AI Chatbots Remove Hijabs From Images Of Muslim Women
by Johana Bhuiyan October 1, 2026 Guardian tested chatbots after French far-right politician stripped a Muslim woman of her hijab in a photo. Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty Images When prompted, AI chatbots will edit images to remove the hijabs from Muslim women, a violation of one of the world’s most common and visible expressions of faith. The Guardian asked ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini and Claude to take the veil off an AI-generated image of a woman wearing a hijab. Both Ope
The Guardian
Sep 30
Sudan: almost half a million people lost life saving serviceS
The International Rescue Committee October 1, 2026 Credit: Fahmo Mohammed for the IRC As of today at least 473,700 people have lost access to health care, nutrition support, clean water and protection services after funding for IRC's Sudan response ended. 36 health facilities, 29 nutrition centers, 8 Women and Girls Safe Spaces and 6 child-focused safe spaces have closed. Sudan is the world's largest displacement crisis, with 33.7 million people in need of aid and more than 9
Court Blocks Republika Srpska From Funding secession
By Dragana Erjavec September 25, 2026 Court bans Republika Srpska from paying international lobbying firms to promote the entity’s independence from the Bosnian state. Credit: EPA/FELIPE TRUEBA. Bosnia’s Constitutional Court on Friday declared that budgetary funds used by Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity to pay foreign consulting firms to lobby for independence violate the state’s constitutional architecture. The ruling targets a consulting agreement signed bet
Balkan Insight
Sep 30
Peru faces human rights court over Indigenous protections
Peru faces human rights court over protections for isolated Indigenous Peoples By Steven Grattan (AP) September 25, 2026 Peru faces a regional human rights court over allegations it failed to protect isolated Indigenous peoples in the Amazon from logging and other activities Credit: ABC News PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Peru faced the final day of a landmark hearing before a regional human rights court Friday over allegations that it failed to protect I
ABC News
Sep 29
Eviction ordered for Garifuna community in Honduras
By Berta Camprubí Pàmies September 19, 2026 The communities of the indigenous Garifuna people announce a massive mobilization towards Cayos Cochinos in response to the presence of 200 police officers while Supervivientes (Survivors) changes the filming location. International mission to investigate violations of the rights of Garifuna peoples in Honduras. Credit: Berta Camprubí Pàmies The spectators who, this Thursday, were enjoying the morbid curiosity and excitement of the
El Salto Diario
Sep 29
Zambia: Cancelling Passports used to Silence Critics
Amnesty International September 11, 2026 Private Photo. Source: Amnesty International Responding to reports that the Zambian authorities have cancelled the passports of former Zambian Ambassador to Ethiopia and former Permanent Representative to the African Union Emmanuel Mwamba, historian and academic Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, former opposition Members of Parliament Binwell Mpundu and Emmanuel Jay Banda, former State House Special Assistant Kaizer Zulu, and blogger Lillian Mutambo
Amnesty International
Sep 29
