Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets
Click to expand Image Muhammad al-Ghamdi © Private (Beirut) – A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death based solely on his Twitter, and YouTube activity, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi...
View ArticleBangladesh: Open Forced Disappearances Inquiry
Click to expand Image © Private (Bangkok) – Bangladesh authorities should accept the offer from the United Nations to support an independent commission of inquiry into enforced disappearances by the...
View ArticleBurundi: Free Journalist Held for a Year
Click to expand Image Floriane Irangabiye © Private. (Nairobi) - Burundian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release and quash the conviction of journalist Floriane Irangabiye, who...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Effort to Shut Down Independent News Outlet
Click to expand Image Protesters flash the light of their mobile phones during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 25, 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleCOP28: US Should Press UAE for Activist’s Release
Click to expand Image In this Aug. 25, 2016 file photo, human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor speaks to Associated Press journalists in Ajman, United Arab Emirates. © 2016 AP Photo/Jon Gambrell (Beirut,...
View ArticleSpanish Women Players Spotlight Crisis of Abuse
Click to expand Image Spanish football federation president, Luis Rubiales talks to Queen Letizia of Spain on stage during the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Final match...
View ArticleNigerian Police Arrest Dozens for Alleged Gay Wedding
Click to expand Image Men charged with public displays of same-sex affection gather within the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria, March 3, 2020. © 2022 Temilade Adelaja/Reuters On...
View ArticleChina: Unrelenting Crimes Against Humanity Targeting Uyghurs
Click to expand Image Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, August 26, 2023. © 2023 Shen Hong/Xinhua via Getty Images (New...
View ArticleIMF Should Help Pakistan Uphold Right to Electricity
Click to expand Image People protest against the hikes in fuel prices and electricity billings, in Karachi, Pakistan, August 18, 2023. © 2023 Akhtar Soomro/Reuters Widespread protests in Pakistan...
View ArticleLebanon: Comedian Arrested for Critical Jokes
Stand-up comedian Nour Hajjar performs onstage at the KED Beirut on December 15, 2020. © 2020 JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Lebanese authorities’ arrest and investigation of prominent...
View ArticleDR Congo: Deadly Crackdown in Goma
Congolese security forces shot and killed dozens of protesters, and wounded scores more, gathering in the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on August 30, 2023. The security forces...
View ArticleIran: Suspicious Death of Imprisoned Protester
Click to expand Image Javad Rouhi © 2023 Tabnak (Beirut) – An imprisoned Iranian protester died under suspicious circumstances on August 31, 2023, in northern Iran, raising grave concerns about his...
View ArticleBahrain: Address Hunger Strike Grievances
Click to expand Image Bahraini anti-government protesters raise signs with images of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain. © 2012 AP Photo/Hasan...
View ArticleTroubling Development for Free Speech in Chad
Last October, protests against Chad’s transitional government were met with brutal repression as scores of people were killed, injured, or arrested. But despite a shrinking political space, activists,...
View ArticleUS Chooses Shameful Hypocrisy in Forcibly Returning Haitians
Click to expand Image People displaced by armed gangs from their homes in the Tabare neighborhood rest outside the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 25, 2023. © 2023 Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo...
View ArticleLebanon: Attack on Freedoms Targets LGBTI People
Click to expand Image In this Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 picture, Lebanese police stand guard as protesters carry banners during a sit-in for gays and lesbians in Beirut. In February, about two dozen gays...
View ArticleBreaking Educational Barriers for Children with Albinism
Click to expand Image Flavia Pinto, head of Azemap, a volunteer-run organization that supports people with albinism, stands before a mural painted at a school in Tete province. The mural reads:...
View ArticleCluster Munitions: New Use, Transfers Challenge Total Ban
Click to expand Image People assess the damage caused by the Syrian-Russian military alliance’s cluster munition attack on the Maram camp for displaced people near the village of Kafr Jalis in Idlib...
View ArticleAustralian Prime Minister Should Press Philippines to End Killings
Click to expand Image Relatives of “drug war” victims light candles after the International Criminal Court allowed the ICC prosecutor to resume his investigation into alleged crimes against humanity...
View ArticleNo Consensus on Proposed Global Cybercrime Treaty
Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 2021. © 2021 Sergi Reboredo / VWPics via AP Images On Friday, governments concluded two weeks...
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