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California Man Sentenced in Connection With Cross-Country Money Laundering Conspiracy

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal judge sentenced a...

Former Federal Law Enforcement Officer Agrees to Plead Guilty

BOSTON – A former U.S. Postal Inspector...

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DR Congo: Second Term Should Focus on Rights

(Kinshasa) – Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi should ensure that human rights are central to his policies during his second term in...

Ghana: President Should Veto Anti-LGBT Bill

(Nairobi) – Ghana’s parliament on February 28, 2024 passed a draconian bill that increases criminal penalties for consensual same-sex conduct and criminalizes individuals and...

Ecuador | jugendliche Klimaaktivistin eingeschüchtert

Leonela Moncayo ist die Tochter der Menschenrechtsverteidiger*innen Silvia Zambrano und Donald Moncayo von der Organisation "Unión de Afectados por Texaco" (UDAPT), die strategische Rechtsstreits...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the 18th Annual International Women of Courage Award Ceremony

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Morning, everyone, and welcome – welcome to the White House. To the First Lady, Dr. Biden, thank you for again opening this remarkable...

Cedar City Residents Accused of Stealing 76 Firearms from C-A-L Ranch Stores Face Federal Charges

ST. GEORGE, Utah — A federal grand jury in St. George returned an indictment charging three Cedar City residents with firearm offenses after they were...

Real Estate Tycoon Faces $12.5 Billion Fraud Trial

Real estate mogul Truong My Lan is on trial for alleged fraud totaling $12.5 billion, which accounts for nearly 3% of Vietnam's GDP in...

Türkiye: Big Tech Should Protect Online Expression, Resist Censorship

(Istanbul) – Social media companies should resist intensifying efforts by Turkish authorities to control their platforms through demands that they block content critical of...

Proposed EU Forced Labor Regulation Should Focus on Workers

European Union governments meeting today in Brussels to discuss a proposed ban on products linked to forced labor, should allow forced labor victims in...

US States Should Ensure Indigenous Voting Rights

Nearly 100 years ago in June 1924, the US Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, granting citizenship to the Indigenous peoples who had long...

Mali: Security Force Whistleblower Arrested

(Nairobi) – Mali’s military authorities have arrested a colonel from the gendarmerie who recently published a book about abuses by the Malian armed forces,...

Iraq: Unregistered Marriages Harm Women and Children

Religious leaders in Iraq conduct thousands of marriages each year, including child marriages, that flout Iraqi laws and are not officially registered. These marriages create...

Chad: Prominent Opposition Leader Killed

(Nairobi) – The killing of a potential presidential candidate during an assault by Chadian security forces on an opposition party headquarters raises serious concerns...

Thousands Flee New Violence in Northern Mozambique

A new wave of deadly attacks in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado by an armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS)...

Australia: Youth Thought Dead May Be Held in Northeast Syria

(Sydney, March 2, 2024) – An Australian youth forced as a child to live under the Islamic State, who was believed to have died...

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