39+ min ago  (418+ words) Apr 09, 2026 at 07: 45 AM EDT Apr 09, 2026 at 07: 46 AM EDT Boise city council officials have circumvented a ban on pride flags by wrapping flagpoles in the colors of the LGBTQ+ flag. In 2025, Utah became the first state to explicitly ban LGBTQ+ flags…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (241+ words) Tibetan activists affiliated with the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) chapters in New York and New Jersey have begun a 90-hour hunger strike outside the United Nations Headquarters, seeking urgent global attention to the worsening conditions in Tibet. The protest started…...

22+ hour, 35+ min ago  (579+ words) Freedom of expression groups are criticizing a controversial new proposal in Turkey that they believe will create the world's largest social media ID matching database, eliminating any semblance of online privacy. The Freedom of Expression Association (F'D) has said that…...

35+ min ago  (213+ words) Join IPI's Africa programme newsletter to follow our work and receive regular updates on press freedom stories and opportunities for journalists. While media outlets can certainly do more to elevate the voices of female reporters, supporting and strengthening the role…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago  (242+ words) News About Ethiopia & The Horn Dr Jibril Abdi elected as UN economic, social and cultural rights committee Ethiopia's candidate, Abdi Jibril Ali, has been elected to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights following a vote held in New…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago  (1629+ words) Published: Apr 09, 2026 15: 07 IST - 18 MINS READ In 2007, I came out publicly in two different ways. As part of an early challenge to the criminalisation of "unnatural offences," Section 377, Indian Penal Code (now Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita), in an affidavit submitted before the…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago  (357+ words) New York [US], April 9 (ANI): Tibetan activists affiliated with the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) chapters in New York and New Jersey have begun a 90-hour hunger strike outside the United Nations Headquarters, seeking urgent global attention to the worsening conditions…...

39+ min ago  (412+ words) GENEVA " UN Special Rapporteurs today condemned the continued strategy by Russian authorities to silence dissent, human rights advocacy and anti-war expression and suppress and destroy civil society in the guise of fighting threats to national security and public safety. They…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago  (544+ words) 79 members of Swarthmore's faculty and staff condemn the college's recent disciplinary charges against student protestors for the distribution of allegedly violent zines. Independent Newspaper of Swarthmore College Since 1881 Letter From Faculty and Staff In Defense of Students" Freedom of Expression…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (841+ words) International Bar Association | IBA EU judiciary upholds LGBTQ+ rights amid democratic backsliding The status of LGBTQ+ rights in Europe is complex, with populist agendas and foreign influence driving anti-LGBTQ+ narratives and repressive laws. Clear examples have emerged, however, of governments…...