France Grants Safe Haven To Anti-Kremlin Couple Detained By ICE
Tens of thousands of Russians have applied for political asylum in the United States since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Many detainees have been subjected to arbitrary detention (Michael M. Santiago) France has granted safe haven to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple detained by ICE in the United States, but his wife was nowhere to be found after he landed in Paris on Monday. After France issued the couple humanitarian visas to avoid them being deported to Russi
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China Events of 2025
World Report 2026 Published Jan. of 2026 Chinese authorities systematically deny the rights to freedom of expression, association, assembly, and religion, and persecute government critics. Tightened Chinese Communist Party (“Party”) ideological control has been accompanied by harsh forced assimilation of Tibetans and Uyghurs and by imposition of a repressive national security regime in Hong Kong. There has been no accountability for crimes against humanity in Xinjiang where s
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Malaysia Events of 2025
World Report 2026 Published Jan. of 2026 Despite some reforms, Malaysia continues to wield repressive laws to criminalize dissent, censor critical speech, and harass human rights defenders. Refugees and migrants face indefinite detention in overcrowded, unhygienic conditions. In 2025, Malaysia assumed the rotating chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Freedom of Expression, Assembly, and Religion On February 12, police arrested Sevan Dorsaisamy, executi
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From Lost Girl to Advocate: Rebecca Deng on Surviving War, Displacement, and Gender-Based Violence
In this episode of Conversations on Genocide , Brenda and Bhaswati speak with Rebecca Deng, a South Sudanese American author and human rights advocate who survived war, displacement, and gender-based violence as one of the 89 Lost Girls of Sudan. Rebecca shares her journey from a peaceful childhood in South Sudan through life in Kakuma refugee camp to becoming a powerful voice for women and refugees worldwide. We explore the unique challenges children face in refugee camps, t
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Palestine Action terror ban ruled unlawful by High Court
Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, took the Home Office to court over their decision to proscribe the protest group under terror laws. Friday 13 February 2026, The Independent, Holly Bancroft Palestine Action ’s ban under terrorism legislation has been ruled unlawful by the High Court in a humiliating blow for the government. Huda Ammori, co-founder of the group, hailed the outcome as a “monumental victory” in her case against the Home Office. Since the proscriptio
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Amnesty warns CAR Special Court at risk of closure
Central African Republic Special Criminal Court in session. credit: Facebook Amnesty International warns CAR Special Court at risk of closure JuristNews February12, 2026 By Cecilia Akoko Attiogbe Atayi Amnesty International has warned that the Special Criminal Court (SCC) of the Central African Republic (CAR), a hybrid tribunal established to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity, is facing a “serious risk of closure” because of severe funding shortages. Amnesty I
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