Hacker News with Generative AI: Human Rights

Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners for subversion (bbc.com)
A Hong Kong court has sentenced dozens of pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial.

Politics, Hong Kong, Human Rights, Law, China

7 points by ksec 2 days ago | 0 comments

On Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd Birthday, the Fight For His Release Continues (eff.org)
Today marks prominent British-Egyptian coder, blogger, activist, and political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd birthday—his eleventh behind bars.

Human Rights, Activism, Egypt, Political Prisoners

3 points by hn_acker 2 days ago | 0 comments

'One big mess': FIFA not fit to govern football, says human rights group (theguardian.com)
Fifa is not fit to govern and should be the subject of widespread reform, a new report has argued, starting with the way money is used to “buy the political support of member associations”.

Sports, FIFA, Corruption, Human Rights

9 points by PaulHoule 9 days ago | 0 comments

EU refuses to publish findings of Tunisia human rights inquiry (theguardian.com)
The European Commission is refusing to publish the findings of a human rights inquiry into Tunisia it conducted shortly before announcing a controversial migration deal with the increasingly authoritarian north African country.

Human Rights, Politics, Europe, Tunisia, Migration

6 points by PaulHoule 17 days ago | 0 comments

Migrants Face Mass Kidnappings as U.S. and Mexico Ramp Up Enforcement (propublica.org)
It was Jan. 17 when Nevy de Zelada, a migrant from Guatemala, and her family were walking on the edge of a four-lane highway in southern Mexico in blistering, 100-degree heat.

Immigration, Mexico, Human Rights, Crime

11 points by hn_acker 19 days ago | 3 comments

21,000 Killed Working on Saudi Megaprojects During Construction: Report (newsweek.com)
Thousands of workers have reportedly been killed or have gone missing during the construction of several megaprojects in Saudi Arabia.

Construction, Saudi Arabia, Labor Rights, Accidents, Human Rights

5 points by dtquad 21 days ago | 1 comments

Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (undocs.org)

Human Rights, Palestine, International Law, Occupied Territories

8 points by runarberg 21 days ago | 1 comments

WhatsApp vigilantes in India are converting Christians by force (restofworld.org)
It was the day of his mother’s funeral, but Jaldhar Kashyap knew the dozens of people descending on his home weren’t there to offer condolences.

India, Religion, Human Rights, Social Issues, Conversion

9 points by impish9208 37 days ago | 0 comments

Alexei Navalny's Prison Diaries (newyorker.com)
Nineteen years in a maximum-security penal colony. The number of years does not matter. I understand perfectly well that, like many political prisoners, I am serving a life sentence. Where “life” is defined by either the length of my life or the length of the life of this regime.

Russia, Politics, Journalism, Human Rights, Prisons

62 points by _____k 40 days ago | 27 comments

Tajikistan: New Law Bans Muslim Clothing and Limits Religious Celebrations (loc.gov)
On June 20, 2024, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, signed Law No. 2048 on Regulating Traditions and Ceremonies.

Tajikistan, Islam, Law, Religion, Human Rights

12 points by nafnlj 44 days ago | 3 comments

Amazon, Tesla and Meta among top companies undermining democracy, report (theguardian.com)
Some of the world’s largest companies have been accused of undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and human rights in a report published on Monday by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

Politics, Business, Human Rights, Climate Change

7 points by zekrioca 44 days ago | 0 comments

Official documents confirm Navalny was poisoned in prison (theins.press)
The Insider has obtained access to hundreds of official documents related to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death in the Polar Wolf penal colony in the Russian Far North on Feb. 16, 2024.

Russia, Politics, Human Rights, Journalism, Death

47 points by acqbu 52 days ago | 36 comments

McDonald's and supermarkets failed to spot slavery (bbc.com)
Signs that modern slavery victims were being forced to work at a McDonald’s branch and a factory supplying bread products to major supermarkets were missed for years, the BBC has found.

Modern Slavery, Food Industry, Supply Chains, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility

17 points by MilnerRoute 52 days ago | 4 comments

Amazon, Tesla and Meta among top companies undermining democracy (theguardian.com)
Some of the world’s largest companies have been accused of undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and human rights in a report published on Monday by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

Politics, Business, Human Rights, Climate Change

19 points by f_allwein 59 days ago | 8 comments

Teenager jailed for 18 months still in prison 18 years later (independent.co.uk)
A desperate mother has spoken of her anguish after her teenage son was jailed for 18 months but is still trapped in prison 18 years later under a cruel indefinite jail term.

Justice System, Prison Reform, Human Rights

111 points by Brajeshwar 59 days ago | 153 comments

Communicating with Interactive Articles (2020) (distill.pub)
Computing has changed how people communicate. The transmission of news, messages, and ideas is instant. Anyone’s voice can be heard. In fact, access to digital communication technologies such as the Internet is so fundamental to daily life that their disruption by government is condemned by the United Nations Human Rights Council . But while the technology to distribute our ideas has grown in leaps and bounds, the interfaces have remained largely the same.

Communication, Technology, User Interfaces, Digital Media, Human Rights

28 points by wallflower 60 days ago | 0 comments

TikTok Whistleblower Claims Chinese Police Kidnapped and Threatened His Father (forbes.com)
A former employee of TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, claims Chinese national police detained his father and took him to “a remote secret facility” to interrogate and intimidate him after the former employee spoke to Western press about ByteDance’s censorship of content on TikTok.

Social Media, Censorship, China, Politics, Human Rights

5 points by cwwc 64 days ago | 2 comments

Turkish woman arrested for criticising Instagram ban, media says (reuters.com)

Social Media, Censorship, Turkey, Law, Human Rights

7 points by perihelions 78 days ago | 0 comments

Snowden: The arrest of Durov is an assault on the basic human rights (twitter.com)

Human Rights, Technology, Politics, Surveillance

132 points by hggh 87 days ago | 255 comments

Dr. Mengele, USA Style: Lessons from Human Rights Abuses Post-World War II [pdf] (cosmosandtaxis.org)

Human Rights, History, USA

11 points by aduffy 100 days ago | 0 comments

New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Unanimously Approved, Could Threaten Human Rights (scientificamerican.com)