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Two years after Texas’ voting rights showdown gripped the nation, lawmakers again push dozens of elections bills
By Pooja Salhotra On January 25, 2023 State policymakers have mapped out familiar territory early in the legislative session, with Democrats seeking to expand voting access and Republicans pledging to make elections more secure. Less than two years after Texas Democrats staged a dramatic showdown to forestall sweeping changes to voting laws, the Legislature is…
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Tunisia offers new measures for migrants after racist abuse
By Bouazza Ben Bouazza On March 6, 2023 TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s government is seeking to allay growing international concerns about a surge of discrimination against sub-Saharan Africans, as the EU warned Monday against hate speech targeting people fleeing conflict and poverty. African governments have evacuated hundreds of their citizens from Tunisia in recent days after…
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US Senate votes to repeal measure that gave go-ahead for 2003 invasion of Iraq
Decision not expected to affect current deployments but lawmakers increasingly seeking to claw back congressional power The US Senate voted on Wednesday to repeal the resolution that gave a green light for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an effort to return a basic war power to Congress from the White House 20 years after an authorization many…
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Deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia is war crime – UN
By Laura Gozzi On March 16, 2023 Russia’s forced deportation of Ukrainian children to areas under its control amounts to a war crime, UN investigators have said. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said there was evidence of the illegal transfer of hundreds of Ukrainian children to Russia. The Commission’s report is categorical that Russia also…
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EU calls for UN to probe Iran schoolgirl poisonings
On March 16, 2023 BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) – European lawmakers called on the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday to conduct an independent investigation into a wave of poisonings that have hit schoolgirls in Iran. 13,000 pupils, mostly girls, have fallen ill after “suspected poisonings” according to state media and officials in Iran, with…
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Hong Kong court jails three activists behind Tiananmen vigil
By Victoria Bisset On March 11, 2023 A court in Hong Kong jailed three activists from a now-disbanded group best known for organizing annual candlelight vigils to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacreof 1989. Chow Hang Tung, Tang Ngok Kwan and Tsui Hon Kwong, who were members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic…
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War forces thousands of disabled Ukrainians into institutions
By Steve Hendrix, Amanda Morris and Siobhán O’Grady On March 18, 2023 DNIPRO, Ukraine — When a Russian shell slammed into Taya Berkova’s apartment building in Kharkiv last March, her neighbors did something she could not: They ran. The 43-year-old, who uses a wheelchair because she has cerebral palsy, was trapped as the floors above…
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Nicaragua strips citizenship from 94 political opponents
By Gaberiela Selser On February 15, 2023 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua cancelled the citizenship of 94 political opponents Wednesday, including writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli. Appeals Court Justice Ernesto Rodríguez Mejía read a statement that declared the 94 people to be “traitors” and said they had lost their Nicaraguan citizenship. Mejía said their…
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Indonesia boosts security in Papua after 9 killed in riot
On February 24, 2023 More than 200 security personnel sent to Wamena town after child kidnap rumor sparks deadly riot and clashes with police. At least nine people have been killed and 14 injured in rioting and clashes with police in Papua’s Wamena town after rumours circulated that a child had been kidnapped, local media…
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