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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
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Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
Anti-Trans Amendments Added To "Must-Pass" Military Bill In House
One congressman called them a blow in the “right-wing culture war to target the transgender community.” Photo by Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash Six anti-trans amendments were added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday, Sept. 10, during a Congressional debate over the routine greenlighting of the defense budget. Seventeen Democrats voted to advance the bill despite this. The provisions include two all-ages health insurance restrictions for trans servic
Christian right targets Brighton GP treating young trans people
An ultra-conservative anti-abortion lawyer has threatened a GP practice in Brighton with legal action, risking further restrictions on healthcare for young trans people. (c) Good Law Project Last year, Taylor* was in a dark place. With his thirteenth birthday on the horizon, he says he “didn’t want to go outside”, because he felt he “was getting more feminine”. Taylor first told his mum he was a boy when he was two. This remained consistent, so he was referred to NHS gender s
Candidate in federal Alberta byelection stops door-knocking due to death threats
She attributes the threats and other derogatory messages she has received to her advocacy for transgender people during her campaign in...
‘Crimes against humanity’ in Sudan’s Darfur: ICC deputy prosecutor
The Hague court’s Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan warns civil war ‘has reached an intolerable state’. Displaced Sudanese people on...
OPINION: Choreographed Gukurahundi hearings an insult to victims
The much anticipated hearings into the 1980s massacres in Matabeleland and the Midlands were off to a false start last week amid...
Int’l Day to End Sexual Violence in Conflict puts widespread Sudan atrocities in focus
Illustration by Michael Lusaba for UN Women As Sudan’s war extends into its third year, women and girls are facing unprecedented levels...
Sudan: Rapid Support Forces’ horrific and widespread use of sexual violence leaves lives in tatters
This press release contains descriptions of sexual violence and torture. (c) AFP via Getty Images The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has...
‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babies
A female health worker, accompanied by her mahram or male chaperone, arrives at work in a snowstorm in the province of Zabul, south...
Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to hold Public Hearings from 11 to 12 March
The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, will hold public hearings from 11...
Rohingya women say sexual violence, killings forced them out of Myanmar
In light of a new report, refugees in Bangladesh share harrowing tales of sexual assault, shootings by rebels and junta forces. Salima Khatun, a Rohingya woman who lost her home in a drone attack by the Arakan Army in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, has taken shelter with her young child in a refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, Jan. 17, 2025. | Abdur Rahman / BenarNews A Rohingya woman told BenarNews she was sexually assaulted by Arakan Army insurgents in Myanmar’s Rakhine state who
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