Human Rights in the News: October 2019
/Curated by Nikki Bambauer
Welcome to the October 2019 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important stories from around the world.
Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi, surrounded by lush green hills. (Credit: Getty/Shakked Schwartz via World Nomads)
Uganda denies plans to impose death penalty for gay sex amid global concern
Nita Bhalla | Reuters | October 14, 2019
International NGOs decried recent news that the government of Uganda was planning to revive an old bill that would criminalize gay sex. Representatives from Uganda have since denied claims that they will revive the bill, but concerns remain. Learn more >
Illustration of two different colored hands holding an envelope. The envelope is torn at the bottom and coins are falling out. (Credit: Hunter French)
Disabled Workers Are Done Putting Up with Three Cents an Hour
Caleb Brennan | VICE | October 21, 2019
In many places in the U.S., disabled workers might be paid as little as three cents per hour, due to a clause in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. How do we ensure that people with disabilities have access to living wages? Learn more >
A person wearing a hat and glasses holds a sign which reads “NObel” with an image of Handke in the center of the ‘O’. (Credit: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty)
Swedish Academy defends Peter Handke's controversial Nobel win
Allison Flood | The Guardian | October 21, 2019
Peter Handke, an Austrian novelist and genocide denier, recently won the Nobel Prize in literature. Handke has been outspoken in his belief that Serbs did not commit genocide in Bosnia, and of his support for Serbian leaders such as Slobodan Milošević and Ratko Mladić. Learn more >
Four members of the Wiyot tribe paddle a canoe from Indian Island (Credit: Ben Margot/AP)
Native American tribe regains island taken after 1860 massacre
Al Jazeera | October 21, 2019
The city of Eureka, California has returned land to the Wiyot tribe of Northern California. The tribe was all but destroyed in an 1860 massacre; today, there are approximately 600 Wiyot people. Learn more >
Kurdish Civilians flee from northern Syria with their belongings. Smoke can be seen in the background (Credit: Delil Souleiman, AFP via Getty Images)
Blumenthal: Turkish offensive against Kurds in Syria 'on the cusp of genocide'
Tom Vanden Brook | USA Today | October 18, 2019
With U.S. troops withdrawing from northern Syria, will Turkey perpetrate genocide against the region’s Kurds? Learn more >
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