Indonesia: President designates spread of LGBTQ (LGBTQI+) culture as Nonmilitary Threat
Amnesty International Indonesia July 7, 2026 Credit: billyhanggara / Shutterstock Responding to recent backlash against online expression of LGBTQI+, which derived from the Presidential Regulation on General Policy for National Defense, which classifies the spread of LGBTQI+ culture as a non-military threat to the state, Amnesty International Indonesia’s executive director Usman Hamid says: “We express our profound concern regarding Indonesia’s Presidential Regulation No. 111
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Country Report: Bolivia September 2026
By Renata Lampert Artisanal gold miners working on the Kaka river in the La Paz region of the Bolivian Amazon. Image by Dan Collyns. Bolivia, 2023. Bolivia faces a continuing state of socio-political crises characterized by systemic impunity, institutional fragility, and escalating systemic violence targeting vulnerable populations. The elections of 2019 triggered the acceralation of the Bolivian socio-political collapse. President Evo Morales resigned after an Organization o
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Fascist Squads Patrol The Streets In Valencia, Spain
By Joaquín Gil August 29, 2026 The far-right political party España 2000 uses an NGO as cover to monitor neighbourhoods that have large immigrant populations They call themselves the “Angels of the Night.” On paper, they present themselves as a grassroots neighborhood group alarmed by rising crime in Valencia. Dressed in black T-shirts and caps bearing a silver logo of two children holding hands beneath angel wings, the self-styled vigilantes are preparing to patrol the stree
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Human Rights Report Sheds Light On Recent Massacre In Haiti
By Dánica Coto September 17, 2026 People gather next to the bodies of people they said were their relatives and were killed in a gang attack in Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug.24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A human rights group in Haiti has revealed new details about one of the country’s biggest massacres in recent years and unveiled security holes as authorities struggle to contain violent gangs. The National Human
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Human Trafficking as an Instrument of Genocide
Reconceptualizing Human Trafficking as an Instrument of Genocide, Part 2. By Renata Lampert NARA Record Group 75 Part 1 of this article established the doctrinal grounds for analyzing human trafficking under Article II of the Genocide Convention. This second part applies the conceptual framework by evaluating three case studies where trafficking was weaponized for group destruction. Child Transfers and Forced Assimilation: Ukraine Forced child transfer from Ukrainian to Russi
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Yale Program Tracking Stolen Ukrainian Children At Risk
By Alex Raufoglu September 09, 2026 Ukrainian children returning home in February after being held in Russia. (RFE/RFL) WASHINGTON -- Researchers at Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab working to track Ukrainian children forcibly transferred to Russia and Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine could see their positions eliminated by December unless new funding is secured, the lab’s executive director told RFE/RL. The warning comes as the US State Department moves to restru
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