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Records obtained by Amnesty International and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, after a five-year long lawsuit against the New York Police Department (NYPD) reveal concerning su...

Americans did not come to Iraq just to remove Saddam and leave

After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the US government, led by George W. Bush, decided to invade Iraq. Claims of the existence of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq and Saddam Hussein’s ties to terrorist groups were presente...

US: TikTok ban won’t solve Big Tech harms

“Banning TikTok does nothing to address the endemic human rights risks and harms associated with the surveillance-based business models of Tik Tok and other major tech companies such as Google and Meta.

US Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches

A Washington Post investigation into police use of facial recognition software found that law enforcement agencies across the nation are using the artificial intelligence tools in a way they were never intended to be used: as a shortcut to finding an...

How Biden Failed on Human Rights

If Donald Trump’s second term is anything like his first, the incoming US president will not advance the cause of human rights. His foreign policy is more likely to harm democratic values around the world than it is to protect them. But as blea...

Drones flying into jails in England and Wales are national security threat, says prisons watchdog

Chief inspector of prisons issues warning after surge in weapons and drugs flown into high-security facilities.

Head of Judiciary: Events in Los Angeles cannot be compared to Gaza

The head of the judiciary, emphasizing that everyone must abide by the law, ‎said: "Once again, in some circles, issues regarding compliance or non-‎compliance with the law and its implementation have been raised; I consider ‎it nece...

A vanishingly small number of violent sex crimes end in conviction, investigation shows

Less than 4% of reported rapes, sexual assaults, and child sex abuse allegations in certain cities across the United States ever result in a sex crime conviction, an NBC News investigation found.

Release of Iranian elite citizen arrested in Italy

Elite Iranian citizen who was arrested in Italy arrived to the country.

UN experts urge US Senate to reject International Criminal Court sanctions bill passed by House of Representatives

UN experts urged the US Senate to oppose a bill seeking to impose sanctions and cut funding to the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the tribunal issued arrest warrants against Israeli leaders accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity...

Australia responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in offshore facilities, UN Human Rights Committee finds

In two landmark decisions, the UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia remained responsible for the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers redirected or transferred to offshore detention facilities in the Republic of Nauru.