Racism Is Rampant in US Reproductive Health Care
Click to expand Image Diarra Aida Diouf, of MomsRising, attends the Abortion Freedom Fighters D-Day Rally in Jackson, Mississippi on June 17, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis Racism permeates...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban’s Catastrophic Year of Rule
Click to expand Image Taliban leaders at a ceremony in Kabul in April 2022 marking the anniversary of the death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the Taliban’s founder. © 2022 AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi (New...
View ArticleCameroon: Army Killings, Disappearances, in North-West Region
Click to expand Image The destroyed remains of a house in Belo’s Sho neighborhood burned by Cameroonian soldiers during a counter-insurgency operation on June 11, 2022. © Private, Belo, North-West...
View ArticleGuinea: Government Dissolves Opposition Coalition
Click to expand Image A police officer looks on as supporters of the opposition coalition, National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), block roads after authorities banned them from...
View ArticleUS ‘Flexible Work’ Bill Would Spell Disaster for Rights in Gig Economy
Click to expand Image A delivery man bikes with a food bag from Grubhub in New York, April 21, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Mark Lennihan In the United States, a trio of lawmakers has launched an assault on...
View ArticleUganda Bans Prominent LGBTQ Rights Group
Click to expand Image Frank Mugisha, the director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, (center) with members of Uganda's LGBTQ community in Kampala. © 2022 Frank Mugisha Last week, Uganda’s National Bureau...
View ArticleFIFA/Qatar: Commit to Compensate Abused Migrant Workers
Click to expand Image Migrant workers gather on “Bank Street,” in downtown Doha, where many workers wire remittance money to their families in their home countries. “Bank Street,” as it is known by...
View ArticleWhat German Football Can Do to Remedy Abuses in Qatar
Click to expand Image T-shirt campaign by the German team at the World Cup qualification match between Germany and Iceland on March 25, 2021 in Duisburg, Germany. © 2021 Marvin Ibo...
View ArticleEurope Heatwaves Disastrous for Older People, People with Disabilities
Click to expand Image An older man sits outside his house during a heat wave in Barcelona, Spain, July 16, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Thousands of people have died as 21 countries across...
View ArticleMomentum Grows for FIFA to Remedy Migrant Worker Abuses in Qatar
Click to expand Image The Norwegian national football team wear t-shirts calling for human rights for migrant workers prior to a match with Greece at Estadio La Rosaleda on June 6, 2021 in Malaga,...
View ArticleYet Another Victim of Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law
Click to expand Image Entrance to the Borobudur Buddhist temple, built in the 9th century on Java Island, Indonesia. © 2022 Andreas Harsono/Human Rights Watch Indonesia’s toxic blasphemy law has...
View ArticleBahrain: Free Ailing Academic
Click to expand Image Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace. © Private (Beirut) – The Bahrain authorities should free Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace, an academic imprisoned since 2011, 15 organizations including Human...
View ArticleEnglish Football Should Stand for Rights as World Cup Approaches
Click to expand Image The England National Football Team line up before the UEFA Nations League match between Germany and England at Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany, June 7, 2022. © 2022 Paul...
View ArticleWorld Cup Abuses Harm Children, Families of Migrant Workers
Click to expand Image Manju Devi, whose husband Kripal Mandal, a migrant worker in Qatar, died in Doha in 2022, with her family in Nepal in May 2022. © 2022 Shyam Karki Thousands of migrant workers...
View ArticleBiden Calls on Syria to Return Journalist 'Disappeared' a Decade Ago
Click to expand Image Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, who has been missing in Syria for ten years, speak during a press conference at the Press Club in Beirut, Lebanon, December 4,...
View ArticleRespect the Right to Vote in Brazil
Click to expand Image Indigenous leaders read a manifesto, signed by more than a million Brazilians, defending democratic institutions and the rule of law at the University of São Paulo law school in...
View ArticleIndonesia: Free Imprisoned Papua Activists
Click to expand Image A Papuan activist with his face painted with the colors of the separatist Morning Star flag shouts slogans during a rally near the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia,...
View ArticleIsrael: Free French-Palestinian Rights Worker
Click to expand Image Salah Hamouri. © Elsa Lefort (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities should immediately release the French-Palestinian human rights worker Salah Hamouri from administrative detention...
View ArticleUkraine: Unlawful Russian Attacks in Kharkiv
Click to expand Image The impact pattern left on the ground after the detonation of an explosive submunition, one of at least a dozen in the area, in front of the women’s outpatient services clinic of...
View ArticleThailand: Officials Indicted for Karen Activist’s Murder
Click to expand Image Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, a prominent ethnic Karen community and environmental activist, was allegedly murdered in the custody of the Kaeng Krachan National Park...
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