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Human Rights
Greg Abbott Blasted for Bussing Migrants to Kamala Harris’s Home in Cruel Stunt
This is the second time since September that migrant people were sent to the vice president's home.
As Temperature Drops, Incarcerated People Brace for Dangerously Cold Conditions
For the millions of people incarcerated in the U.S., freezing temperatures amid failing infrastructure can be deadly.
Pennsylvania Lets Polluter Resume Drilling in Protected Zone After Plea Deal
The new consent order represents a jarring about-face for residents savoring a long-sought resolution to their plight.
Israel Deports Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Who Sent War Crimes Case to ICC
Salah Hammouri had been held in Israeli prisons without charge or trial since March.
Leahy Calls for Expanding Human Rights Law to Cover US Intelligence Agencies
The Vermont senator says the agencies should be barred from providing training and equipment to human rights violators.
Arkansas Circuit Judge: Mumia Abu-Jamal Should Be Freed
“Abu-Jamal was wrongfully prosecuted, wrongfully convicted, wrongfully sentenced and is now wrongfully incarcerated.”
COP27 Is Over But Alaa Abd El-Fattah Remains a Political Prisoner
El-Fattah’s mother and sister discuss his health, his case, his family and his hopes for freedom.
US Arms Sales Continue to Enable War Crimes, Human Rights Violations Worldwide
Meanwhile, a majority of Americans consider arms sales to be “a hazard to U.S. security.”
Egypt Arrests Hundreds in Crackdown Ahead of COP27 Climate Summit
Fifteen Nobel laureates have called on world leaders to pressure Egypt into releasing its many political prisoners.
Xi Jingping Wins Third Term Amid Deteriorating US-China Relations
Ho-fung Hung explains why characterizing the U.S.-China rivalry as a “new Cold War” is misleading.