Myanmar Junta Dissolves Political Parties
Click to expand Image Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyidaw, September 19, 2017. © 2017 Reuters Myanmar’s military junta announced this week that the National League for Democracy (NLD) is among 40 political...
View ArticleFrance, EU: Raise Rights During Top-Level China Visit
Click to expand Image France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, December 12, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Michel...
View ArticleNamibian Communities Deserve a Say in German Reparations Deal
Click to expand Image Chiefs of the Nama and Ovaherero peoples during the annual ‘reparations walk’ in Swakopmund, Namibia, in April 2022, calling for reparations for the ongoing impact of the...
View ArticleDR Congo: Rampant Intercommunal Violence in West
Click to expand Image Bandundu’s Malebo market turned into a camp hosting displaced people despite a Congolese government attempt to close it. © 2022 Venance Kalenga/Human Rights Watch (Kinshasa) –...
View ArticleRussia’s Security Service Arrests American Reporter
Russia’s Federal Security Service has arrested Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on “suspicion of espionage in the interests of the American government,” and a court has ordered him to...
View ArticleSwiss 'Senior Women' Take Government to Court over Climate Change
Click to expand Image A group from the Senior Women for Climate Protection association hold banners outside the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France March 29, 2023. © 2023 Emma...
View ArticleUN Paints Bleak Picture of Rights in Sri Lanka
Click to expand Image Women hold portraits of family members who went missing during Sri Lanka’s civil war that ended in 2009, during a demonstration in Colombo, December 5, 2022. © 2022 Ishara S....
View ArticleKosovo: War Crimes Trial to Begin in The Hague
Click to expand Image Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on November 9, 2020. © 2020 JERRY LAMPEN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (The Hague) – The trial of the...
View ArticleSex Testing Rules Harm Women Athletes
(New York) – Women track and field athletes will be subjected to tight surveillance based on gender stereotypes under a new set of global regulations, the latest in a series of arbitrary and...
View ArticleRape Survivor Testifies Publicly in Guinea Massacre Trial
Click to expand Image Fatoumata Barry testifying at the trial for the September 28, 2009 Stadium Massacre in Conakry, Guinea on March 15, 2023. © 2023 Abdoulaye Bella Diallo “I prefer to come in...
View ArticleBangladesh: Halt ‘Pilot’ Plan to Return Rohingya
Click to expand Image Rohingya refugees shout slogans against repatriation at Unchiprang camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November 15, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Dar Yasin (Bangkok) – Bangladesh...
View ArticleGuatemala: End Arbitrary Exclusion of Candidates
Click to expand Image Supporters of the Liberation of the People (MLP) political party protest that the Supreme Electoral Tribunal denied the candidacy of their vice president hopeful Jordan Rodas in...
View ArticleThailand: Don’t Return Chinese Asylum Seekers
Click to expand Image Members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, also known as the Mayflower Church, leave from the Nongprue police station on their way to Pattaya Provincial Court in Pattaya,...
View ArticleBrazil: Online Learning Tools Harvest Children’s Data
Click to expand Image © Andrea Devia Nuño, Hero Studios Educational websites directed at Brazilian students, including two created by state education secretariats, surveilled children and harvested...
View ArticleLibya: Revoke Repressive Anti-Cybercrime Law
Click to expand Image Map of Libya © Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – The Libyan House of Representatives should repeal a 2022 Anti-Cybercrime Law that restricts freedoms of speech, Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleAustralia Should Raise Abuses During Vietnam Visit
Click to expand Image Vietnamese political detainees and prisoners, from upper left: Do Nam Trung, Can Thi Theu and Trinh Ba Tu, Le Trong Hung, Trinh Ba Phuong; lower left: Nguyen Thi Tam, Pham Doan...
View ArticleA Path Toward Judicial Independence in Lebanon
Click to expand Image Families of Port Blast's victims show portraits of their beloved ones near the Palace of Justice in Beirut, November 25, 2021. Relatives of victims call for an independent...
View ArticleTragedy at a Mexican Immigration Detention Center
Click to expand Image An altar with candles and photos covers the fence outside the Mexican immigration detention center that was the site of a deadly fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Photo taken on...
View ArticleLack of Accountability Risks Philippines’ EU Trade Perks
Click to expand Image Activists light candles in front of the picture of 17-year-old student Kian delos Santos in Caloocan City, Philippines on November 29, 2018. Delos Santos' 2017 killing resulted...
View ArticleUN: Protect Human Rights in Action on Antisemitism
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 should...
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