China: New Evidence of Mass DNA Collection in Tibet
Click to expand Image Police collecting DNA samples from residents in Dritoe county, Yushu municipality, Qinghai province. ("Zhahe police station caries out DNA blood sample collection," Zhidoi County...
View ArticleAfghanistan: ISIS Group Targets Religious Minorities
Click to expand Image People put flowers outside a school the day after a deadly attack, Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. © AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib (New York) – The Islamic State of Khorasan...
View ArticleAfghan War Commission Should Examine US Role on Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image Afghan women chant during a women’s rights protest against Taliban abuses, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 13, 2022. © 2022 Oriane Zerah/Abaca/Sipa via AP Images The US “Afghanistan...
View ArticleUK Prime Minister Truss Should End Government Assault On Rights
Click to expand Image New British Prime Minister Liz Truss gives an address outside Downing Street in London after being formally appointed by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, September 6, 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleHarsh Sentences for Belarusian Activists in Politically Motivated Case
Click to expand Image Marfa Rabkova (on the left) and Andrey Chapiuk (on the right). © 2020 Private Today, a Minsk city court sentenced Maria (Marfa) Rabkova and Andrey Chapiuk from leading Belarusian...
View ArticleUN Report Details Taliban Abuses in Afghanistan
Click to expand Image Afghan women walk by Taliban security forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 2022. © 2022 Ebrahim Noroozi for AP Photo This week, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights...
View ArticleHong Kong: Children’s Book Authors Convicted
Click to expand Image Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of Police National Security Department, poses with the children's book series Sheep Village at a press conference in Hong Kong, July 22, 2021....
View ArticleA Push to Silence LGBT Rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Click to expand Image © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch On September 4, members of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq proposed an odious bill to Parliament that, if passed, would punish...
View ArticleUzbekistan’s Proposed Medical Testing Law Violates Basic Rights
Click to expand Image The national flag of Uzbekistan on March 30, 2016 in Tashkent © 2016 Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images Uzbekistan’s Internal Ministry has proposed a regressive new law...
View ArticleForest Guardian Slaying Overshadows Amazon Day
In Brazil, news of a slain forest guardian overshadowed the commemoration of Amazon Day on September 5, as the killing put in stark relief the reality of the rainforest and its embattled defenders....
View ArticlePakistan Floods Dire for Millions of Children
Click to expand Image Children displaced by flooding taking refuge in Shikarpur district of Sindh province, Pakistan, September 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Fareed Khan Disastrous floods now cover nearly...
View ArticleSyria: Children with Disabilities Left Unprotected
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View ArticleAfghan Disability Rights Advocate Honored
(New York) – Benafsha Yaqoobi, an Afghan disability rights advocate, is the 2022 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights...
View ArticleUN: New Rights Chief Should Speak Out for All Victims
Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 2021. © 2021 Sergi Reboredo / VWPics via AP Images (New York) – The United Nations...
View ArticleUS: California Should Enact Housing, Treatment Options That Work
Click to expand Image A view of California’s capitol, where the state legislature passed the CARE Act on August 31, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli (Sacramento) – A newly passed California...
View ArticleSri Lankan Government Appoints Alleged Rights Abusers
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan parliamentarians Sanath Nishantha (right) and Milan Jayatilleke walk to a prison bus escorted by prison officers in Colombo, May 18, 2022. © 2022 Pradeep...
View ArticleEU Leader Should Prioritize Rights During Mozambique Visit
Click to expand Image A destroyed house in the town of Mbau, Mozambique, September 23, 2021. © 2021 REUTERS/Baz Ratner As the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security...
View ArticleEgypt: Government Undermining Environmental Groups
Click to expand Image (RL) Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, and Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt, photographed as part of the Petersberg climate dialogue...
View ArticlePhilippines: Strong UN Human Rights Council Action Needed
Click to expand Image Progressive groups protest during the inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as president of the Philippines, in Manila, June 30, 2022. © 2022 Sipa via AP Images (Geneva) – The...
View ArticleInternational Criminal Court Should Reach Decision on Afghanistan
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File Delay in a critical International Criminal Court...
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