Macarena Sáez Torres

Taliban’s Internet Ban Further Silences Afghan Women, Girls Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistan’s northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide.

Taliban’s Internet Ban Further Silences Afghan Women, Girls
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Gender Apartheid Should Be an International Crime All States should ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty.

UN member States are formulating their positions on a proposed treaty on #CrimesAgainstHumanity.

Heather Barr, @macarenasaez.bsky.social, and Stacey-Leigh Manuel say adding the crime of #GenderApartheid should be a priority to fill a big gap in int’l law:

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Discussions on a new Crimes Against Humanity Treaty give countries an opportunity to recognize gender harms that have been so far invisible or disregarded. This includes the recognition of gender apartheid. If anyone needs an example of what we're talking about, they can just look at Afghanistan.

Every woman in Russia should be ashamed of this step. There is no other country in the world that bans girls from being educated, accessing jobs, from speaking in public, walking without a male guardian, among many horrific acts of segregation and policies of subordination.

Street Vendors Are Workers – They Should Have Workers’ Rights From a hot dog vendor in the United States to a girl selling vegetables in the Democratic Republic of Congo to a woman running a tea stall in Bangladesh, street vendors are an integral part of the urb...

Street Vendors Are Workers – They Should Have Workers’ Rights
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The right to work is essential to dignity and equality. On #IWD we stand with Afghan women.

Rocío San Miguel necesita asistencia médica, exigimos su libertad - WOLA Rocío San Miguel, reconocida defensora de derechos humanos en Venezuela y directora de la organización Control Ciudadano, fue desaparecida forzosamente en febrero de 2024 y permanece arbitrariamente d...

🚨 Rocío San Miguel necesita asistencia médica urgente

A más de un año de su detención arbitraria y sin pruebas, exigimos su libertad.

📢 Lee el comunicado: wola.org/es/2025/03/r...

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60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today, local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

The State of Women’s Rights From the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo, women and girls’ rights have suffered serious setbacks. But despite the challenges, there also have been improvements and victories. Today, ...

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The State of Women’s Rights From the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo, women and girls’ rights have suffered serious setbacks. But despite the challenges, there also have been improvements and victories. Today, ...

Close to International women's day we reflect on the progress and setbacks for women's rights since March 2024. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

Girls miss out on life saving surgery under Taliban ‘gender apartheid’ Draconian restrictions introduced by the Taliban are preventing girls and women from accessing medical care and doctors, say families

What else needs to happen to women and girls in Afghanistan for world leaders to do more than gasp and shake their heads? www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

“The Land of Our People, Forever” United States Human Rights Violations against the Numu/Nuwu and Newe in the Rush for Lithium

NEW: The US government’s decision to permit Lithium Americas to mine at Thacker Pass in Nevada violated Indigenous people’s rights by not obtaining free, prior, and informed consent.

New research from HRW and @aclu.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

Northeast Syria: Camp Detainees Face Uncertain Future Tens of thousands of people remain trapped in life-threatening conditions in al-Hol and Roj camps in northeast Syria amid renewed hostilities two months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government.

Tens of thousands of people remain trapped in life-threatening conditions in al-Hol and Roj camps in northeast Syria.

The US government’s suspension of foreign aid to NGOs operating in these camps is exacerbating life-threatening conditions.

“US sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court are a gift to perpetrators of mass atrocities around the globe. To defend justice, ICC member countries should do all they can to support the court.” Liz Evenson, international justice director, Human Rights Watch

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court.

This order effectively puts the US on the side of war criminals at the expense of victims of grave crimes seeking justice.

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