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Inside Indonesia's slave island: 'I want my children to be free'

PARIS - Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where people are still born into bondage.

Bangkok Post

Hafta letters: Subscribers on Satluj debate, KPS Gill, and the World Cup

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Newslaundry

Nine in Ten Detainees at America's Largest ICE Camp Report Beatings, Watchdogs Find

A new HRW/ACLU report finds 9 in 10 detainees at Camp East Montana describe beatings by guards. DHS denies it; deaths and lawsuits keep mounting.

Latin Times

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Washington is ready to 'upend the rules-based world order', HRW chief says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Human Rights Watch executive director Philippe Bolopion says the Trump administration has "launched an all-out assault on human rights" at home and abroad. He calls the Fort Bliss ICE detention centre a "human rights catastrophe" and warns Washington is ready to "upend the rules-based…

France 24

A Texas Immigrant Detention Center Is a 'Human Rights Disaster,' Civil Rights Groups Say in Report

Camp East Montana is the largest immigration detention center in the nation. It's also plagued by brutality and neglect, according to a string of internal and external investigations.

Reason

Detainees at Texas ICE facility report frequent beatings and abuse

At least three detainees held at the Texas facility since it opened in August have died

The Independent UK

Bukele Clears the Last Hurdle to a Third Term as His Party Anoints Him for 2027

Bukele's party made his 2027 candidacy official, capping a legal overhaul that erased term limits and cleared his path to 2033.

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Ethiopia 'closely engaged' over citizens facing execution in Saudi Arabia

Ethiopia says it's continuing "sustained diplomatic and consular efforts" to help dozens of its citizens facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, after an international rights group warned that at least 58 Ethiopian migrants are at imminent risk of execution.

Radio France Internationale

Xi Jinping's Chinese Underground Christian Churches Crackdown Now Targets Children, Lawyers and Online Worship

China's crackdown on underground Christian churches intensifies, targeting children, lawyers, and online worship, raising international concerns over religious freedom under Xi's 'Sinicisation'.

International Business Times UK

Trump is a danger to US democracy. But the resistance is working

The president has made dangerous inroads in his push toward autocracy. Yet the prospects for his success are dimming

The Guardian - US

‘It was a massacre’: Haiti gangs carry out mass killings across the country

The Guardian has found evidence of a massacre that left at least 70 civilians dead as the country’s security forces struggle to control even the main roads to the capital

The Guardian - UK

Mali's war on civilians deepens as alliances shift, HRW says

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the army, allied militias and Islamist armed groups have all committed abuses with impunity since the attacks in northern Mali in April.

Radio France Internationale

A generational shift is transforming the US-Israel relationship

The Iran war has accelerated the fraying of ties. An end to unconditional US support would force a reckoning with reality

The Guardian - US

All warring parties in Mali committed 'grave abuses' against civilians, report says

Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists, the Malian army and its Russian allies have all committed "grave abuses" against civilians during and after the April attacks that rocked the West African country, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Monday.

France 24

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The Independent UK

A rights group warns Vietnam is ramping up arrests under broad laws to crush dissent

A rights group is warning that Vietnam is increasingly using broadly worded laws to arrest activists, dissidents and others seen as threats to Communist Party rule

The Guardian - US

UN calls for ‘prompt investigations’ of deaths in US immigration custody

High commissioner for human rights calls for ‘those responsible for violations of the law’ to be held to account

The Independent UK

Over 50 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House: report

‘The mortality rate of deaths in ICE custody is at its highest level in over a decade,’ the report found

The Economic Times

US immigration custody death rate at decade high: Rights groups

The rate of people dying in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody has reached its highest level in over a decade amid US President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigrants, rights groups said Thursday. The report also highlighted a high number of people dying by suicide in ICE custody, with seven…

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The Guardian - UK

How paragliding soldiers carrying bombs rain destruction on Myanmar’s villages

Military evades sanctions by using hobbyists’ motorised aircraft to bomb civilians in opposition-held territory

The Guardian - US

Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate

As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence

France 24

Father of three seized by ICE at FIFA match last summer warns immigrant fans of danger

Manuel*, a Latin American asylum seeker, was snatched by ICE as he headed to a FIFA match in New Jersey with his sons last summer. He has now been separated from his wife and sons for almost a year. Detained at MetLife stadium in Newark, where the World Cup final…

International Business Times UK

UN Confirms Child Killed After Taliban Open Fire on Rare Women's Rights Rally

A child was killed in Herat, Afghanistan, as Taliban forces fired on protesters demanding the release of women arrested for hijab violations. The crackdown highlights ongoing repression under Taliban rule.

France 24

HRW report accuses M23 of detaining and abusing thousands in DR Congo

In tonight's edition, a new Human Rights Watch report uncovers mass forced recruitment and arbitrary detention by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group in eastern DR Congo. Also, we head to Durban, where thousands of foreign nationals displaced by xenophobic violence remain camped outside the Department of Home Affairs. And finally,…

The Independent UK

‘Troubling’ Trump health deals with Africa jeopardise human rights, report says

Report from Human Rights Watch says countries should be ‘wary’ of US push for agreements with individual African nations

The Conversation

Turkish democracy on trial: how Erdoğan’s rule has undermined justice and weakened his rivals

There has been unrest across Turkey after an appeals court annulled the results of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) 2023 leadership election, deposing the popular winner Özgür Özel.

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