U.N. ‘alarmed’ at arrests in Hong Kong under new law
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office voiced concern on Friday that “vague and overly broad” provisions in Hong Kong’s new national security law may lead to activists being…
Fewer working hours, higher stress, drop in income: UN survey shows how Covid affected women
The surveys were conducted in April across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands & Thailand. New Delhi: Women are more likely to have their working…
UN chief asked to appoint special envoy for Kashmir dispute
NEW YORK - A two-day online conference on Kashmir, organized by Istanbul University, has voiced grave concern over the deterioration of the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir, and urged UN…
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia return to talks over disputed dam
CAIRO (AP) — Three key Nile basin countries will continue on Saturday their latest round of talks to resolve a years-long dispute over the operation and filling of Ethiopia’s giant…
Review: ‘Les Blancs’ Is an Anguished Play for an Anguished Moment
This Lorraine Hansberry play, set in the 1960s in a fictional African country, speaks incisively to the American present. Danny Sapani as Tshembe Matoseh, who has returned to Africa from…
How Netflix Beat Hollywood to a Generation of Black Content
The company didn’t set out to build a big library of Black programming, but now it’s the envy of its rivals. The Black documentarian Stanley Nelson says his phone has…
Colin Kaepernick’s production company signs ‘first look’ deal with Disney
A documentary on the last five years of Colin Kaepernick’s life could be coming to Disney soon. Disney and Kaepernick’s production company — RA Vision Media — signed a “first look”…
FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence (2020)
BY DAN PROTESS. FIRSTHAND IS A MULTIPLATFORM INITIATIVE FROM WTTW, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRACE. A 15 PART DOCUMENTARY SERIES, 30 MIN EACH, 2020 The number of gun violence victims…
Police officers fired for disturbing photos at Elijah McClain memorial
The Colorado police officers who took disturbing photos at the memorial site where Elijah McClain was placed in a police chokehold and later died have all been terminated from the…
Srebrenica 25 years on: how the world lost its appetite to fight war crimes
Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb general convicted of ordering the execution of 8,000 men and boys from Srebrenica, will spend this week’s 25th anniversary of the slaughter in a cell…