human rights
Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro’s government has been accused by the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuelan Human Rights violations of committing crimes against humanity. Following Dictator Maduro’s defeat in July’s presidential elections, Maduro has directed his government to persecute political opponents employing a series of criminal and violent tactics. According to the UN’s report, […]
China is facing new political pressure from conservatives following reports it is employing draconian surveillance tactics to monitor Tibetans. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), China is persecuting Tibetan dissidents by increasing its police presence in Tibet, suppressing social media use, and employing surreptitious civilian surveillance officers. US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) publicly lamented Tibetans’ […]
With the number of days to November now reduced to double digits, candidates for elected office are hitting the campaign trail hard to shore up support for their respective campaigns and issues they support, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), who is running for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives, recently released a campaign mailer […]
US Representative Shelia Cheriflus McCormick (D-FL) has filed a bill to fortify the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) created in 2018 by the African Union. The AfCTA agreement was signed by nearly all African countries and aims to remove trade barriers between African states. Together, the signatories’ economies amount to US $3.4 trillion in […]
US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen is visiting China this week on a diplomatic trip to strengthen economic ties between both nations. Via press conference in Beijing, Secretary Yellen underscored President Joe Biden’s desire to expand existing bilateral American-Chinese economic partnerships and forge new ones. Yellen suggested a US separation from China would be […]
Florida legislators are urging colleagues support the passage of the Denying Earnings to the Military Oligarchy in Cuba and Restricting Activities of the Cuban Intelligence Apparatus (DEMOCRACIA) Act. The DEMOCRACIA Act, originally introduced by Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), would levy sanctions on nefarious Cuban actors and provide access to uncensored internet on the island. The […]
Washington, D.C- Florida Senator Marco Rubio and California Senator Alex Padilla have introduced the bi-partisan Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act. The bill would require Congress to ponder the appropriateness of levying direct sanctions on Iran’s top leaders. The state of Iran is forcibly by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Supreme Leader Khamenei’s […]
Even as the Afghanistan evacuation debacle left the U.S. looking weak and vulnerable, The White House is continuing to press ahead with its foreign policy with Vice President Kamala Harris recently tweeted that the Biden administration was would making "human rights" the "center of our foreign policy." Vice President Harris also stated that the only […]
Congressional Republicans have been pressing the Biden administration to hold the Communist Chinese government accountable over their ongoing human rights atrocities, acts of genocide against the Uyghurs, and the economic and military threat it poses the U.S.
On Thursday Venezuela's government, under Nicolás Maduro, joined the United Nations Human Rights Council. An unusual post for a regime who is accused of torture, intimidation, and murder as a means to remain in power. Florida Congressman Ted Deutch (D, FL) called out the fact that the United States is no longer at the table […]
House Democrat Rep. Val Demings has become the latest member of Congress to condemn the actions of government over their “human rights abuses” against its own people, but in particular in the Xinjiang region of the country.