journalism.
![President Trump, with Ivanka Trump, signs an executive order after delivering remarks at the White House Summit on Human Trafficking in the East Room at the White House on January 31, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/2020_1006-human-tr-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Strict Immigration Laws Exacerbate Human Trafficking in the US
Trump’s summits do little to end human trafficking when his policies make migrants more vulnerable to exploitation.
![Philadelphia Agrees to Grant 50 Vacant Homes to Community Land Trust](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/SEG3-Philly-Encampment-3-400x300.jpg)
Philadelphia Agrees to Grant 50 Vacant Homes to Community Land Trust
The historic victory for unhoused people presents a model for tenant organizing and housing activism.
![A woman holds her baby](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/2020_0916-migrant-mother-400x300.jpg)
Forced Sterilization Is Nothing New to Criminalized People in the US
Allegations of mass hysterectomies at an ICE-run jail are consistent with a long history of state-sanctioned eugenics.
![A man in a wheelchair takes part in a demonstration near the White House while protesting against police brutality and racism in Washington D.C., June 13, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/2020_0915-ableism-ws-400x300.jpg)
Ableism and White Supremacy Are Intertwined — We Must Confront Them Together
Ableism is a systemic oppression and an expression of privilege that finds common ancestry with white supremacy.
![An emergency Department nurse checks her pre-screening app on her phone while wearing personal protective equipment before starting her morning shift at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco, California, on April 11, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/GettyImages-1221734300-400x300.jpg)
Workers’ Health Data Collected for COVID Safety Poses Risk to Labor Rights
Many of these technologies pose severe threats to workers' privacy and other fundamental rights.
![](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/SEG1-Assange-2-400x300.jpg)
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange May Face Up to 175 Years in Prison
The extradition trial could potentially set a chilling precedent for press freedoms around the world.
![A United States Air Force aircraft delivers a second batch of medical ventilators at Vnukovo-3 Airport in Moscow, Russia, on June 4, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/GettyImages-1217494117-400x300.jpg)
Trump Administration Erases LGBTQ People From Major Foreign Aid Policy
A new version of USAID's gender policy omits any mention of transgender people.
![Protesters are seen marching upon the Tennessee State Capitol building on June 4, 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/GettyImages-1246560064-400x300.jpg)
New Tennessee Law Will Disenfranchise Protesters Who Camp on State Property
The GOP-controlled General Assembly and Governor Lee are targeting the Black Lives Matter movement.