Burundi: Free Five Rights Defenders
Click to expand Image From the left to the right, Sonia Ndikumasabo, Prosper Runyange, Sylvana Inamahoro, Audace Havyarimana and Marie Emerusabe. © 2023 Private Burundian authorities should...
View ArticleCambodia: Labor Leader, Activists Face Baseless Charges
Click to expand Image Union protesters hold a photo of Chhim Sithar, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, and call on authorities to release her and detained...
View ArticleUAE: Arbitrarily Detained Afghans Stuck in Limbo
Click to expand Image Afghans rally in an Afghan refugee camp in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to protest their non-transfer to the United States, February 13, 2022. © 2022 Sayed...
View ArticleMore Migrant Deaths in the Mediterranean
Click to expand Image A piece of the boat and a piece of baby clothing from the deadly migrant shipwreck in Steccato di Cutro near Crotone, Italy, February 28, 2023. © 2023 Remo Casilli/Reuters Thirty...
View ArticleFIFA: Approve ‘Legacy Fund’ for 2022 World Cup Abuses
Click to expand Image FIFA President Gianni Infantino at a Press Conference in Doha, Qatar, November 19, 2022. © 2022 DDP Images via AP photo (Beirut) – FIFA should commit to using the FIFA World Cup...
View ArticleAustralia Commits to Protect Schools During Wartime
Click to expand Image Refugees from the war in Ukraine are among the students at St. Andrews Ukrainian School in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, February 18, 2023. © 2023 Lisa Maree...
View ArticleEgypt: End Stranglehold on Nongovernmental Groups
Click to expand Image COP Civic Space coalition members protest in solidarity with Egyptian political prisoners during the COP27 climate summit, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 10, 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleMozambique: Police Teargas Rapper’s Funeral Procession
Click to expand Image Fans hold a banner with the words “Power to the People” during the funeral ceremony of the rapper Azagaia in Maputo, Mozambique, March 14, 2023. © 2023 Ouri Pota (Johannesburg) –...
View ArticleThailand: Drop Charges Against Rights Defenders
Click to expand Image Three Thai human rights defenders—Angkhana Neelapaijit, Puttanee Kangkun, and Thanaporn Saleephol—face criminal defamation charges for reporting abuses. © 2022 Prachatai (New...
View ArticleUS Bill Seeks to ‘Stop Arming Human Rights Abusers’
Click to expand Image A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020. © 2020 Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via AP Images On March 8, Representative Ilhan Omar reintroduced in the...
View ArticleUN Expert Slams Greece Over Civil Society Curbs
Click to expand Image Supporters of the 24 aid workers and volunteers arrested for participating in migrant rescue operations hold up a banner outside the court in Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean...
View ArticleIn Tunisia Talks, EU Should Privilege Human Rights Over Politics
Click to expand Image People enter the Tunis hall of justice, Friday May, 26, 2017. © 2017 Hassene Dridi/AP Images (Brussels) – At their forthcoming meeting on March 20, European Union foreign affairs...
View ArticleForced from Home for Protesting Indonesia’s Mandatory Hijab Rules
Click to expand Image In Cibinong, West Java, a state school requires its female students to wear long skirts, long-sleeve shirts, and the hijab. © 2018 Andreas Harsono/Human Rights Watch When Elianu...
View ArticleBurkina Faso Acts to Tackle Armed Forces Abuses
Click to expand Image Two soldiers enter the Catholic church at the army barracks in Kaya, Burkina Faso, April 10, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Sophie Garcia On February 16, Burkina Faso’s transitional...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Jordanian Executed After Unfair Trial
Click to expand Image © 2011 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Saudi authorities executed Hussein Abu al-Khair, a Jordanian citizen, on March 12, 2023, after his conviction for a nonviolent drug crime,...
View ArticleFIFA Reverses Saudi Sponsorship of Women’s World Cup
Click to expand Image Emir and President of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud at the 2022 Qatar World...
View ArticleTwenty Years on, Iraq Bears Scars of US-led Invasion
In the lead up to the US-led invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003, proponents of the war spoke of the Iraqi people as helpless victims of a dictatorial regime. Yet the Iraqi people paid the heaviest...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Free the 22 ‘Kempir-Abad’ Protest Detainees
Click to expand Image Demonstrators protest against a controversial border demarcation deal… and demand to free detained opposition politicians and activists, in Bishkek on October 24, 2022 © 2022...
View ArticleSupport Builds for ICC Ukraine Investigation
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File Justice ministers from International Criminal...
View ArticleDeportation of Tajik Activist From Germany Raises Concerns
Click to expand Image Supporters of Tajik activist Abdullohi Shamsiddin, in Dortmund, Germany, hold posters asking where Shamsiddin is, calling for his return to Germany, and for people not to be...
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