Media Coverage

Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War II and were shot by French soldiers in 1944 for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return. The West African country has long demanded its former colonizer...

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament on Tuesday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care. “It was horrific. It was heartbreaking. It was wrong. And it should never...

Canada’s special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian Residential Schools has released the final report of her mandate, providing recommendations on how the government can honor the memory of the thousands of children who were killed at forced...

Murray Sinclair, who was born when Indigenous people did not yet have the right to vote, grew up to become one of the most decorated and influential people to work in Indigenous justice and advocacy. A former judge and senator, one of Sinclair's biggest roles was chair of Canada’s Truth and...

A group of academics, intellectuals, human rights advocates, and representatives from the media and civil society organizations gathered in London last week to launch the symbolic “Gaza Tribunal," an independent initiative serving as a "court of humanity and conscience." Led by Richard Falk, a...

President Biden apologized Friday for Native American boarding schools that were part of U.S. policy for 150 years and stripped children away from their tribes and culture.   “The federal government has never, never formally apologized for what happened, until today. I formally apologize as...

Victoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist held captive by Russia for more than a year, died while in Russian detention, Ukrainian officials confirmed Thursday. Petro Yatsenko, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Prisoners of War Coordination Headquarters, told Ukrainian television that the circumstances...

Japan’s Upper and Lower Houses have passed a long sought-after bill to provide compensation to people with disabilities who were forcibly sterilized under the former Eugenic Protection Law. The bill was compiled by a cross-party group of Diet members in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in July...

Zimbabwe’s government is to start distributing $20 million as initial compensation to local Black and foreign white farmers whose land was taken from them during the land invasions more than two decades ago. According to the country’s finance minister, the move is part of a broader effort by the...

Research conducted by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) revealed that 67 nuclear tests performed between 1946 and 1958 by the United States Government in the Marshall Islands left communities displaced and contributed to radioactive land and sea pollution.  Through workshops and consultations...