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Unpacking Amnesty International report alleging 'torture' and 'human rights violations' at Alligator Alcatraz

On Dec. 4, 2025, human rights nonprofit organization Amnesty International published a report alleging multiple examples of human rights abuses — including one practice that would meet the United ...

UN panel says racist hate speech by Trump and other US leaders has led to human rights violations

A U_N_-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U_S_ President Donald Trump and other American political leaders, along with a crackdown on ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

UN special rapporteurs report potential human rights violations against pro-Palestinian protesters in letter to Shipman

Five United Nations special rapporteurs expressed concern over potential human rights violations in an Oct. 14 letter to acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, obtained by ...
Human Rights Watch

United Nations General Assembly High-Level Plenary Meeting to Address Human Rights Abuses and Violations Being Committed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Your Excellency, Philemon Yang, President of the General Assembly, Assistant Secretary-General Kehris, Special Rapporteur Salmón, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, I speak on behalf of 36 civil ...
The Diplomat

Cementing Impunity: The Prabowo Administration and Past Human Rights Abuses in Indonesia

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto arrives at at ceremony where President Joko Widodo presented him with the rank of four-star general in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 28, 2024. Credit: ...