Author: Injusticeto Team

The Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled that coastal marine ecosystems have legal rights that must be protected, potentially requiring stricter limits on human activities like industrial fishing. Those ecosystems, the court said, have a right to maintain their natural “life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes” and the Ecuadorian government must adopt sufficient protective measures to ensure those “vital processes” persist.  Marine coastal ecosystems have “intrinsic value,” the court added, and Ecuador made a commitment in its constitution to “build a new form of citizen coexistence, in diversity and harmony with nature.”  Ecuador, in 2008, became the first country in…

Following a spate of attacks on businesses and homes owned by people from Sudan, the police chief in neighbouring South Sudan has announced a nightly curfew to calm tensions.Three people have been killed and seven were wounded in violent confrontations with security officers in the capital, Juba, and the north-western town of Aweil, say police. Their nationalities have not been disclosed.Three houses belonging to Sudanese nationals were set on fire in Aweil, according to officers.Nobody will be allowed out on the streets between 18:00 and 06:00 local time [16:00 and 04:00 GMT] so as to “prevent any violations of public…

Two species of critically endangered tortoises were reintroduced to Bangladesh’s forests last December. Six captive-bred elongated tortoises (Indotestudo elongata) were first released in Lawachara National Park in northeastern Bangladesh on Dec. 18. This was followed by the release of 10 Asian giant tortoises (Manouria emys phayrei) in Matamuhuri Reserve Forest in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh on Dec. 24. The reintroductions were a joint effort of the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), the Creative Conservation Alliance (CCA) and the Bangladesh Forest Department, TSA said in a statement. “The recent release of a group of captive-bred tortoises last month…

Since October 2023, it is estimated that over 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza and countless others maimed, creating the largest cohort of child amputees in modern history. Amra Lee, Dr Felicity Gray, and Professor Bina D’Costa argue that these atrocities are a glaring violation of international law, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and urge us, the world watching, to confront our collective failure to protect the most vulnerable and demand accountability. NB: as of publication, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been reached.…

STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP) — Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the confined space.Bodies wrapped in fabric and twine were set aside in rows nearby. Bad odors permeated everything, so it was hard to distinguish what smells were coming from the dead versus the unwashed bodies or the damp rock. The miners were emaciated from lack of food, which was hard to come by since police cracked down on their illegal mining and for a time halted the…

For young people around the world, climate change no longer seems a distant threat, but a present reality. One recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet Planetary health surveyed 10,000 young people in 10 countries. A staggering 59% were very or extremely worried about climate change, and the vast majority (84%) were at least moderately worried. Those who have experienced climate-related disasters suffer even more mental stress: Nearly one-third of disaster-affected people may experience negative mental health outcomes such as post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, or depression. Children, in particular, are bearing a significant emotional burden. Given these realities,…

(Beirut) – The 14-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah had devastating impacts on civilians in Lebanon and included scores of apparent war crimes and laws of war violations, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025.Between October 2023 and December 2024, Israeli strikes across Lebanon killed more than 4,000 people, including more than 240 children, 220 health and rescue workers, and 700 women. The government of Lebanon has yet to take steps to ensure international accountability, including through the International Criminal Court (ICC).For the 546-page world report, in its 35th edition, Human Rights Watch reviewed human rights practices in more than…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The publisher of a prominent blog about the Supreme Court was indicted Thursday in a multimillion-dollar scheme to evade federal income taxes and use money from his law firm to cover gambling debts from high-stakes poker games.SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein, who also has argued 44 cases before the high court, took part in poker games in Beverly Hills, Asia and elsewhere involving millions of dollars, hid winnings, concealed losses and misrepresented expenses, according to the 22-count indictment filed in federal court in Maryland.Prosecutors said Goldstein, 54, also submitted false applications to two lenders when seeking a mortgage…

Transcript: The endangered San Joaquin kit fox lives in a part of central California where solar energy is rapidly expanding. To ensure that solar farms do not harm the species, operators are required to monitor kit fox populations. But doing this is tough. This adorable but elusive fox is nocturnal, and it lives underground. So the job requires a team of experts – specially trained rescue dogs who sniff out the kit fox scat, or droppings. That scat is then sent for DNA analysis to identify the fox that produced it and determine if the animal is healthy. Pete Coppolillo…

(London) –United Kingdom authorities are seriously undermining democratic rights, especially the right to peaceful protest, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. The Labour government, which took office in July 2024, has failed to roll back draconian anti-protest measures introduced by the previous administration, while continuing to appeal a court ruling that curbs the measures.For the 546-page world report, in its 35th edition, Human Rights Watch reviewed human rights practices in more than 100 countries. In much of the world, Executive Director Tirana Hassan writes in her introductory essay, governments cracked down and wrongfully arrested and imprisoned political opponents, activists, and journalists.…