Human Rights in the News: June 2022
/Welcome to the June 2022 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world.
U.S. Supreme Court justices in front of a red curtain (Credit: Erin Schaff/Pool/Getty Images)
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
Adrienne Vogt, Aditi Sangal, Elise Hammond, Meg Wagner, and Veronica Rocha | CNN | June 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, holding that there is no longer a constitutional right to abortion in the United States. Moving forward, abortion rights will be determined at the state level. Abortion will now be illegal in almost half of the states.
Employees of the Towson, Maryland Apple store (Credit: Machinists Union)
Apple store workers vote to form first US union
David Molloy | BBC News | June 18, 2022
An Apple store in Maryland has voted to unionize, making it the first Apple store in the U.S. to form a union. Other stores have begun moving toward unionizing.
Illustration of book covers behind bars
The rise in book bans, explained
Angela Haupt | The Washington Post | June 9, 2022
Book bans have been on the rise in the United States. Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education at advocacy group PEN states that the situation is “unprecedented in its scale, and in the proliferation of organized groups who are trying to remove whole lists of books at once in multiple school districts, across a growing number of states.”
Felix Madariaga, an opposition candidate for the 2021 presidential election, speaking to reporters. Madariaga has been held for more than a year (Credit: REUTERS/Carlos Herrera)
Nicaraguan Political Prisoners Held in 'Horrific Conditions,' Says Lawyer
Reuters | June 8, 2022
More than 180 political prisoners in Nicaragua are enduring “the worst kinds of human rights abuses,” according to their lawyer. Those incarcerated have been subject to starvation conditions and bright lights or total darkness 24/7, in addition to other inhuman conditions.
Afghan Girls sit in a classroom (Credit: AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
UN body to hold urgent debate on Afghan women, girls’ rights
The Associated Press | The Seattle Times | June 24, 2022
The UN’s top human rights body will hold a debate the last week of June to discuss the rollback of women and girl’s rights in Afghanistan. The erosion began nearly a year ago, when the Taliban regained control of the country.
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