Russia: With Tech Firms Pulling Out, Internet Spiraling into Isolation
Click to expand Image A young man wearing a face mask checks his mobile phone at the State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, May 26, 2020. © 2020 Jesus Merida / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images (Berlin)...
View ArticleA Year On, No Justice for Myanmar Massacre
On March 14, 2021, “Zarni” joined protests in Hlaing Tharyar, near Yangon, against the Myanmar military’s February 1 coup. The large protests were planned by factory workers, a large portion of the...
View ArticleSyrians Watch Ukraine with Fear and Hope
Click to expand Image Members of the Syrian community take part in a Syria Wants Freedom demonstration protesting attacks by Syrian armed forces and allies on civilians as well Russia's full-scale...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men
Click to expand Image Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman arrives to attend the first meeting of the defense ministers and officials of the 41-member Saudi-led Muslim...
View ArticleMali: New Wave of Executions of Civilians
Click to expand Image © 2022 John Emerson for Human Rights Watch (Nairobi) – The Malian army and armed Islamist groups have allegedly killed at least 107 civilians in central and southwestern Mali...
View ArticleSome Hope in the Struggle for Justice in Syria
Click to expand Image From left, Syrian women Samaa Mahmoud, Mariam Alhallak and Yasmen Almashan hold pictures of relatives who died in Syria, before the verdict in front of the court in Koblenz,...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: ICC Holds Anti-Balaka Leader
Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch (Nairobi) – The surrender of Maxime Mokom, a former...
View ArticleWomen’s Disability Rights Should Not Only Exist on Paper in Mexico
Click to expand Image A group of women with disabilities hold a sign reading "We demand funding for accessibility requirements in shelters and Justice Centers for Women," March 8, 2022. © Paola Araujo...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: 10 Egyptian Nubians Held Unjustly
Click to expand Image Top row from left: (1) Dr. Farajallah Ahmed Yousif; (2) Abdullah Jumaa Ali Bahr; (3) Mohamed Fathallah Shater; (4) Saleh Jumaa Ahmed Lower row from left: (1) Ali Jumaa Ali Bahr;...
View ArticleDenmark’s Mismatched Treatment of Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees
Click to expand Image Demonstrators, friends and relatives protest against the deportation of Syrian families to their homeland in Copenhagen on November 13, 2021. © 2021 Thibault Savary/AFP via Getty...
View ArticleTech Companies Should Prioritize Rights in Ukraine
Click to expand Image A protester streams live video of a demonstration using her smartphone, in Krakow, Poland, on February 27, 2022. © 2022 Filip Radwanski / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images (New...
View ArticleRwanda: Wave of Free Speech Prosecutions
Click to expand Image Nyarugenge prison in Mageragere sector, Kigali, where several YouTubers are being awaiting trial or serving their sentences © Private (Nairobi) – Judicial authorities in Rwanda...
View ArticleVietnam: Activists Blocked from Ukraine Event
Click to expand Image A man reads a Vietnamese newspaper featuring frontpage coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine at a stall in Hanoi on February 25, 2022. © 2022 Nam Nguyen/AFP via Getty...
View ArticleUkraine: Respect the Rights of Prisoners of War
(Berlin) – Ukrainian authorities should stop posting on social media and messaging apps videos of captured Russian soldiers that expose them to public curiosity, in particular those that show them...
View ArticleEcuador: Investigate Police Abuse During Women’s Day Marches
Click to expand Image Police block streets in downtown Quito, Ecuador, during a march to mark the International Women's Day, March 8, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa (New York) – Ecuadorean police...
View ArticlePakistan’s No-Confidence Vote Should Respect Democratic Process
Click to expand Image The lower house of the Pakistan parliament in Islamabad, December 19, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Rahmat Gul Pakistan’s democratic institutions are facing a new threat. On March 8,...
View ArticleUkraine: Mariupol Theater Hit by Russian Attack Sheltered Hundreds
Click to expand Image Satellite image recorded on March 14 shows the word "children" in Russian written twice in large Cyrillic script in front and behind Donetsk Regional Theater of Drama in...
View ArticleA Ray of Hope in Fight Against Greece’s Border Abuses
Click to expand Image Migrants sit on a Turkish coast guard vessel after they were pulled off life rafts, during a rescue operation in the Aegean Sea, between Turkey and Greece, September 12, 2020. ©...
View ArticleVenezuela Under Scrutiny at the UN Human Rights Council
Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019...
View ArticleUkraine: Cluster Munitions Repeatedly Used on Mykolaiv
(Berlin) – Russian forces repeatedly fired cluster munition rockets into the densely populated city of Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, during separate attacks on March 7, 11, and 13, 2022, Human Rights...
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