Mexico: Extending Military Policing Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image Hundreds of military troops joined Mexico's national guard on patrol following attacks by criminal groups in Tijuana, August 13, 2022. © 2022 Sipa USA via AP (Washington, DC) –...
View ArticleKurdistan Region of Iraq: Arrests to Deter Protest
Click to expand Image People gather for a rally called for by the New Generation Movement, a Kurdish opposition party, in Iraq's northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah in the autonomous Kurdistan region,...
View ArticleMexico: Extending Military Policing Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image Hundreds of military troops joined Mexico's national guard on patrol following attacks by criminal groups in Tijuana, August 13, 2022. © 2022 Sipa USA via AP (Washington, DC) –...
View ArticleYemen: Houthis Should Urgently Open Taizz Roads
Click to expand Image Traffic on a dangerous mountain road that connects Taizz and the southern port of Aden. © 2022 Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Houthi forces, also known as Ansar...
View ArticleBosnia and Herzegovina: Deadly Air Pollution Killing Thousands
Click to expand Image Air pollution in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in December 2020. © 2022 Felix Horne/Human Rights Watch (Sarajevo) – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s authorities have failed to...
View ArticleUS Wildfires are a Reproductive Justice Issue
Click to expand Image A woman is silhouetted against the setting sun at the close of a hot summer day in Kansas City, Missouri, August 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Wildfires raged across...
View Article‘Epic’ Pakistan Floods Show Need for Climate Action
Click to expand Image A displaced family wades through a flooded area in Jaffarabad, in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, August 24, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Zahid Hussain Cataclysmic...
View ArticleBangladesh: Allow UN to Assist ‘Disappearance’ Inquiries
Click to expand Image Relatives hold portraits of their missing family members during protest rally on behalf of victims of enforced disappearance by security forces, in front of National Press Club...
View ArticleAcross Africa, Many Young Mothers Face Education Barriers
Click to expand Image Pregnant girls and young mothers face high levels of stigma from their peers at school, from school officials, and from their community. A lack of gender-sensitive instruction,...
View ArticleEgypt: New Videos of North Sinai Executions
Click to expand Image An Egyptian intelligence security detail member stands guard near a banner showing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. © 2021 Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – The Egyptian...
View ArticleEthiopia: Civilians in Western Oromia Left Unprotected
Click to expand Image Distribution of approximate 480 damaged structures destroyed by fire in five villages in Tole kebele, Gutin, Silsaw, Chekorsa and Begene as of July 25, 2022. These numbers might...
View ArticleSri Lanka: End Use of Terrorism Law Against Protesters
Click to expand Image Protesters in Colombo call for the release of student activists detained under Sri Lanka’s counterterrorism legislation, August 30, 2022. © 2022 Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via AP...
View ArticleChina: New UN Report Alleges Crimes Against Humanity
Click to expand Image Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang region on April 23, 2021. © 2021 Mark Schiefelbein/AP...
View ArticleForcible Transfer of Ukrainians to Russia
Click to expand Image A bus full of Ukrainians being transferred to Taganrog, Russia from the “DNR,” February 2022. © 2022 ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP via Getty Images (Kyiv, September 1, 2022) – Russian and...
View Article#JusticeForElaha Takes on Taliban Violence against Women
Click to expand Image Elaha Dilawarzai alleges in a video that she was subjected to forced marriage and other violence by a then-senior Taliban official in Afghanistan....
View ArticleSerbia: Rescind Pride Ban, Guarantee Participant Protection
Click to expand Image Participants attend the Euro Pride 2019 gay pride parade in Vienna, Austria on June 15, 2019. © JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images (Berlin) – The Serbian government should...
View ArticleIndonesian Soldiers Arrested for Killing 4 Papuans
Click to expand Image A statue of two traditional Papuan wood drums, called “tifa,” near the airport in Timika, Papua, Indonesia. © 2016 Andreas Harsono/Human Rights Watch Authorities arrested six...
View ArticleFlood-Affected Women in Pakistan Need Urgent Help
Click to expand Image A pregnant woman is carried to the hospital for treatment from her flood-hit home in Shikarpur district, Sindh province, Pakistan, September 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Fareed Khan...
View ArticleSchool-Related Sexual Violence Cases at Alarming Levels in Ecuador
Click to expand Image The flag of Ecuador. An alarming number of children are exposed to sexual violence in their schools and on their way to school in Ecuador.This week, Ecuadorian media reported on...
View ArticleMississippi Water Crisis a Failure Decades in the Making
Click to expand Image Residents of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments receive water delivered by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Jackson, Mississippi, September 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Steve...
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