Corruption Means More than Bribes and Payoffs
The recent passing of James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005, offers a moment to reflect on global progress in the fight against corruption. That his 1996 speech decrying the...
View ArticleUrgently Waive Intellectual Property Rules for Vaccine
Click to expand Image Delegates speaks before a special meeting of the General Council Preparatory Committee on Trade Facilitation at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva November...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Uses Celebrities to Whitewash Abuses
Click to expand Image People spend the evening at the Diriyah Oasis amusement park in Diriyah on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 13, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Amr Nabil The Covid-19...
View ArticleLebanon: Health Workers’ Safety Neglected during Covid-19
Click to expand Image A doctor, wearing protective gear, handles a test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2020. © 2020...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: ICC Prosecutor Ends Scrutiny of Iraq Abuses
Click to expand Image The mother and son of Baha Mousa hold pictures of him at their house in Basra on September 7, 2011. © 2011 Reuters (London) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Barriers to Education for Children with Disabilities
Click to expand Image A child looks out the window at the Belovodsk Psychoneurological Institute for children in Kyrgyzstan, November 15, 2017. © 2017 Danil Usmanov, kloop.kg (Berlin) – Thousands of...
View ArticleA Call to Protect People with Disabilities in Armed Conflict
Click to expand Image Nujeen Mustafa speaks at the United Nations Security Council briefing on April 24, 2019. “I have become disappointed. From what I see, nothing has practically changed for...
View ArticleMexican Senate Should Include Women with Disabilities in Justice Center Reform
In a welcome move, this week Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies amended the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence to strengthen the 44 justice centers that provide services for women...
View ArticleBrazil: Education Risk for Children With Disabilities
Click to expand Image A mother with her 3-year-old adoptive daughter, who has developmental disabilities. © 2017 Human Rights Watch (São Paulo) – A recent Brazilian presidential decree risks...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Saudi-US Doctor Sentenced on Vague Charges
Click to expand Image Walid al-Fitaihi, with his daughter Mariam, whom Saudi authorities have placed under a travel ban since 2017. © Private (Washington, DC) – A Saudi court sentenced a prominent...
View ArticleYemen: Houthi Terrorism Designation Threatens Aid
Click to expand Image An aid worker gives a food ration to a woman in Sanaa, Yemen, July 19, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (Washington) – The Trump administration’s potential designation of the...
View ArticleUyghur Family Kept Apart by China’s Xinjiang Policies Reunites
Click to expand Image Sadam Abudusalamu's lawyer Michael Bradley, Sadam Abudusalamu, his son Lutfy and wife Nadila. © Private A Uyghur family in Sydney, Australia is happily reunited today after three...
View ArticleJapan: End Assistance for Cambodia’s Abusive Police
Click to expand Image Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, greets with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, left, before a meeting at the Peace Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday,...
View ArticleItaly Charges Egyptian Security Forces in Giulio Regeni’s Murder
Click to expand Image An Egyptian activist holds a poster calling for justice in the case of Giulio Regeni in Cairo, Egypt, April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany After nearly five years of...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Unlawful Strikes in Nagorno-Karabakh
Click to expand Image Impact crater in a residential neighborhood in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh on Sasountsi David Street from an attack by Azerbaijan aircraft on October 4, 2020. © 2020 Human...
View ArticleThe Trump Administration’s Final Insult and Injury to Refugees
Click to expand Image Central American migrants traveling in a group make their way to Pijijiapan, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd The administration of US President...
View ArticleArmenia: Unlawful Rocket, Missile Strikes on Azerbaijan
Click to expand Image Shaira Guliyeva, 47, stands in front of her destroyed home and shows a photograph of her nephew, Arthur Guliyev, 13, who was killed there by a ballistic missile attack on October...
View ArticleEU Favors Autocrats over Values
Click to expand Image Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, left, speaks with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a round table meeting at an EU summit at the European Council building...
View ArticleIran: Dissident Executed on Vague Charges
Click to expand Image Rouhallah Zam, a 42-year-old journalist was executed on December 12, 2020. © The Islamic Republic News Agency (Beirut) – Iranian authorities executed a prominent dissident and...
View ArticleIraq: Step Toward Justice for ISIS Child Suspects
(Beirut) – A special committee of judges to adjudicate cases of children in detention in Iraq for alleged links to the Islamic State (ISIS) during the first half of 2020 appeared to comply with...
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