human rights Military police weighed using 'heat ray' to burn skin of D.C. protesters at Trump church photo op in June Xeni Jardin
#polishstonewall Poland: Thousands march against anti-LGBTQ hate, and to demand justice for 48 detained protesters Xeni Jardin
face recognition Portland, Maine votes to ban face recognition technology use by government Xeni Jardin
United Nations Philonise Floyd, brother of slain George Floyd, asks U.N. to investigate police brutality and racist violence against Black Americans Xeni Jardin
ibm IBM to exit facial recognition business, opposes use of AI technology for mass surveillance Xeni Jardin
sergey brin Former Google exec says he was pushed out after he lobbied for human rights program Xeni Jardin
quiet rooms plus plus Illinois schools don't just lock special ed kids in solitary, they also restrain them Cory Doctorow
international human rights day Today: Take part in an interactive online screening of "The Crossing" for Human Rights Day Cory Doctorow
papuans behind bars UK's oldest ISP blames DoS attack on attempt to suppress human rights report about West Papua (read it now!) Cory Doctorow
china cables Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow
kazakhs Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow
uighur China has 500+ Uighur camps and prisons and is holding far more than one million, activists say Xeni Jardin
