Ankle monitors raise risks for U.S. abortion-seekers
Women wearing court-ordered electronic tags, like migrants and those awaiting trial, will struggle to avoid abortion surveillance
Portugal fights wildfires with new tactics as heatwaves raise risk
Five years after a disastrous wildfire claimed 64 lives, Portugal is rethinking how it battles climate change-worsened blazes
Boom in U.S. public banks aiming to stay local and play fair
U.S. interest in public banks surges amid affordability, racial justice concerns
OPINION: COVID-19: Social protection responses were opaque, lacked privacy
Many social protection programmes lacked basic human rights considerations, from inception to implementation, leaving the most vulnerable excluded
Facebook-owner Meta releases first human rights report
Rights groups for years have raised alarms about anti-Muslim hate speech stoking tensions in India, Meta's largest market
Republicans in Congress lay groundwork for anti-transgender push
Critics say the proposed bills could roll back protections for transgender people
EU commission to sue Hungary over anti-LGBT law -Politico
The law passed in June bans the use of materials seen as promoting homosexuality and gender change in schools
Uber Files: Drivers to protest low pay, unsafe work after leak
Uber drivers from South Africa to India say they’re unsurprised by whistleblower Mark MacGann’s Uber Files exposé and still work in dangerous conditions
OPINION: After 50 years of Pride it’s time to show intersectional queer people they belong
Queer people of colour can struggle to find a sense of belonging when they also face other discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community.
Anti-war Russian journalist fined under "gay propaganda" law
Since 2013, Russia has criminalised “propagandising” non-traditional sexual orientations to children, as part of the Kremlin’s wider conservative agenda