In São Paulo’s Brás district, a tragic pattern of violence against street vendors has emerged. Edineide Aparecida Rodrigues, a street vendor and state-protected witness, was shot dead outside her home just 16 days after the police killing of Senegalese vendor Ngagne Mbaye. Rodrigues had previously testified about militia activities and extortion schemes at the Feira […]
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Zimbabwe’s nurses are facing economic despair as plummeting wages, currency instability, and deteriorating working conditions continue to erode their livelihoods, with many unable to meet even the most basic needs. “Nurses are living in abject poverty, unable to afford food, transportation, school fees, or rent,” said Enock Dongo, president of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA), […]
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By Solomon Alaka | Based on reporting by Jurist and Human Rights Watch Vietnamese authorities have leveled new charges against jailed human rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong, intensifying what rights observers describe as a sweeping and systematic crackdown on peaceful dissent. Currently serving a 10-year sentence under Article 117 of Vietnam’s penal code—commonly used to […]
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for the immediate release of Veronika Orlova, a journalist with the independent Russian media outlet SOTAvision, who was sentenced to 13 days of administrative detention after filming emergency services responding to an anti-government protest in Moscow. Orlova was arrested on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, near Bolshoy Moskvoretsky […]
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Panama is witnessing a rapidly expanding national strike as workers, students, and Indigenous groups mobilize against controversial reforms, foreign military agreements, and state repression under the administration of President José Raúl Mulino. The strike, now in its second week, initially led by key labor unions such as SUNTRACS (construction workers), ASOPROF (professors), and SITRAIBANA (banana […]
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Hamas has announced plans to release Edan Alexander, the last known American hostage held in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attack. The 21-year-old Israeli-American soldier was abducted from his military base near the Gaza border during the assault that resulted in over 1,200 Israeli deaths and the capture of 250 hostages.(AP News) The release […]
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The tournament is more than a sporting event. It’s a lifeline. In Ma’rib Governorate, where over 2.3 million internally displaced people have settled, families live in makeshift shelters, often after being forced to flee multiple times. Water is scarce, the heat is unforgiving, and access to education and health care is limited at best. In […]
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The Quartet is calling on the country’s leaders to end hostilities and return to dialogue to fully implement the 2018 peace agreement known as the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS). South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, gained independence in 2011 but soon descended into a […]
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More than 36 million are struggling to meet their basic food needs, which is projected to rise to over 52 million during the lean season from June to August, latest analysis reveals. This includes almost three million people facing emergency conditions, and 2,600 people in Mali who are at risk of catastrophic hunger. Although needs […]
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“Without funding, asylum seekers are left in limbo – undocumented, unsupported and increasingly desperate,” said Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection. Her comments follow a 41 per cent budget cut to the UN agency’s operations in the country that have had devastating consequences. “This is not about luxuries; the assistance we’re cutting is critical […]
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