Publication Jul 26, 2024 How the NBA got into business with an African dictator In the summer of 2018, inside a national arena that felt more like a small-college gym, the NBA commissioner shot free throws with the president of Rwanda.
Publication Jul 10, 2024 26 million tons of clothing end up in China’s landfills each year, propelled by fast fashion At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom floor.
Publication Jun 12, 2024 #EndSARS human rights defender exiled after police brutality protests takes up fight against disinformation Raphael Adebayo left Nigeria under an alias after he was targeted for being one of the coordinators of the #EndSARS and #ReformPoliceNG movement now, he is tackling disinformation with a new voter education drive.
Publication May 30, 2024 ‘Sitting in jail for everyone else’ – a Hong Kong democrat’s sacrifice HONG KONG, May 30 (Reuters) – Owen Chow has spent most of the past four years in prison and in repeated court hearings, fighting charges carrying a possible life sentence – a far cry from his days as a nursing student and one of thousands supporting Hong Kong’s democratic freedoms.
Publication May 25, 2024 Việt Nam y án đối với hai ông Thạch Cương và Tô Hoàng Chương Một tòa án ở Trà Vinh vừa y án 4 năm tù đối với ông Thạch Cương và 3 năm 6 tháng tù đối với ông Tô Hoàng Chương, hai nhà hoạt động cho quyền của người bản địa Khmer Krom ở đồng bằng sông Cửu Long mà chính phủ Hoa Kỳ liên tục kêu gọi Việt Nam phóng thích.
Publication May 17, 2024 Bad Business In my Impromptus today, I have some sports — starting with Simone Biles — and some presidential politics — a lot of that — and some language — the shape-shifting of English — and other matters. Try it here.
Publication Apr 26, 2024 San Francisco Casts Lens on Art, Fashion and Activism SFMOMA holds latest Art Bash fundraiser, while couture history and ethical fashion get the spotlight at the de Young, courtesy of FiSF and Wear Your Values.
Publication Apr 26, 2024 How to Dictator-Proof Your Money Human-rights activists around the world have a new tool: unstoppable electronic cash.
Publication Apr 24, 2024 Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for songs critical of regime LONDON — An Iranian court sentenced outspoken rapper Toomaj Salehi to death after his arrest over songs that criticized the government, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Publication Apr 10, 2024 Khmer Krom group petitions for Vietnam to be removed from UN body A group representing Vietnam’s Khmer Krom indigenous people has sent a petition to the United Nations Secretary General requesting the suspension of Vietnam’s membership of the U.N. Human Rights Council, or UNHRC, and calling for the release of imprisoned activists.
Publication Apr 5, 2024 Student leader who had spoken up in land dispute detained In two separate incidents, Cambodian police on Friday arrested the leader of a student organization and a senior opposition party activist in the latest examples of clampdowns on critics of the government or official policies.
Publication Mar 17, 2024 Empowering Human Rights Through Bitcoin And Open Source Software To many, bitcoin is simply a deflationary store of value, an investment, or a “digital gold.”
Publication Jan 24, 2024 STRANDED: HOW BITCOIN IS SAVING WASTED ENERGY AND EXPANDING FINANCIAL FREEDOM IN AFRICA Hundreds of millions of Africans face two problems holding them back from progress: 600 million lack electricity, while virtually all 1.4 billion people on the continent lack high-quality currency.
Publication Nov 20, 2023 Jailed Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released on bail Salehi was imprisoned for his support for the anti-government protests following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini.
Publication Sep 15, 2023 Dramatic projections beamed onto buildings during New York Fashion Week shame clothing industry for using Uyghur forced labor A top nonprofit has beamed striking images onto buildings during New York Fashion week to shame the clothing industry for using Uyghur labor.
Publication Sep 14, 2023 Toufah Jallow: The woman who inspired Gambia’s #Metoo moment It’s been over six years since the start of the #metoo movement, which saw women denounce misogyny worldwide.
Publication Aug 24, 2023 Google Axes Bad Reviews of Tracker Exposing Uyghur Forced Labor Alphabet Inc.’s Google has removed hundreds of negative reviews for a tracker
Publication Jul 15, 2023 Miami-based clothing company has a mission that goes beyond fashion During his 2018 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Dr. Denis Mukwege described some of his first days at Panzi Hospital in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic Congo.
