Hong Kong Delegation Faces UN Scrutiny on Rights
Click to expand Image Hong Kong’s secretary for constitutional and mainland affairs, Erick Tsang, speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong, November 29, 2021. © 2021 Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via AP...
View ArticleEgypt: Statements on COP27 Imply Restricting Activism
Click to expand Image Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, November 1, 2021. © 2021 Yves...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Toll of Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education
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View ArticlePoland: End Prosecution of Abortion Activist
Click to expand Image Justyna Wydrzyńska (left) and a colleague from the group Abortion Dream Team address a gathering in Warsaw city center to share the experiences of people who needed abortions,...
View ArticleFrance Repatriates 51 Women and Children from Camps in Syria
Click to expand Image A young person holds an umbrella as he walks in the rain at Camp Roj, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held, in Syria's...
View ArticleZambian Woman Footballer Sex Tested Because FIFA Allows It
Click to expand Image Zambia's Barbra Banda (11) celebrates after scoring a goal against China during a women's soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 24, 2021, in Miyagi, Japan. © 2021 AP...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Protect Rights During Political Turmoil
Click to expand Image Police use tear gas as protesters storm the compound of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe 's office, calling for his resignation after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the...
View ArticleSpain: Food Lines Grow During Pandemic
Click to expand Image People queue to receive donated food in Barcelona, Spain, November 10, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti (Madrid) – The failure of Spain’s government to respond adequately...
View ArticleBrazil: Candidates Should Address Human Rights
Click to expand Image A woman, accompanied by a child, casts her ballot in the municipal election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. © AP Photo/Nelson Antoine (São Paulo) – Candidates running...
View ArticleRussia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians
Click to expand Image A pre-trial detention center in Russia. © 2021 Russian Look Ltd. / Alamy Stock Photo (Berlin, July 14, 2022) – Russian forces in Ukraine have forcibly disappeared civilians and...
View ArticleTunisia: Questions and Answers on the Draft Constitution
Click to expand Image Tunisia’s shuttered parliament. President Saeid suspended the body on July 25 as part of his seizure of extraordinary powers. July 26, 2021, Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. © 2021 Ahmed...
View ArticleSwedish Court Finds Iranian Guilty Over Mass Executions
Click to expand Image Photos of victims at a memorial commemorating those killed during the mass executions in the 1980s, Khavaran cemetery in Tehran, Iran, 2020. © 2020 Private "We are not looking...
View ArticleGuatemala: Attorney General Arbitrarily Fires Prosecutors
Click to expand Image Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras, reappointed on May 16, 2022, speaks to the press after an interview with a nominating commission in Guatemala City. © 2022 AP...
View ArticleUN Member States Should Accredit Blocked Human Rights Groups
Click to expand Image The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meets at the UN Headquarters in New York, February 27, 2018. © 2018 Luiz Rampelotto/Sipa via AP Images United Nations...
View ArticleBiden Should Not Renew Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
Click to expand Image People inspect a damaged building at the site of a Saudi-led airstrike on Sanaa, Yemen. © 2022 Hani Al-Ansi/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images President Biden is set to land in Saudi...
View ArticleSupport Justice for Serious Crimes Globally
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File (New York) – Countries should take concrete steps...
View ArticleFrance’s Energy Plans Should Not Include Ignoring UAE Abuses
Click to expand Image French President, Emmanuel Macron and Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan meet in Fontainebleau, France on September 15, 2021. © 2021 Chesnot/Getty...
View ArticleNSO Fails to Explain Targeting of Human Rights Watch Employee
Click to expand Image Protesters outside NSO Group’s office near Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 25, 2021. © 2021 REUTERS/Nir Elias When NSO Group, purveyor of the spyware Pegasus, told Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleA Day to Reflect on International Criminal Justice
Click to expand Image Demonstrators welcoming Karim Khan, International Criminal Court prosecutor, outside the UN Development Programme headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, October 29, 2021. © 2021 AP...
View ArticleDetained Australian Teenager Dies in Northeast Syria
Click to expand Image Yusuf Zahab in a photo that he sent Human Rights Watch from al-Sina’a prison during the Islamic State (ISIS) siege in January 2022. © 2022 Private (Canberra, July 18, 2022) –...
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