France: Class Action Lawsuit against Ethnic Profiling
Click to expand Image Police agents check identity documents of passerby during the lockdown in Rennes, France. April 11, 2020. © 2020 Sipa via AP Images (Paris) – France has failed to take necessary...
View ArticleEnd Athlete Abuse in Pursuit of Olympic Medals in Japan
Tsubasa Araya was a gifted 17-year-old high school volleyball player in Japan. In July 2018, he took his life, writing, “Volleyball is the hardest.” As Japan prepares to host the Summer Olympics and...
View ArticleUK Leaves Out Pregnant People from Heat Health Warnings
Click to expand Image A woman walks under a parasol to shelter from the sun in Birmingham, U.K., on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The U.K.'s Met Office has issued its first-ever Extreme Heat weather...
View ArticleHasty, Harsh Sentence for Congo Critic
Click to expand Image Jacky Ndala. © Private On July 18, Jacky Ndala, youth leader for the political party Together for the Republic (Ensemble pour la République), noticed unusual activity outside his...
View ArticleArgentina Recognizes Non-Binary Identities
Click to expand Image President Alberto Fernández (center) with other authorities and members of social organizations, form an 'X', at the Bicentennial Museum in Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina,...
View ArticleIran: Deadly Response to Water Protests
Click to expand Image © Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Iranian authorities appear to have used excessive force against demonstrators in southwestern Iran protesting lack of access to water, Human...
View ArticleChina Restarts Forced Returns of Refugees to North Korea
Click to expand Image Photos of the North Korean refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea on June 11, 2019. © 2019 Josh...
View ArticleEurope’s Lack of Vision on Rule of Law
Click to expand Image European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders delivers the opening statements during a plenary session on the Commissions 2020 Rule of law report at the European Parliament...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: A Year On, Demand for Justice for Azimjon Askarov’s Death
Click to expand Image Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at...
View ArticleBiden Tells Central American Asylum Seekers to Stay Home
Click to expand Image President Joe Biden speaks at a CNN town hall at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, OH on July 21, 2021. © 2021 Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Refugees are defined under...
View ArticleBelarus Authorities Launch Purge of Civic Groups
Click to expand Image Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a cabinet meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, July 23, 2021, announcing a "purge" on civil society. © 2021 Nikolay...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Threats of Taliban Atrocities in Kandahar
Click to expand Image A family flees Panjwai district in Kandahar province on July 4, 2021, after the Taliban captured the area. © 2021 Javed Tanveer / AFP via Getty Images (New York) – Taliban...
View ArticleFrance Edges Closer to Ratifying Workplace Violence Treaty
Click to expand Image Protestors marching to demand the end of femicide and violence against women in Paris, France, November 23, 2019. © 2019 Christian Hartmann/Reuters (Paris, July 23) “The world...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Collective Punishment for Ex-Official’s Children
Click to expand Image Sarah al-Jabri and Omar al-Jabri © Private (Beirut) – Saudi authorities should immediately release the imprisoned children of a former Saudi official following an unfair trial...
View ArticleAustralia Should Back Covid-19 Waiver of Intellectual Property Rules
Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, watches a pharmacist prepare a simulated vaccine at the Sydney local health district vaccination hub in Sydney, February 19, 2021....
View ArticleGaza: Apparent War Crimes During May Fighting
Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups carried out attacks during the May 2021 fighting in the Gaza Strip and Israel that violated the laws of war and apparently amount to war crimes, Human Rights...
View ArticleMyanmar: Junta Escalates Media Crackdown
(Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta should stop prosecuting journalists and end its assault on independent media, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a video about the media crackdown.Since the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Sudanese Media Personality Jailed for Critical Tweets
Click to expand Image Ahmad Ali Abdelkader, 31. © Private (Beirut) – A Saudi court sentenced a Sudanese media personality and journalist to four years in prison on June 8, 2021, for “insulting the...
View ArticleZambia: Tackle Lead Poisoning at Former Mine
Click to expand Image View of a former mine pit, now flooded, at the old mine site in Kabwe. In the foreground is an area where small-scale miners still work today. © 2019 Diane McCarthy for Human...
View ArticleTunisia: President’s Seizure of Powers Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image Kais Saied during the sworn ceremony in Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia on October 23, 2019. © 2019 Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Images (Tunis) – Tunisian...
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