By Shannon Kirby
The advance of these technologies is not occurring as an exception. They are established silently, without public debate, without transparency and without people knowing the fate of their data
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the news that a Tunisian court has sentenced Sihem Bensedrine to 25 years in prison after being convicted on bogus charges in connection with her work as the President of the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD), Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard said: “This verdict is an utter travesty of justice. It is outrageous […] The post Tunisia: 25-year-prison term for prominent human rights defender Sihem Bensedrine an outrageous injustice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to news that Kazakhstani authorities have detained Batikha Bilashkyzy, whose brother, Serikzhan Bilash, is a human rights defender and the founder of the Atajurt movement, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “Batikha Bilashkyzy’s detention on apparently politically motivated and fabricated fraud charges is deeply alarming. She must be released […] The post Kazakhstan: Authorities must end apparent reprisals against relatives of Atajurt activists appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the start on Sunday of a 13-day blanket ban on protests in Ankara, and the imprisonment in pretrial detention of more than 100 people including lawyers, academics and activists ahead of the 36th NATO summit in Türkiye, Esther Major, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director Research for Europe, said: “The blanket ban on all protests […] The post Türkiye: Authorities must lift blanket protest ban ahead of NATO Summit and release scores of arbitrarily detained people appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Dulce Suarez, Assistant Director of the Academy for International Disaster Preparedness, Florida International University
If you want to help, an aid expert advises you to donate cash to nonprofits involved in local rescue and recovery efforts.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Marchers with the Greater Seattle Business Association, Washington State's LGBTQ+ and allied chamber of commerce, during the annual Seattle Pride Parade, June 25, 2023. © 2023 Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo When the Egypt and Iran teams meet at Lumen Field in Seattle tonight, soccer fans will be free to wave the rainbow flag. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) confirmedThursday that it would not bar the symbol from the stadium over formal objections from both countries’ football federations. It is the right call. On June 25, FIFA called…
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By Yih-Teen Lee, Professor, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)
When Pope Leo XIV blessed the Sagrada Família’s tallest, gravity-defying tower on June 10, he took a moment to remember not only the church’s architect, Antoni Gaudí, but also the many people – workers and funders alike – who have made its ongoing construction possible over the last 140 years.
“Together with Gaudí, as we commemorate the centenary of his death, we remember and give thanks this evening to all the supporters and benefactors, the artists and the workers who cooperated in the construction of an architectural masterpiece, which is also an eloquent catechesis made of stones,…
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By Javier Martín Vide, Catedrático de Geografía Física, Universitat de Barcelona
Europe is the fastest warming continent – almost all of its heat records have been broken in the 21st century.
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By Morgan Marietta, Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
Two recent Supreme Court rulings suggest the high court is so pro-gun it has decided it must also be pro-drugs.
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By Amy McAuliffe, Visiting Distinguished Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame
Israel has long sought to gain a military advantage by degrading its adversaries’ military capabilities outside of times of direct conflict.
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