Myanmar: Death of Activists in Custody
Click to expand Image People attend the funeral of Khin Maung Latt, a National League for Democracy ward chairman in Yangon, Myanmar, who died in custody, March 7, 2021. © 2021 REUTERS/Stringer...
View ArticleAustralia: Act on China’s Abuses in Xinjiang
Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) and Foreign Minister Penny Wong attend the Quad leaders' summit, between the United States, Japan, India and Australia, in...
View ArticleUS States Fail to Protect Children’s Rights
Click to expand Image © 2022 Ben Wiseman for Human Rights Watch (New York) – United States state laws overwhelmingly fail to meet international child rights standards, with the vast majority failing...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Rights Groups Urge Strong UN Resolution
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan human rights activists protest against the Prevention of Terrorism Act outside the UN office in Colombo, March 3, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena (Geneva) –...
View ArticleLandmark Prosecution of Iranian Official Gives Diaspora Hope
Click to expand Image People react to the verdict of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian official sentenced to life in prison, outside the Stockholm District Court, Sweden on July 14, 2022. © 2022 Chris...
View ArticleEndless Tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea
Click to expand Image Migrants in a wooden boat are waiting to be rescued by a ship from the Spanish NGO Open Arms in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, March 5, 2022. © 2022 Antonio...
View ArticleA Devastating Burning Season for the Brazilian Amazon
Click to expand Image Fire consumes land deforested by cattle farmers ranchers near Novo Progresso, Para Pará State, Brazil, August 2020. © 2022 AP/Andre Penner There were more fires in the Brazilian...
View ArticleChina: Xinjiang Official Figures Reveal Higher Prisoner Count
Click to expand Image Guard towers on the perimeter wall of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang region on April 23, 2021. © AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein (New...
View ArticleEgyptian Government Hides Behind UN Ahead of COP27
Click to expand Image Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, center, sits between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, left, at the Petersberg Climate...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Ups Pressure for Action on Hungary
Click to expand Image People protest in Heroes’ square against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George...
View ArticleUS: Hold on Egypt Funding Doesn't Go Far Enough
Click to expand Image President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy, at the State Department in Washington, February 4, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Evan Vucci (Washington, DC) – The Biden...
View ArticleUN: World Leaders Should Press China, Russia on Atrocities
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
View ArticleWoman Dies in Custody of Iran’s ‘Morality Police’
Click to expand Image Photo of Mehsa Amini. © 2022 ISNA She is “gone … gone,” the mother of Mahsa Amini told a reporter. Her 22-year-old daughter, from Sanandaj in western Iran, was arrested by...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Drop Baseless Investigation of US Citizen
(Washington, DC) - Saudi prosecutors should drop an investigation possibly leading to formal criminal charges against a US citizen living in Saudi Arabia for “disrupting the public order,” Human Rights...
View ArticleJordan: Government Crushes Civic Space
Click to expand Image Jordanian teachers display their national flag during a protest in the capital of Amman on September 5, 2019. © 2019 KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images (Amman) – Civic space in...
View Article‘Chemical Restraints’ Deprive Older People of Liberty
Click to expand Image The daughter of Lenora Cline, 88, who has Alzheimer’s disease, had to persuade the nursing home where she lives to discontinue antipsychotic medications. Los Angeles, August...
View ArticleHardliner Takes Charge in Burundi
Click to expand Image Security minister Gervais Ndirakobuca is sworn in as the new Burundi Prime Minister in Bujumbura on September 7, 2022. © 2022 AFP via Getty Images On September 7, Burundi’s...
View ArticleUN Rights Office Slams Abuses in Philippines
Click to expand Image Emily Soriano, holding a picture of her 15-year-old son who was gunned down in Manila in 2016, says she is turning to the International Criminal Court after failing for years to...
View ArticleSouth Asian States Should Back Remedy for Qatar’s Migrant Workers
The remains of a Nepali migrant worker who lost his life in Qatar being delivered from the airport to his family members in rural Nepal. © 2022 PrivateParents of Ram Kishun Sahani, a Nepali migrant...
View ArticleFIFA World Cup: All Sponsors Should Back Remedies for Workers
Click to expand Image © 2022 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – FIFA’s corporate partners and sponsors of the 2022 World Cup should all press the global football association and the Qatari government to...
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