Georgia: First ICC Arrest Warrants
Click to expand Image Exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. © 2021 AP Photo/Peter Dejong (Tbilisi) – Arrest warrants issued on June 30, 2022, by the...
View ArticleCzech Republic Should Ensure the Rule of Law is Central to EU Agenda
Click to expand Image (From L-R) Flag of European Union, flag of Czech Republic, and flag of Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union seen during a press conference on June 16, 2022. ©...
View ArticleYanomami Indigenous People at Risk in Venezuela
Click to expand Image An aerial view of a Yanomami village in Venezuela's Amazon region, seen on September 7, 2012. © 2012 AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos Cenoya Silva, a Yanomami Indigenous woman from the...
View ArticleUganda: President Pledges Rights Improvements
Click to expand Image Members of the Human Rights Watch delegation meet with President Museveni in Ntungamo, western Uganda on June 29, 2022. © 2022 State House Press Unit/PPU (Kampala) – President...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Deals Blow to Climate Action
Click to expand Image Climate activists rally outside the US Supreme Court after the court announced its decision in West Virginia v. EPA, June 30, 2022 © 2022 Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO via...
View ArticleMaldives New ‘Evidence’ Law Undermines Media Freedom
Click to expand Image The People's Majlis, Maldives’ parliament, in Male, February 2018. © 2018 STR/AFP via Getty Images In a serious setback for media freedom, the Maldives parliament today enacted...
View ArticleFake Video Calls Aim to Harm Ukraine Refugees
Click to expand Image Berlin mayor Franziska Giffey on a video call with someone using manipulated video footage to impersonate Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, June 24, 2022. © 2022 Senate Chancellery of...
View ArticleLebanon: Unlawful Crackdown on LGBTI Gatherings
Click to expand Image LGBTQ Rights graffiti spray-painted at a protest site in downtown Beirut. December 22, 2019. © 2020 Marwan Tahtah for Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Lebanese authorities have...
View ArticleMyanmar Military Atrocities Laid Bare in Gruesome Footage
Click to expand Image Charred houses in Mwe Tone village following an attack by alleged Myanmar soldiers in Pale township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar, February 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo Shocking footage...
View ArticleBurundi Rejects Calls for Reform, Scrutiny
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 ArticleUzbekistan: Unrest Poses Key Human Rights Test
Click to expand Image Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. © 2017 Reuters At least 18...
View ArticleFrance: Rights Agenda for Macron’s Second Term
Click to expand Image A photo of a TV screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during televised address on June 22, 2022, in Paris. © Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Abandoned Coal Mines Risk Safety, Rights
(Johannesburg) – The South African government’s failure to ensure that abandoned coal mines are rehabilitated puts communities at risk of injury and death and risks polluting resident’s water sources,...
View ArticleIndia Punishes Internationally Recognized Activists
Click to expand Image Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair being produced at the Patiala House Court by police in New Delhi, India, June 28, 2022. © 2022 Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images...
View ArticleMexico/Central America: New Visa Restrictions Harm Venezuelans
Click to expand Image Migrants waiting for a boat to take them from the Indigenous community of Canaán Mebrillo to Puerto Limón, Panama, after a days-long walk across de Darien Gap, May 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleHow Australians Can Avoid Aiding China’s Propaganda Machine
Click to expand Image China's ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, gives an address on the state of relations between Australia and China at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, June 24,...
View ArticleHow the French Football Team Can Support Human Rights
Click to expand Image The French national team, including captain Hugo Lloris (in yellow), pose for a photo during the UEFA Nations League A Group 1 match between France and Denmark at Stade de France...
View ArticleEgypt: Arbitrary Travel Bans Throttle Civil Society
Click to expand Image Gamal Eid (Top Left), Karim Ennarah (Top Right), Azza Soliman (Bottom Left), and Nasser Amin (Bottom Right). © 2022 Private (Washington, DC) – Egypt is using arbitrary travel...
View ArticlePoland Finally Lifts State of Emergency at Belarus Border
Click to expand Image Polish border guards patrol along the fence on the Polish-Belarusian border near the village of Nowdziel, June 30, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP Poland ended...
View ArticleVictory for Asylum Seekers in US Supreme Court
Click to expand Image A protest against the "Remain in Mexico" policy in front of the US Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., April 26, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Michael Brochstein/ Sipa via AP Images The...
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