Cambodia: Land Rights Activists Face Baseless Charges
Click to expand Image Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC) supporters march to the Ministry of Interior in Phnom Penh on May 22, 2023, to demand the release of three of their members charged...
View ArticleThailand: Lao Refugee Gunned Down
(New York) – Thai authorities should immediately and impartially investigate the killing of an exiled Lao political activist, Bounsuan Kitiyano, Human Rights Watch said today.On May 17, 2023,...
View ArticleUniversal Social Security Can Reduce Poverty, Inequality
Click to expand Image Dilli Haat open air market in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2023. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images (New York) – Governments and international lenders like the International Monetary Fund...
View ArticleCambodia: Casino Union Leader Chhim Sithar and Strikers Convicted
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 ArticleNigeria: New Government Should Improve on Human Rights
Click to expand Image Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (R) and Nigeria's newly declared winner of 2023 presidential election, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (L) pose for a photograph in Daura, Nigeria, March 1,...
View ArticleJapan: ‘Hostage Justice’ System Violates Rights
(Tokyo) – Japan’s system of “hostage justice” denies criminal suspects the rights to due process and a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The 101-page report, “Japan’s...
View ArticleFresh Details on Russia’s Forcible Transfer of Ukrainian Children
Click to expand Image Kherson Children’s House, an orphanage from which Russian forces allegedly took 49 children in Kherson, Ukraine, November 27, 2022. © 2022 Chris McGrath/Getty Images The Russian...
View ArticleUS Sues Online Learning Company Over Students’ Data Privacy
Click to expand Image © Andrea Devia Nuño, Hero Studios The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has made history by suing an online learning company, Edmodo, for collecting and using...
View ArticleEgypt: Pretrial Detention Renewals by Video
Click to expand Image The courthouse at the new Badr Prison in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, during a government-guided tour for the media, January 16, 2022. © 2022 Khaled...
View ArticleChad: Still No Reparations for Hissène Habré’s Victims
Click to expand Image Hissène Habré’s victims march for reparations, Ndjaména, Chad © Association of Victims of the Crimes of Hissène Habré, May 2022 (Dakar) – The victims of the late Chadian...
View ArticleNamibian Court Recognizes Foreign Same-Sex Marriages
Click to expand Image A rainbow LGBT pride flag. © Wikimedia Commons Namibia’s Supreme Court has issued a long-awaited ruling recognizing same-sex marriages performed abroad. The ruling is a victory...
View ArticleCluster Munitions: Renew Global Momentum for Ban
Click to expand Image Collected remnants of Russian cluster munition rockets that were used to attack the city of Kharkiv, at a storage area in Kharkiv, Ukraine, December 22, 2022. © 2022 Evgeniy...
View ArticleDR Congo: Peaceful Protests Violently Repressed
(Kinshasa) – Police violently dispersed peaceful protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 20, 2023, arresting dozens of people and seriously injuring at least 30,...
View ArticleBrazil: Reject Harmful Bill on Indigenous 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 ArticleYemen: Houthis Forcibly Disappear Baha’is
Click to expand Image Armed Houthi gunmen stormed a peaceful Baha’i annual general meeting in Sanaa, Yemen, detaining at least 17 including 5 women, May 25, 2023. © 2023 Private (Beirut) – Armed...
View ArticleIndia: Investigate Police Bias Alleged in Manipur Violence
Click to expand Image A vehicle burned during ethnic violence in Imphal, Manipur, India, May 4, 2023. © 2023 AFP via Getty images (New York) – Indian authorities should immediately and impartially...
View ArticleUganda’s President Signs Repressive Anti-LGBT Law
Click to expand Image Ugandan Members of Parliament stand as they participate during the passing of the anti-Homosexuality bill, at a sitting inside the Parliament Buildings in Kampala, Uganda, May 2,...
View ArticleBrazil’s Lula Misses Crucial Chance to Uphold Rights in Venezuela
Click to expand Image Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva smile at a press conference after their bilateral meeting at Planalto palace in...
View ArticleGulf States: Migrant Workers at Serious Risk from Dangerous Heat
Click to expand Image Workers clean the exterior of the Museum of the Future, currently under construction, in Dubai on November 19, 2020. © Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Migrant workers...
View ArticleKenya: End Abusive Policing of Protests
Click to expand Image A riot police officer fires tear gas at protesters during a mass rally called by the opposition leader Raila Odinga over the high cost of living, in Nairobi, Monday, March 27,...
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