Archive: Feb 2025

FIGHT FOR RIGHTS VIEWPOINT SERIES, Vol 27/1, pp. 137-140, PDF Published 26 February 2025 Beatrice Were and Vanessa Okumu-McCarron Uganda has been a pioneer in combating HIV, spearheading a multi-sectoral response coordinated by the Uganda AIDS…

19 February 2025 Varun Raj Wahane and Azma Khan  The rights to health, nutrition, and shelter of some Indigenous tribes in the Indian controlled territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are being threatened by the Indian government’s…

FIGHT FOR RIGHTS VIEWPOINT SERIES, Vol 27/1, pp. 95-99, PDF Published 13 February 2025 Winona Xu Shortly after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, 2025, he issued an executive order halting nearly all foreign assistance…

FIGHT FOR RIGHTS VIEWPOINT SERIES, Vol 27/1, pp. 83-86, PDF Published 3 February 2025 Joseph J. Amon Nearly 60 years ago, comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested for saying “forbidden” words in his stand-up show.[1] A few years later, George Carlin…

2 February 2025 Dana Repka The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls has released a guiding document on key considerations for conscientious objection to abortion, explicitly recommending that…