OECD: Probe Colombia's inaction on indigenous hunger crisis

Expand A house in a rural Wayuu community in La Guajira, Colombia, June 2016. © 2016 Human Rights Watch Amelia sat on a bench outside her one-room straw-roofed hut knitting a handbag while her toddler grandsons played nearby in the dirt. They were skinny, and itchy-looking red rashes spread up their arms. “They spend days without eating,” said Amelia. She told me she sold the colorful bags she knits for the equivalent of five US dollars each—though they are sold for as much as $50 online. But such handicrafts don’t go far to alleviate the dire malnutrition suffered by the Wayuu, Colombia’s…

Read complete article

~	Elon Musk vs Australia: global content take-down orders can harm the internet if adopted widely

~	The NSW treasurer says a slashed share of GST will cost his state $11.9 billion. But where did he get this figure?

~	Kazakhstan: New Law to Protect Women Improved, but Incomplete

~	Mali: Political parties call for presidential elections to end military transition

~	What doesn’t kill you makes for a great story – two new memoirs examine the risky side of life

~	Elon Musk says ‘disc replacement’ worked for him. But evidence this surgery helps chronic pain is lacking

~	Angola: Proposed Security Law Threatens Rights

~	Many Australians face losing their homes right now. Here’s how the government should help

~	Vastly bigger than the Black Summer: 84 million hectares of northern Australia burned in 2023

~	We’re only using a fraction of health workers’ skills. This needs to change