(2025-12-04). Sudanese journalist Taj al-Sir Ahmed Suleiman killed by RSF paramilitary in EL-Fasher. CPJ Staff
(2025-12-04). Administrative detention: Israel hunts al-Balboul brothers again. thecanary.co Mohammed and Mahmoud al-Balboul were again arrested, earlier this month, by Israeli occupation forces (IOF). Over the years, they have been repeatedly detained by the IOF. Although Mahmoud has now been released, his brother Mohammed remains in prison under administrative detention. Administrative detention—repeated arrests for the al-Balboul brothers On June 9, 2016, Israeli occupation soldiers […] | By
(2025-12-04). UPDATE 1-Putin says Russia will take all of Ukraine's Donbas region militarily or otherwise. devdiscourse.com President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that Russia would take full control of Ukraine's Donbas region by force unless Ukrainian forces withdraw, something Kyiv has flatly rejected.
(2025-12-04). Sahand-2025 Drill: Iran emerges as regional security hub. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) — The Sahand-2025 joint anti-terrorism drill, hosted by IRGC Ground Forces in East Azarbaijan province, signals Tehran's emerging leadership in a powerful Eastern coalition and its commitment to safeguarding regional security.
(2025-12-04). UAE-backed paramilitary forces abduct political commentator in southwestern Yemen. Geoffrey King/CPJ Technology Program Coordinator and Tom Lowenthal/CPJ Staff Technologist
(2025-12-04). Sheikh Hasina's Future After Death Penalty. ummid.com In the wake of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) verdict for the death penalty for Sheikh Hasina, will her political career come to an end on the road?
(2025-12-04). Bangladesh tribunal issues arrest warrant against deposed PM Hasina's son. devdiscourse.com A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's expatriate son Sajib Wajed Joy, a month after sentencing his mother to death on charges of committing crimes against humanity.
(2025-12-04). Gaza amputees: Six thousand lives shattered by war. thecanary.co On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reveals a painful reality that reflects the scale of the humanitarian disaster left behind by the war, with nearly six thousand cases of amputation recorded over the past two years of aggression, most of them direct injuries caused by continuous bombing. In […] | By
(2025-12-04). Israel announces plans to reopen Rafah border crossing but only for Palestinians to leave Gaza. radiohc.cu Israel has announced that it plans to reopen the Rafah border crossing as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, but only to allow Palestinians to leave Gaza. No humanitarian aid can enter to feed the starving people of Gaza. | According to the World Health Organization, more than 16,500 sick and wounded people need to leave Gaza for medical care. This comes as Israel says that the partial remains returned by Hamas do not match the two hostages remaining in Gaza. Palestinian militants are reportedly struggling to find the remains amid the rubble. | Meanwhile, Israel has continued its drone strikes in Gaza, killing…
(2025-12-04). Belarus, Laos discuss expanding political, humanitarian ties. eng.belta.by The Belarusian ambassador held a meeting with Laos' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maithong Thammavongsa.
(2025-12-04). Finance for smaller companies boosted. ecns.cn China has continuously strengthened its inclusive finance support for small and micro firms during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), with the average annual growth rate of inclusive loans to these entities exceeding 20 percent during the period.
(2025-12-03). Amnesty urges war crimes probe into Sudan refugee camp attack. newarab.com 
Rights group The RSF, fighting Sudan's army since April 2023, "deliberately killed civilians, took hostages, pillaged and destroyed mosques, schools and health clinics" during its April attack on Zamzam, the largest refugee camp in North Darfur,…
(2025-12-03). Tehran, Khartoum explore avenues to boost scientific ties. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The head of the Organization of Student Affairs, Saeed Habiba, and Sudan's Ambassador to Tehran, Abdulaziz Hassan Saleh Taha, have explored ways to enhance scientific collaborations between the two countries.
(2025-12-03). Devastating report lays out exactly how Israel is terrorising Palestine. thecanary.co The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has issued a blistering report that lays out exactly how Israel has created a terrifying system of torture against Palestine. 50 conclusions and recommendations point to what the world has been seeing broadcast live from Palestinians during the course of Israel's genocide. Ultimately, CAT concludes that since October […] | By
(2025-12-03). Europe Marks International Day Of Solidarity With Palestine. popularresistance.org The Palestine solidarity movement in Europe again brought record numbers to the streets on the UN's International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, November 29, reaffirming demands for an end to government complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine. Hundreds of thousands marched across the region, with demonstrations in London and Rome each reaching an estimated 100,000 participants. | "On this day, people around the world express their support for the inalienable rights that are currently denied to Palestinians: the right to live free from discrimination, the right to…
(2025-12-03). Hillary Clinton wants to gaslight young people about Israel's genocide but she's too late. thecanary.co Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fears the independence of younger generations. And in a vomit-worthy new interview, she has launched a desperate attack on them in defence of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Zionist neoliberal warhawk Clinton has a track record of trying to gaslight people about the genocide (and the occupation of Palestine more generally). […] | By
(2025-12-03). Greens deputy Mothin Ali to visit hunger strikers in prison. thecanary.co Green party joint deputy leader Mothin Ali will visit the 'Filton 24' hunger-striking political prisoners today. Amu Gib and Qesser Zuhrah have been held in Bronzefield prison for more than a year without trial after being accused of direct anti-genocide action against privately-owned spy planes at RAF Brize Norton last year. Ali will visit Zuhrah […] | By
(2025-12-03). becomes Israeli NGOs say past two years most destructive for Palestinians since 1967. haaretz.com A joint report by 12 Israeli human rights organizations documents rising fatalities, mass displacement, settlement expansion and harsh military policies have turned 'extreme practices to become operational and policy norms' across Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem…
(2025-12-03). Israel Will Reopen Rafah Border Crossing — Only for Palestinians to Leave. truthout.org Israel has announced it will reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the next few days as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. However, the border will only open in one direction: for Palestinians to exit. Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says the move validates fears that Israel's goal is to "continue the ethnic cleansing of Gaza." This comes as a coalition… |
(2025-12-03). France: Macron Should Address Repression in China Visit. hrw.org Click to expand Image | French President Emmanuel Macron and China's President Xi Jinping during the official welcoming ceremony in Beijing on April 6, 2023. | © 2023 Sipa via AP Images | (Paris) — French President Emmanuel Macron should privately and publicly stress the importance of human rights in Sino-French relations during his visit to China from December 3 to 5, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Macron's visit is one of several top-level engagements between European and Chinese leaders amid the complex and shifting geopolitical relationships among Europe, China, and the United States.Presi…
(2025-12-03). Tunisian police detain leading human rights defender. newarab.com 
Tunisian police on Tuesday arrested prominent opposition lawyer and longtime human rights defender Hammami is among at least 40 individuals, including politicians and business figures, who were handed down sentences of between two and 45 years in prison in the same case. | Rights groups including Human Rights Watch and A…
(2025-12-03). Manitowoc, WI: Know Your Rights Training December 6, 2025. wibailoutpeople.org 
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS training /meeting on Saturday Dec. 6, 2025 from 1-3 pm, at the Parkview Playhouse, 932 S 12th Street., Manitowoc, WI ICE has declared that they are now going to move into places of worship as they need to get more aggressive to meet their quotas of cruelty. Join us as Deisy Espana …
(2025-12-03). Israeli culture minister threatens Tel Aviv cinema budget over Human Rights film festival. haaretz.com The Israeli government is targeting the Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival, scheduled to open Thursday at Tel Aviv's Cinematheque. The minister alleges the festival is supported by 'anti-Israeli' organizations, naming groups including the Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum and Breaking the Silence…
(2025-12-03). Lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott Seventy Years On. progressive.org The current movement against the fascist regime in the United States can learn from Black resistance, including the famed bus boycott during the Civil Rights Movement.
(2025-12-03). Cameroon: Prominent Opposition Leader Dies in Custody. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Anicet Ekane, Cameroon, 2019. | © Private | (Nairobi) — The death in custody of a prominent Cameroon opposition leader, Anicet Ekane, should be impartially, promptly, and effectively investigated, Human Rights Watch said today.Ekane, 74, the leader of the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (Mouvement africain pour la nouvelle indépendance et la démocratie, MANIDEM) party, died on December 1, 2025, at the State Defense Secretariat (Secrétariat d'État à la Défense, SED), a detention facility in the capital, Yaoundé. He was detained on October 24 on security cha…
(2025-12-03). Family of victim in Trump drug boat killings files first formal complaint. tehrantimes.com A family in Colombia filed a petition on Tuesday with the Washington DC-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that the Colombian citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in a US airstrike on 15 September, The Guardian reported.
(2025-12-03). The Latest Judicial Guidance on AI: White text, bias, fakes, hallucinations, the use of AI by litigants in person and lawyers. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) — Guidance for Judicial Office Holders (31 October 2025) In the introduction this Guidance note announces that "It updates and replaces the guidance document issued in April 2025", which shows the speed at which AI is developing. It "sets out key risks and issues associated with using AI and some suggestions for …
(2025-12-03). What France and Haiti Saw in the Declaration That America Didn't. whyy.org France and Haiti saw powerful possibilities in the Declaration's language about rights and equality, but those possibilities felt threatening inside the early United States.
(2025-12-03). The mirage of peace: Gaza under fire. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — It has been more than 50 days since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect, intended to end the Gaza war. For Palestinians, however, that promise has meant nothing. The Israeli bombardment has continued unabated, and the humanitarian crisis has only deepened.
(2025-12-03). Trump Commands Venezuela's Heavens Closed. counterpunch.org 
US President Trump ordered the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela "closed in its entirety" on November 29. Yet the US has as much legal and moral authority to shutter the skies over Venezuela as the Venezuelans have to close the putting greens at Mar-a-Lago. Yes, that's ridiculous — but not any more so than Washington's phony
(2025-12-03). How to stand up to ICE: Lessons from Chicago and Charlotte. therealnews.com 
ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agencies have turned immigrant neighborhoods in Chicago, IL, and Charlotte, NC, into open-air hunting grounds, snatching people off streets, out of parking lots, and in front of their children. But in each city, federal forces have also faced strong grassroots resistance. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with organizers from Charlotte and Chicago, Miguel Alvelo Rivera and Andrew Willis Garcés, about the on-the-ground reality of President Trump's immigration raids and the ways communities are organizing and mobilizing against them. | Guest: | Miguel…
(2025-12-03). Digging deeper into Virginia's 2025 election results—from a working-class perspective. peoplesworld.org 
The focus this week is on the special Congressional election in Tennessee, where the Republicans managed to hold onto a seat. But a month ago in Virginia, Democrats swept the 2025 statewide races, picking up 13 additional seats in the House of Delegates. While this was a needed win against the forces of MAGA, the …
(2025-12-03). Museveni Appoints Brigadier Tukacungurwa New Court Martial Chairman. plusnews.ug 
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Brig. Gen. Richard Tukacungurwa as the new Chairperson of the General Court Martial. The appointment, made under the UPDF Act and communicated to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, follows advice from the Judicial Service Commission. It comes at a time when the military justice system is …
(2025-12-03). Israel carried out more than 2,140 attacks in the West Bank in November. plenglish.com Ramallah, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) Israeli security forces and settlers carried out 2,144 attacks against Palestinian property and the population in the occupied West Bank in November, an official source reported today.
(2025-12-03). The Horse of Jenin: Lost sculpture inspires story of resilience. newarab.com 
It is also a city where, for 20 years, a towering horse sculpture, crafted from war debris by a visiting German artist and local residents during the In October 2023, Israeli forces took the horse away; to this day, the sculpture's fate is still unknown. | The sculpture was intr…
(2025-12-03). Gaza death toll exceeds 70,100 since October 07. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has said that Israeli forces have killed 70,117 Palestinian people in the enclave since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 07, 2023.
(2025-12-03). Hegseth distances himself from deadly boat strike. peoplesworld.org 
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Tuesday, Dec. 2, that he "did not personally see survivors" before a deadly second strike on what he claimed, with no proof whatsoever, was a boat carrying drugs in the Caribbean on Sept. 2. "I had to go to another meeting and had no time to continue watching," he …
(2025-12-03). Libya war crimes suspect makes first appearance at ICC. newarab.com 
A Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, 47, sat impassively dressed in a dark blue jacket and light blue shirt, confirming his name and date of birth before the three-woman judging panel. | He stands accu…
(2025-12-03). ICC Has Taken 'Confidential' Measures To Protect Court From US Sanctions. popularresistance.org International Criminal Court (ICC) officials on Monday said the court is implementing countermeasures to protect the court from US sanctions, but they will remain confidential to ensure their effectiveness. | The officials spoke in The Hague on the first day of the annual meeting of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), which is made up of representatives from 125 countries that have ratified the ICC's founding Rome Statute. | The gathering is taking place at a time of unprecedented threats to the court, prompted mostly by its investigation into Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in Gaza and the occupied P…
(2025-12-03). Naqoura talks: Trojan Horse of economic and political normalization. tehrantimes.com BEIRUT—The Lebanese government's decision to appoint former ambassador Simon Karam, a civilian with openly political positions, to lead the Lebanese delegation in the so-called Military Technical Committee meetings in Naqoura is not a procedural adjustment. Rather, it is a political landmine.
(2025-12-03). Lebanon, Israel civilian officials hold first talks in decades. newarab.com 
Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades on Wednesday, as part of a The meeting took place at the
(2025-12-03). Amid funding threats, Philly's Mazzoni Center marks World AIDS Day by recommitting to the fight. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Doctors and public health experts in Philadelphia and from around the country are calling on local communities and the federal government to continue support for HIV prevention and treatment programs at a time when funding for such initiatives is under debate. | The Mazzoni Center, an LGBTQ-focused health care organization based in South Philly, marked the 38th World AIDS Day this week with a virtual panel event of experts focused on improving access to care, including Dr. A…
(2025-12-03). Ola Electric deploys 250-member taskforce to clear service backlogs, signals major after-sales overhaul. devdiscourse.com Ola Electric has initiated a major service reboot, deploying a 250-member rapid-response team across the country to address its after-sales backlogs and stabilise customer support, as per company sources.
(2025-12-03). China backs all efforts aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — China supports everything aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine and supports the signing of an all-encompassing and long-term peace agreement, Chinese Foreign Minister says.
(2025-12-03). "Tax the Rich" : The Successor to Net Zero? wattsupwiththat.com The fact that Roger Hallam wants to use coercive government to impose his 'solutions' on others is a bulls-eye refutation that he is more of a megalomaniac than a clear-eyed scholar. His fringe views should be rejected and his proclivity for violence condemned…
(2025-12-03). Authorities arrest leader of violence in northern Mexico. plenglish.com Mexico City, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) The results of the security strategy implemented by the Mexican government continue to be evident following the arrest of 11 members of a criminal cell, including Roberto "N", a major instigator of violence in Chihuahua.