Israel’s death penalty law could spell suspension from rights body role, says chief Not using capital punishment ‘really a requirement’ for Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, says president

Israel’s death penalty law could spell suspension from rights body role, says chief

Not using capital punishment ‘really a requirement’ for Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, says president www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll Experts say Muslims and other minorities have been disproportionately deleted from the electoral roll ahead of the West Bengal elections this week

Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll

Experts say Muslims and other minorities have been disproportionately deleted from the electoral roll ahead of the West Bengal elections this week www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

دُوننا (بدون ما) Siba Alkhiami YouTube video by mohamad

دُوننا (بدون ما) Siba Alkhiami – German-based rapper whose video went viral over the weekend, and who has channelled her anger into a fierce, compelling song: full video this time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Td...

Stunning lyrics by Siba Alkhiami, a German-based artist, against Israel's repression of Palestinians x.com/tparsi/statu...

Wael al-Dahdouh: ‘Gaza's journalists are forced to tread on our pain, and go out and report’ Al Jazeera’s Wael al-Dahdouh, who returned to work within days of his family being killed by an Israeli strike, recalls his grief, determination and sense of isolation at covering a war while being pe...

Wael al-Dahdouh: ‘Gaza's journalists are forced to tread on our pain, and go out and report’

Wael returned to work within days of family being killed by an Israeli strike, recalls grief, determination, sense of isolation at covering a war while personally attacked www.thenerve.news/p/wael-al-da...

The Guardian view on the true cost of the Iran war: bombs kill – but so does the economic fallout | Editorial Editorial: There is growing international concern as the fragile two-week ceasefire reaches its Wednesday deadline. Whatever happens next, the poor will pay

The Guardian view on the true cost of the Iran war: bombs kill – but so does the economic fallout

There is growing international concern as the fragile two-week ceasefire reaches its Wednesday deadline. Whatever happens next, the poor will pay www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’ In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’

In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Sam Neill says New Zealand goldmine supporters have threatened him with violence Actor, who has publicly objected to plans to fast-track project near his farm, says he has received personal abuse

Sam Neill says New Zealand goldmine supporters have threatened him with violence

The actor, who has publicly objected to plans to fast-track a project near his farm, says he has received personal abuse www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

David Bowie: You’re Not Alone review – Ziggy glam and Berlin grime in a bum-shaking yet sanitised immersion This hour-long, 360-degree film may skip over some chapters of Bowie’s career, but what is here is irresistible – and thrillingly huge

David Bowie: You’re Not Alone review – Ziggy glam and Berlin grime in a bum-shaking yet sanitised immersion

'One of The Scariest Things I Have Seen': Alarms Sound Over 'Technofascist' Palantir Manifesto | Common Dreams Scholars alarmed by Palantir's technofascist manifesto promoting AI weapons, mandatory national service, and authoritarian dominance.

‘One of The Scariest Things I Have Seen’: Alarms Sound Over ‘Technofascist’ Palantir Manifesto

“A world where soft power has real and lasting impact is simply less profitable for a company like Palantir relative to a world where we blow a lot of stuff up.” www.commondreams.org/news/palanti...

'Shameful': Outrage Over UK Universities Hiring Security Firm to Spy on Pro-Palestinian Students | Common Dreams Investigation reveals UK universities hired security firm to spy on pro-Palestinian student demonstrators. Legal concerns raised over data harvesting.

‘Shameful’: Outrage Over UK Universities Hiring Security Firm to Spy on Pro-Palestinian Students

“We knew surveillance was happening by the university, but it is shocking to see how systematized it is,” said one student www.commondreams.org/news/uk-univ...

‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

www.pennlive.com/news/2026/04...

Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for insid...

Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants – indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups apnews.com/article/sout...

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Protecting the Hauraki Coromandel Peninsula for future generations: over 60,000 hectares of mineral exploration permits across the Hauraki – largely unknown to local communities ... landowners have a legal right to stop mining companies going onto their land to explore for gold www.lockthegatenz.org

New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals web map – Government's map of minerals permits across Aotearoa, live: over 60,000 hectares of land, including conservation land and private land, that is subject to prospecting, exploration or mining permits across Hauraki Coromandel www.watchdog.org.nz/permits/

Creating baby geniuses to thwart the AI threat? (Yes, really.) The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.”

Creating Baby Geniuses to Thwart the AI Threat? (Yes, Really.)

The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Kraftwerk lose landmark 30-year sampling case · News ⟋ RA The European Court of Justice ruled in favour of producer Moses Pelham in the long-running case.

Kraftwerk lose landmark 30-year sampling case

European Court of Justice ruled in favour of producer Moses Pelham in long-running case, centred on two-second drum loop from "Metall auf Metall," which Pelham sampled and reworked for Sabrina Setlur's 1997 "Nur mir" without permission ra.co/news/85004

The Guardian view on the EU and Israel: moving beyond mere exhortation | Editorial Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed aside European concerns over Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. A tougher approach from Brussels is overdue

The Guardian view on the EU and Israel: moving beyond mere exhortation

Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed aside European concerns over Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. A tougher approach from Brussels is overdue www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

The corruption is just stunning.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears Alarm caused by posts of Alex Carp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

Alarm caused by posts of Alex Carp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says

Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Treaty clauses to be weakened, repealed – despite officials warning of ‘significant risks’ The controversial cabinet decision was made quietly, going against Ministry of Justice advice.

Treaty clauses to be weakened, repealed – despite officials warning of ‘significant risks’

Controversial cabinet decision made quietly, going against Ministry of Justice advice. But despite broad changes ‘the Crown may not be able to escape its treaty obligations’ thespinoff.co.nz/atea/21-04-2...

The Clean – 10 of the best The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out now

The Clean – 10 of the best

The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out now www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Don't let Trump drown our future He’s trying to force governments to reject a key climate proposal. Speak up now!

Trump targeting Vanuatu, for trying to protect all of us from climate catastrophe. Tiny Pacific island nation bringing landmark global climate resolution to UN but US pushing to withdraw - this could become a massive milestone in fight for a safe, liveable future secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

This👇🏼. AOC is the only one stating it clearly and plainly. Do I have any faith that the American people will ever elect a woman president someday? No. I hope I’m proven wrong.

Israel Continues 'Gaza Tactics' in Lebanon, Leveling Villages and Homes in Violation of Ceasefire | Common Dreams ​UN experts have said Israel's "destruction of urban and village housing that displaced persons would have returned to, is consistent with the pattern of domicide that was initiated during the genocid...

Israel Continues ‘Gaza Tactics’ in Lebanon, Leveling Villages and Homes in Violation of Ceasefire

UN: “destruction of urban and village housing that displaced persons would have returned to consistent with pattern of domicide initiated during genocide in Gaza.” www.commondreams.org/news/lebanon...

Wild that 47 women have been killed per day for 925 days straight by Israel, Israel which continues to massacre, maim, rape, torture, kidnap, and destroy Palestinians, Lebanese, Iranians, Syrians, Indonesians, journalists, medics, researchers, diplomats, poets, the elderly, children, and babies.