People with Disabilities, Older People at Risk after Hurricane Ida
Click to expand Image Occupants prepare to depart the Renaissance Place senior living apartments in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on September 3, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. © 2021 Matt...
View ArticlePeruvian Advocate for People with Disabilities Honored
Click to expand Image Bryan Russell hold his thumb up. © Bryan Russell 2020 (New York) – Bryan Russell, a Peruvian human rights advocate, is the 2021 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo...
View ArticleUS: Advance Human Right to Safe, Affordable Water
(Washington, DC) – The United States Congress should support programs that ensure everyone in the US has access to safe and affordable water, Human Rights Watch said in a video released today. To...
View ArticleDespite Overwhelming Evidence, Bangladesh Authorities Deny Enforced...
Click to expand Image Children hold the picture of their fathers as they join in an event to mark the International Day of the Disappeared in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 30, 2021. © 2021 Suvra Kanti...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Researcher on Xinjiang Crimes Banned
Click to expand Image Gene Bunin © 2021 Gene Bunin/Courtesy Photo (Berlin) – Kazakh authorities have banned a Russian-American researcher from the country for five years in apparent efforts to stymy...
View ArticleMexico: Mass Expulsion of Asylum Seekers to Guatemala
Click to expand Image Buses sit on the Mexican side of the El Ceibo border crossing after having expelled migrants into Guatemala. © 2021 Courtesy of Alejandra Macías Delgadillo, Asylum Access México...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban Severely Beat Journalists
Click to expand Image An Etilaat-e Roz reporter, one of several journalists beaten while covering protests in Kabul, September 7, 2021. © Private (New York) – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have...
View ArticleTentative Steps Toward Vaccine Equity in Malaysia
Click to expand Image A health worker gestures to the next vaccine recipient at Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 31, 2021. © 2021 Vivian Lo/ SOPA...
View ArticleMexican Soldiers and Immigration Agents Violently Detain Asylum Seekers
Click to expand Image Agents of the National Migration Institute detain a migrant during an operation to halt the progress of a caravan of migrants and asylum seekers in Chiapas state, Mexico on...
View ArticleTexas and US Supreme Court Deal Blow to Reproductive Rights
Click to expand Image Protesters march from City Hall to the federal courthouse in protest of the new state abortion law in Houston, Texas on September 5th, 2021. © 2021 Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto...
View ArticleQ&A on Afghans Fleeing Taliban
Click to expand Image Afghans from northern provinces, who fled their homes due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces, take refuge in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan, August...
View ArticleEU: Robustly Implement New Export Rules for Surveillance Tech
Click to expand Image Human Rights Watch, Access Now, Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Reporters Without Borders call for robust implementation of new EU export control...
View ArticleQatar: Election Law Exposes Discriminatory Citizenship
Click to expand Image A Qatari candidate registers to run in the country's upcoming election as a member of its top advisory panel, known as the Shura Council, in the capital Doha, on August 22, 2021....
View ArticleTwo Preachers in Indonesia Charged with Blasphemy
Click to expand Image (L-R) Muhammed Kece, Yahya Waoni © MuhammedKece/YouTube, Hadith TV/YouTube Indonesian National Police have separately arrested and detained two clergymen on blasphemy charges.On...
View ArticlePope Francis’ Hungary Visit Should Stress Need for Empathy Towards Refugees
Click to expand Image Pope Francis unveils a sculpture on the theme of refugees and migration titled, 'Angels Unawares', by Canadian sculptor Timothy P. Schmalz, on Migrant and Refugee World Day, in...
View ArticleUK’s Unlawful Cruelty in the English Channel
Click to expand Image A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers on September 5, 2021. © 2021 Jonathan Brady/AP Images The UK government’s reported...
View ArticleSri Lanka: UN Rights Council Scrutiny Crucial
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves after addressing parliament during the ceremonial inauguration of the session, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 3, 2020. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleJapan: Protect Fleeing Afghans at Risk
Click to expand Image Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, right, greets UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo on July 22, 2021. © 2021 Kazuhiro...
View ArticleTunisia: President’s Repressive Policies Abrogate Rights
Click to expand Image Tunisian President Kais Saied raises his fist to bystanders as he walks along the avenue Bourguiba in Tunis, Tunisia, August 1, 2021. © 2021 Slim Abid/Tunisian Presidency via...
View ArticleYemen: Key Human Rights Concerns for UN Envoy
Click to expand Image Aid is delivered in Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen, September 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Hammadi Issa (Beirut, September 12, 2021) – The new United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Hans...
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