News Nov 14, 2017 Gobierno de Venezuela anuncia que controlará las redes sociales con gran severidad El Nuevo Herald (CARACAS) — El gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro anunció el lunes que el organismo regulador del sector de telecomunicaciones controlará las redes sociales con una severidad semejante a la que ha mostrado desde hace casi dos décadas con las estaciones de radio y televisión del país.
News Nov 13, 2017 Holding chess championship in Saudi Arabia is a ‘horrible’ move, top players say (The Telegraph) – A raft of top players have now revealed they will boycott the blitz and rapid event, one of the most exciting in the chess calendar, over concerns about safety and human rights in the ultra-conservative regime.
News Nov 13, 2017 We’re Not Done Yet, Hague Court Tells Burundi’s Leaders When Burundi became the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court less than two weeks ago, its leaders thought they had successfully avoided an inquiry into egregious crimes…
News Nov 9, 2017 Venezuela Constituent Assembly Cracks Down On Media (NPR) – The Assembly, created by Maduro in July and mainly composed of his supporters, bans any message transmitted through radio, television or social media that instigates hate …
News Nov 9, 2017 No school, no salary: the children tricked into domestic servitude in Zanzibar For months, Rose was forced to work from sunrise to sunset, never paid and beaten for the smallest infraction. Now, in a shelter for trafficking victims, hidden away down a backstreet on the outskirts of Zanzibar City, the 13-year old is shaking as she recounts what it was like being a child domestic worker for a wealthy family.
News Nov 9, 2017 U.N. watchdog tells Congo to hold election, clean up human rights (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Committee on Thursday gave Democratic Republic of Congo a year to report on actions it has taken to hold free and fair elections and clean up its rights record.
News Nov 8, 2017 Art of dissent: Protesting Russia’s Putin with Pussy Riot Their goal is for people to experience the brutality and oppression of Putin’s Russia. The play will be featured at the Saatchi Gallery in London’s Chelsea neighborhood from November 14 to December 24.
News Nov 7, 2017 Robert Mugabe sacks vice-president to clear path to power for wife (The Guardian) – Robert Mugabe has fired his powerful vice-president, clearing the way for his wife, Grace, to succeed him as leader of Zimbabwe.
News Nov 7, 2017 10 North Koreans Detained in China; ‘We Fear the Worst,’ Activist Says SEOUL, South Korea — Ten North Koreans, including a 3-year-old boy and his mother, have been arrested in China and face being deported to their totalitarian homeland, a rights activist in South Korea said on Tuesday.
News Nov 7, 2017 Their Sons Sought a More Democratic Hong Kong, and Got Prison (The New York Times) – In August, a court in Hong Kong sentenced three young pro-democracy activists to six to eight months in prison, making them what some have called the first political prisoners in the former British colony since its return to Chinese rule two decades ago.
News Nov 7, 2017 More Than a Million People in South Sudan Are on the Brink of Starvation Humanitarian organizations blame the worsening situation on South Sudan’s continuing conflict, which is nearing its fifth year and has killed more than 50,000 people.
News Nov 6, 2021 ‘We Are Everywhere’: How Ethiopia Became a Land of Prying Eyes (The New York Times) – When he is away from his fields, Takele Alene, a farmer in northern Ethiopia, spends a lot of his time prying into the personal and political affairs of his neighbors.
News Nov 6, 2017 HRF Demands Release of American Journalist in Zimbabwe O’Donovan was arrested on November 3 in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, for allegedly tweeting — almost a month ago — that President Robert Mugabe was a “very selfish and sick man,” along with a photo accusing him of using a catheter.
News Nov 6, 2017 HRF to Cuba: Explain Disappearance of Human Rights Activists “On October 23, Cuban activists Robert Jiménez Gutiérrez and César Ivan Mendoza Regal were supposed to travel to the United States from Havana. Family and friends denounced that their whereabouts remain unknown ever since…”
News Nov 6, 2017 The Saudi crown prince just made a very risky power play Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he’s cracking down on corruption. But the sweeping arrests of cabinet ministers and senior princes Saturday night looked to many astonished Arab observers like a bold but risky consolidation of power.
News Nov 3, 2017 Jailed Belarusian Opposition Leader Statkevich Gets Additional 10 Days In Prison (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty) – Incarcerated Belarusian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Mikalay Statkevich had his arrest prolonged to 10 more days, his wife says.
News Nov 3, 2017 Fate of Stateless Rohingya Muslims Is in Antagonistic Hands (The New York Times) — A skinny finger of water separates Bangladesh from Myanmar, and the other night a group of men sat on the Bangladeshi side, peering into the darkness, wondering what was left for them.
News Nov 2, 2017 Vietnam dissident’s daughter calls on Melania Trump for help (Reuters) – The 10-year-old daughter of a jailed Vietnamese blogger, “Mother Mushroom”, has appealed to U.S. First Lady Melania Trump to help win her mother’s release ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to Vietnam next month.
News Nov 1, 2017 28 killed in rare protests in Eritrea, opposition group says ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — At least 28 people have been killed in rare protests in the capital of Eritrea, one of the world’s most reclusive nations, an official with the largest Eritrean opposition group said Wednesday.
News Nov 1, 2017 Eritrea’s Asmara city hit by rare student protest Rare protests broke out in Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, with reports of shooting in the city on Tuesday. Security forces responded by firing shots to disperse protesters, unverified video footage widely circulated on social media shows.
