Tunisia: Free Arbitrarily Detained Ex-Prime Minister
Click to expand Image Then-prime minister of Tunisia, Ali Laarayedh, delivers a speech during a news conference in Tunis, February 22, 2013. © 2013 AP Photo/Hassene Dridi (Tunis) – Tunisian...
View ArticleVietnam: Free Prominent Activist Blogger
Click to expand Image Vietnamese activist and blogger Nguyễn Lân Thắng. © 2012 Nguyễn Lân Thắng (Bangkok) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately drop all charges and release the well-known...
View ArticleMalaysia Repeals Mandatory Death Penalty
Click to expand Image An activist during a protest against the death penalty in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 23, 2022. © 2022 Vincent Thian/AP Images (Bangkok) – Malaysia’s abolition of the...
View ArticlePakistan: Farmers Forcibly Evicted for Urban Project
Click to expand Image A farmer herds sheep through farmland in the vicinity of the Ravi River project, in Lahore, Pakistan, December 8, 2021. © 2021 Betsy Joles/Bloomberg via Getty Images (New York,...
View ArticleBrazil: Recognize Indigenous Land Rights
Click to expand Image Indigenous people call for greater protection of their land and rights at the Acampamento Terra Livre (Free Land Camp) in Brasilia, an annual protest held by Indigenous peoples...
View ArticleUAE: Detainees Held Beyond Sentences
Click to expand Image Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 3, 2019. © 2019 Hamad Mohammed/Reuters (Beirut) – United Arab Emirates authorities are continuing to incarcerate at least 51 Emirati...
View ArticleUS Secretary of State Should Press Vietnam on Rights during Visit
Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Washington, DC, US, on May 13, 2022. © 2022 Jose Luis Magana/AP Images United...
View ArticleOpposition Figure Convicted in Kazakhstan
Click to expand Image Zhanbolat Mamay, center, sits with his lawyers during a trial hearing in November 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. © 2022 Private On April 10, a court in Almaty, Kazakhstan convicted...
View ArticleThailand: Myanmar Activists Forcibly Returned
Click to expand Image Police block a road leading to City Hall as protesters approach on February 13, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. © 2021 Hkun Lat/Getty Images (New York) – Thai immigration officials...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Microsoft Should Hold Off On Data Center
Click to expand Image Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Court, in Riyadh, on January 14, 2019. © 2019 Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds/Pool via AP (Beirut) – Microsoft should suspend its...
View ArticlePalestinian Authority Blocks Registration of Rights Group
Click to expand Image Mohannad Karaje, head of Lawyers for Justice, outside the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. © Private In August 2022, when Israeli authorities raided the offices of...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Torture Center in Kherson
Click to expand Image A pretrial detention facility on Teploenerhetykiv Street in Kherson, Ukraine that was used by Russian forces to torture civilians. © 2022 Roman Baklazhov New evidence has emerged...
View ArticleRussia Bans Key Platform for Civil Society Cooperation
This week, Russia’s prosecutor general designated as “undesirable” the EU-Russian Civil Society Forum, a prominent nongovernmental organization promoting cooperation between Russian and European civil...
View ArticleRussia: Sentencing for Prominent Kremlin Critic
Click to expand Image Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is escorted to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, February 8, 2023 © 2023 AP Photo, File (Berlin, April 14, 2023) – Moscow...
View ArticleIndonesia: Activists on Trial for Criminal Defamation
Click to expand Image Fatia Maulidiyanti of KontraS is interviewed on Haris Azhar’s YouTube channel on August 20, 2021, in which they discussed new reports on human rights abuses in Indonesia’s Papua...
View ArticleFrance’s Macron Ignores Violations During China Visit
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping take part in a business council meeting in Beijing, April 6, 2023. © 2023 Ludovic Marin/AP Images French...
View ArticleIraq: Flawed Implementation of Yazidi Compensation Law
Click to expand Image (Beirut) – The Iraqi government’s recent decision requiring applicants under the Yazidi Survivors Law to file a judicial complaint to be eligible for reparations is an alarming...
View ArticleFlorida Passes Extreme 6-Week Abortion Ban
Click to expand Image People are protesting during The Bans Off Our Bodies pro-choice rally at the US Federal Court House on July 13, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. © 2022 mpi04/MediaPunch/1PX/AP...
View ArticleAngolan Forces Linked to Abuses Against Migrant Women
Click to expand Image Laundry belonging to Congolese migrants expelled from Angola in Kamako, Kasai province near the border with Angola, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 13, 2018. ©...
View ArticleUK: “Hostile” Compensation Scheme Fails ‘Windrush’ Victims
Click to expand Image Thomas Tobierre, 69, who applied to the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme as a primary applicant, says he realized that the scheme was set up to deny claimants their...
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