France Expands Abortion Access in Two Key Moves
Click to expand Image People attend a rally to defend the right of abortion in Paris, France on September 26, 2020. © 2020 Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/Abaca/Sipa via AP Images Over the past 10...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Hunger Crisis Has Economic Roots
Click to expand Image Afghans waiting in lines to receive emergency assistance from the World Food Program (WFP) in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 3, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Bram Janssen (Washington, DC)...
View ArticleIn Afghanistan, Burning Our Past to Protect Our Future
Click to expand Image Documents and laptop destroyed by a resident to avoid confiscation by the Taliban, in Kabul, February 28, 2022. © 2022 Private “I had to burn all of your books and your...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: Provide Sanctuary to Those Fleeing Ukraine
Click to expand Image People fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, cross train tracks to get to a train leaving for Poland, at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, February 28, 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleReinvigorating Public Housing by ‘Reimagining’ Eviction in NYC
Click to expand Image The Queensbridge Houses, managed by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), sit beneath the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, November 16, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Mark Lennihan The...
View ArticleGlobal Plastics Treaty: A Historic Opportunity to Protect Human Rights
Click to expand Image UN Environment Assembly President Espen Barth Eide walks past a heap of plastic bottle waste during a field trip to Dandora Dumping site in Nairobi, Kenya ahead of the Fifth...
View ArticleUkraine: Countries Request ICC War Crimes Inquiry
Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch Thirty-eight governments have taken a significant...
View ArticlePending Execution Highlights Singapore’s Failures on Disability Rights
Click to expand Image Activists demonstrate against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, outside the Singaporean Embassy in...
View ArticleAfghan Women Watching the Walls Close In
Click to expand Image A woman wearing a burqa walks to her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 14, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris When the Taliban gained control of Afghanistan on August...
View ArticleSri Lanka: UN Report Describes Alarming Rights Situation
Click to expand Image Tamil National Alliance lawmaker Shanakiyan Rasamanickam urges repeal of the abusive Prevention of Terrorism Act, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 15, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Eranga...
View ArticleGreece Should Know that Refugees Can Come from Anywhere
Click to expand Image A dinghy with migrants, left, in the narrow stretch of water between the eastern Greek island of Lesbos and the Turkish coast on April 2, 2021. © 2021 Hellenic Coast Guard via AP...
View ArticleCameroon Court Punishes Anti-LGBTI Violence
Last week a court in Cameroon handed down a 6-month prison sentence and fine of 650,000 CFA (US$1,106) to one of the perpetrators of a violent attack on an intersex person last year in Yaoundé,...
View ArticleQatar: Wage Abuses by Firm in World Cup Leadup
Click to expand Image Doha Skyline, Qatar. © 2018 Šarūnas Burdulis (Beirut) – Migrant workers at a prominent Qatari trading and construction firm have not received their salaries for up to five...
View ArticleFlorida’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Threatens Rights and Dignity
Click to expand Image Advocates stand at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee to protest a bill before the Florida legislature to limit abortions, February 16, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Mark...
View ArticleUkraine: Cluster Munitions Launched Into Kharkiv Neighborhoods
Click to expand Image The cargo section of a 9M55K cluster munition rocket that hit a street in Kharkiv. The 72 submunitions would have been stacked inside this carrier. © 2022 Private Russian forces...
View ArticleThe UK Sees No Evil in Bahrain’s Detention of Children
Click to expand Image © 2016 Human Rights Watch Despite mounting evidence of abuse, the United Kingdom government has yet to criticize or even retract statements that appear to support Bahrain’s...
View ArticleHungary: Smear Campaign Targets Critical Voices
Click to expand Image Thousands of people take part in a rally against the Hungarian government's distorting media policies and campaign against civic groups, in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, April 21,...
View ArticleUkraine: Unequal Treatment for Foreigners Attempting to Flee
Click to expand Image Nigerian students in Ukraine wait on a platform in Lviv railway station for a train to evacuate across the border, Sunday, February 27, 2022 in Lviv, west Ukraine. © AP...
View ArticleSurge in Attacks on Aid Workers in South Sudan
Click to expand Image People are seen at a hospital run by Medicines Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Old Fangak in Jonglei state, South Sudan, December 28, 2021. © © 2021 AP Photo/Sam...
View ArticleA Sick Baby Clings to Life in a Ukraine Basement
Click to expand Image Women and their children sit in the basement of a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, February 28, 2022. The photo...
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