Venezuelan opposition leaders win the EU’s top human rights prize
Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.
Cambodia Journalist Who Exposed Scams Is Released on Bail
A prominent Cambodian journalist known for his work exposing compounds in which people are forced to scam others online was released on bail. He had been detained three weeks in a case that has been denounced by the United States and rights groups as an attack on press freedom.
In Texas Prisons, People with Mental Illness Are Held in Tiny Cages for Days on End
In the latest piece supported by a grant from the Solitary Watch Ridgeway Reporting Project, incarcerated journalist Jeremy Busby exposes the shocking treatment endured by incarcerated people with mental illness, among others, in several Texas prisons.
If It Survives in Court, Texas’ Immigration Law Could Upend Immigration Enforcement Nationwide
As a mariachi band played their final number, several kids lined up near a public park along the Rio Grande to whack an orange piñata. It was made to look like the floating barrier that Texas officials put in the middle of the river nearby — a string of orange buoys separated by saw blades meant to deter migrants from crossing the border.