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Respect Rights in Monkeypox Response

Click to expand Image A nurse holds one of the tests for monkeypox at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal, May 30, 2022, in Madrid, Spain.    © 2022 Carlos Luján/Europa Press via AP (New York) – Governments...

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European Union: Prioritize Rights in Egypt Meetings

Click to expand Image EU foreign affairs high representative Josep Borrell (L) meets with Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry, July 13, 2021. © 2021 Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brussels)...

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UN Rights Body Should Maintain Scrutiny on Sudan

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...

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EU Should Press Ethiopia for Tangible Rights Progress

Click to expand Image Ethiopians wait for food distribution in a small town north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 7, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Ben Curtis © 2021 AP Photo/Ben...

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China: US Law Against Uyghur Forced Labor Takes Effect

Click to expand Image In this aerial photo, workers walk alongside a tractor during planting of a cotton field, amid a government-organized trip for foreign journalists, near Urumqi in northwestern...

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Mexico: Barriers for Trans People in Guanajuato State

Click to expand Image A plenary session of the Congress of Guanajuato on June 9, 2022 in Guanajuato City, Mexico.  © 2022 Congreso del Estado Guanajuato (León) – Trans people in the Mexican state of...

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Landmines: US Moves Closer Toward Global Ban

Click to expand Image A landmine survivor wearing a prosthetic leg at an event to commemorate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in Bogotá, Colombia, April 4, 2022....

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Tajikistan: Release Bloggers, Respect Media Freedom

Click to expand Image Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon attends a meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan September 16,...

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Sudan: New Deadly Attacks in West Darfur

Click to expand Image The aftermath of an attack on the village of Masteri in west Darfur, Sudan Saturday, July 25, 2020.  © 2020 Mustafa Younes via AP (Nairobi) – New attacks by armed Arab assailants...

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Cambodia: Quash Convictions of ‘ADHOC 5’

Click to expand Image © 2018 ADHOC (Bangkok) – The Cambodian authorities should quash the baseless criminal convictions of four members and one former member of the Cambodian Human Rights and...

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In Ukraine, Women Should Be Protected from Violence in War and Peace

Click to expand Image A woman carries flowers and a placard that says "At the funeral of the patriarchy" during the feminist's Women March on International Women's Day 2021 in Kyiv, during which...

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Zambia: Hope for Kabwe Lead Poisoning Victims

Click to expand Image Three girls play the game isolo on the ground in the lead-affected township of Waya in Kabwe. Soil is the main source of lead exposure in Kabwe. © 2018 Zama Neff/Human Rights...

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Australia: Climate Protesters’ Rights Violated

Click to expand Image (Left) Violet Coco, 31, spent 21 days under what amounted to house arrest and is under a curfew from 3 p.m.- 10 a.m. (Middle) Andrew George, 33,  was sentenced to three months in...

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LGBTI Activists in Ghana Sue Over Abusive Arrest and Detention

Click to expand Image  A young lesbian woman at an LGBT community center in Accra, Ghana.   © 2017 Human Rights Watch Last week, a group of Ghanaian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex...

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The UK Government’s Bill of Wrongs

Click to expand Image UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, speaks during a cabinet meeting with at 10 Downing Street, London, May 24, 2022. © 2022 Daniel Leal/Pool via AP The UK government has...

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Horror Behind Closed Doors of Polish Residential Institution

Click to expand Image Women hold banners during a Supermothers Day protest in Warsaw on May 26, 2018. © 2018 Luczniewski/NurPhoto via Getty Images “My child’s nightmare lasted around a year and a...

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US States Should Protect Youth Abortion Access

Click to expand Image Protesters rally in support of abortion rights outside the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas on May 14, 2022. © 2022 Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP As people...

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A Suffocating Environment for Greek Civil Society

Click to expand Image Supporters of activists from a migrant search-and-rescue group, who are facing espionage and other felony charges, gather outside a court before their trial in Mytilene port, on...

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US Supreme Court Topples Roe v. Wade in a Blow to Rights

Click to expand Image Abortion rights activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana In a predicted but...

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Crackdown in Russia Requires Dedicated UN Monitoring

Click to expand Image Police officers detain a demonstrator holding a poster reading "Hands off Memorial, freedom for political prisoners" in front of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in...

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