Ukraine LGBT Center Broken Into, Vandalized
Click to expand Image The office of Ukrainian LGBT organization Insight was attacked in Lutsk on June 13, 2023. © 2023 Insight A community center that has become a lifeline for lesbian, gay, bisexual...
View ArticleUganda Should Ensure Justice for Kasese Massacre
Click to expand Image A Ugandan policeman guards the remains of the destroyed palace of Charles Wesley Mumbere, king of the Rwenzururu, after Uganda security forces stormed the compound in Kasese...
View ArticleIndia/US: Put Rights at Center of Modi-Biden Summit
Click to expand Image A demonstrator outside the White House in Washington, DC, protests Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the United States, September 23, 2021. © 2021 Bryan...
View ArticleAnother Canadian Province To End Immigration Detention in Jails
Click to expand Image A protestor holds a sign outside a provincial jail in Toronto during a rally against immigration detention, 2022. © 2022 Samer Muscati/HRW Ontario’s government is terminating its...
View ArticleQatar: Six Months Post-World Cup, Migrant Workers Suffer
(Beirut) – Six months after the 2022 World Cup final in Doha, FIFA and Qatari authorities have failed to provide compensation for widespread abuses, including wage theft and unexplained deaths of...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Reaffirms Tribal Sovereignty
Click to expand Image Demonstrators stand outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, as the court hears arguments over the Indian Child Welfare Act, Washington DC, November 9, 2022. © 2022 Mariam Zuhaib/AP...
View ArticleBangladesh: Protect People Most At Risk During Monsoon Season
Click to expand Image Mohammad Abdul Gani (right) from Bishwanath, Sylhet, 75, described the temporary shelter where he stayed for 15 days as "another nightmare." He said there were only 2 toilets for...
View ArticleGreece: Smear Campaign Against Rights Activist
Click to expand Image Panayote Dimitras speaking at march against discrimination organized by the Greek Forum of Migrants, after receiving the Antiracism Award - Tzanetos Antypas. Athens, March 21,...
View ArticleMyanmar: Junta Blocks Lifesaving Cyclone Aid
Click to expand Image Local residents walk past damaged buildings after Cyclone Mocha in Sittwe township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, May 16, 2023. © 2023 AP Images The Myanmar junta’s increasing...
View ArticleUkraine: Support Needed to End Institutionalization of Children
Click to expand Image A child walks down a hallway of a residential institution where he is staying, April 8, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. © 2022 Joe Raedle/Getty Images (London) – Officials and business...
View ArticleHong Kong: Tech Firms Should Oppose Protest Song Ban
Click to expand Image Demonstrators sing during a rally at Chater Garden, Hong Kong, October 26, 2019. © 2019 Mark Schiefelbein/AP Images (New York, June 20, 2023) – Tech companies should oppose the...
View ArticleInter-American Commission of Human Rights Plays Crucial Role in Protecting...
Click to expand Image A flag of the Organization of American States (OAS), May 2, 2023. © 2023 2023 SPTNK/AP Images This Friday, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will...
View ArticlePeru Should Provide Comprehensive Reproductive Care for Girls
Click to expand Image Feminist groups march on International Abortion Day to demand a legal, free and safe abortions in Lima, Peru, September 28, 2022. © 2022 Martin Mejia/AP Images When Camila (a...
View ArticleSudan: Tackle Spiralling Violence in West Darfur
Click to expand Image A Sudanese refugee who fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, at her makeshift shelter in Koufroun, Chad, May 15, 2023. © 2023 REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (Nairobi) – The United...
View ArticleSpain/Morocco: No Justice for Deaths at Melilla Border
Click to expand Image People in Callao square, Madrid, protest the June 24, 2022, violence at the Melilla-Morocco border, July 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Manu Fernández (Brussels) – There has been no...
View ArticleEstonia legalizes same-sex marriage
Click to expand Image Annual gay pride parade in Tallinn, Estonia, July 8, 2017. © 2017 yegorovnick/Shutterstock In a significant step toward greater equality, Estonia’s parliament voted Tuesday in...
View ArticleVenezuela: Increased Threats to Free Elections
Click to expand Image Pedro Enrique Calzadilla, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), center, announces the resignation of the council's five board members at the CNE in Caracas,...
View ArticleFrance: Government Dissolves Environmental Group
Click to expand Image Mobile riot gendarmes policing a protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation in Sainte-Soline, France on March 25, 2023. © 2023 Ugo...
View ArticlePut People’s Rights First in Syria Sanctions
Click to expand Image A worker unloads bags and boxes of humanitarian aid from the back of a truck in the opposition-held Idlib, Syria, June 9, 2021. © 2021 Khalil Ashawi/Reuters (Beirut) – The United...
View ArticleUS Courts Block Anti-Trans Legislation
Click to expand Image Dylan Brandt speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas, US, July 21, 2021. © 2021 Andrew DeMillo/AP Photo In a victory for transgender...
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