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US Now Supporting Starvation on 'Unprecedented Scale' as Yemen Famine Threatens Five Million Children

'Major Victory' as Top Court Says UK Snoopers Charter Violates EU Convention on Human Rights

Julia Conley, staff writer

"This sends a clear message: Similar programs, such as those conducted by the NSA, are incompatible with human rights."

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'Sickening, Shameful, Heartless': With Trump Policies Sowing Fear Across Immigrant Communities, Number of Children in Detention Explodes to Record Levels

Julia Conley, staff writer

Thanks to Trump's crackdown, fewer immigrant families are coming forward to...

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'Stunning But Not Surprising': Trump Administration Slammed for Secret Meetings About Venezuela Coup

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Nicolás Maduro

" There are few nations that can lecture other nations on human rights &...

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What the US-Backed Slaughter of Children in Yemen Looks Like: 'Warning: The Images... Are Extremely Graphic'

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House Democrats Praised for New War Powers Resolution to End US Support for 'Catastrophic War in Yemen'

Indians carry flag

With Landmark Ruling, India's Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down Colonial-Era Ban on Gay Sex

Activists rally and call on the Trump administration to meet the court ordered deadline to return immigrant children to their families after being separated at the southern border, outside Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan, July 25, 2018 in New York City

With Nearly 500 Children Still in Custody, Rep. Barbara Lee Slams Trump Over 'Government-Sanctioned Child Abuse'

Rohingya

Damning UN Report: Myanmar Generals Should Be Prosecuted for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Accusing Trump of 'Naked Economic Aggression,' Iran Urges UN High Court to Halt US Sanctions

President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton

John Bolton Announces Trump Admin Will Re-Up Attack on United Nations and Defund Human Rights Agencies

inmates working

Demanding an End to 'Modern Day Slavery,' Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike

Logic, Ryan Tedder, immigrant families at VMAs

Standing Against Trump's Cruel Policies at VMAs, Children of Immigrant Families Powerfully Declare 'We Are All Human Beings'

Abolish ICE protest

'Don't Party... Return the Children!': While Federal Agents Get White House Salute, Critics Denounce Trump's Xenophobia and Cruelty

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As Victims' Families Fight for Justice, Secret Report Details How Israel Used Armed Drone to Kill Gazan Children

tent city

'Dragging Their Feet': Trump Admin Delays Closure of Texas 'Tent City' for Migrant Children—Again

Newswire

The New York Immigration Coalition

Refugee + Immigrant Advocates Denounce Trump’s Plan To Slash U.S. Refugee Intake

Amnesty International

Amnesty International USA Calls New Refugee Cap Abandonment of Refugees, Calling on Congress to Oppose

Win Without War

New Refugee Cap Cements Trump Legacy of Bigotry and Hate

Peace Action

Escalating the Syrian Civil War Won’t Help Protect Civilians

Amnesty International - USA

Guatemala: Discriminatory Law Puts at Risk the Lives and Rights of Thousands of Women, Girls and LGBTI People

Amnesty International - USA

Syria: Millions of Civilian Lives Depend on Outcome of Tehran Summit

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Will Bunch

Trumpism Is Fueled by One Thing: Fear. 12,800 Kids Are Paying a Terrible Price

Christopher Brauchli

Trumping Passports

Trevor Timm

Trump Is Turning the Enemies of Civil Liberties Into Liberal Heroes

Chris Hedges

The Slaves Rebel

Vijay Prashad

Dissent Is Being Muzzled Across Our Planet

Kathy Kelly

U.S. Is Complicit in Child Slaughter in Yemen

Amrit Cheng

3 Reasons Why Immigration Detention Centers Are Not Like ‘Summer Camp’

Robert C. Koehler

Border Security: Wall vs. Principles

Astrid Dominguez, Mike Seifert

At US Ports of Entry, the Government Is Denying Asylum to Those Seeking Refuge

Hamid Yazdan Panah

ICE Policies Hurt Our Communities Beyond the Border

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