US: Include Maternal Health in Climate Change Action
Click to expand Image US President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on tackling climate change on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. From left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden, White...
View ArticleJustice is Served for George Floyd, but US Police Reform Remains Urgent
Click to expand Image A mural dedicated to George Floyd and honoring the Black Lives Matter movement in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 29, 2020. © 2020 munshots/Sipa via AP Images A Minnesota jury has...
View ArticleChad: Déby Leaves Legacy of Abuse
Click to expand Image Recently deceased Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno seen here addressing the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters on Monday, Sept....
View ArticleASEAN: Withdraw Invite to Myanmar Junta Leader
Click to expand Image State Administrative Council Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing makes a televised statement in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 11, 2021. © 2021 Tatmadaw...
View ArticleMaldives Advances Media Freedom, But Long Way to Go
Click to expand Image Relatives of disappeared Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla hold a silent protest during International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances in Colombo, Sri Lanka,...
View ArticleUK Football Fans Should Put European Super League Anger to Good Use
Click to expand Image A mobile food pantry with food collected by Fans Supporting Foodbanks and other local anti-poverty groups set up at at St. Mary’s Millennium Centre, Liverpool, UK, February 2021....
View ArticleRemembering Chad’s Idriss Deby
Click to expand Image Reed Brody meets Idriss Déby at his office in N'Djamena, Chad, 2004. © Private I met Chadian president Idriss Déby, who was killed this week, several times. For 30 years, the...
View ArticleKurdistan Region of Iraq: Flawed Trial of Journalists, Activists
Click to expand Image Families of the journalists and activists on trial on February 16, 2021, sitting outside the Erbil District Court of Appeal. © 2021 NRT Digital Media (Beirut) – A court in the...
View ArticleUS FedEx Shooting Should Be Investigated as Possible Hate Crime
Click to expand Image Members of the Sikh Coalition gather at the Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis to formulate the group's response to the shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis that claimed the...
View ArticleRussia: Arbitrary Detentions at Pro-Navalny Protests
Click to expand Image A woman argues with a police officer during a protest in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Ulan-Ude, Russia, April 21, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Anna Ogorodnik...
View ArticleIndia Falters Amid Growing Covid-19 Crisis
Click to expand Image A hospital information board shows non-availability of beds in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo As India faces the world’s fastest-growing number of Covid-19...
View ArticleBolsonaro’s Empty Promises to Protect the Amazon
Speaking at the Leaders Summit on Climate convened by the United States today, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro insisted he’s committed to protecting the Amazon and even pledged more resources for...
View ArticleCanada’s New Climate Target Falls Short
Click to expand Image Canada's Liberal leader and Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, October 20, 2015. © 2015 Reuters At the US Climate Summit...
View ArticleDominican Republic: End Total Abortion Ban
Click to expand Image An abortion rights activist holds a plastic medallion reading "For the #3Causales (#3LegalGrounds), Life, Health and Dignity" during a protest to urge parliament to approve a...
View ArticleHungary’s Scrapping of NGO Law Insufficient to Protect Civil Society
Click to expand Image People protest in Heroes’ square against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George...
View ArticleCameroon: Ensure Credible Inquiry on Covid-19 Funds
Click to expand Image A picture showing Cameroon President Paul Biya who recently gave directives to improve oversight and investigate misappropriation of Covid-19 funding. © 2018 Lintao Zhang/Pool...
View ArticleMexico: Reform Marijuana Policy
Click to expand Image Young people consumed marijuana and demonstrated at the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City on the occasion of Weed Day, April 20, 2021. © 2021 Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via...
View ArticleWorld Food Program Set to Help Venezuelan Children
Click to expand Image A girl reaches for a tangerine at a soup kitchen in Petare, Venezuela, February 27, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos On April 19, the World Food Program (WFP), the United...
View ArticleVenezuela: Security Force Abuses at Colombia Border
(Washington, DC) – Venezuelan security forces have committed egregious abuses against local residents during a weeks-long operation against armed groups on the border with Colombia, Human Rights Watch...
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