Will Greek Schools Open for All Kids This Year?
Click to expand Image Children play in a playground in the Ritsona refugee camp, north of Athens, Greece on October 22, 2019. © 2019 LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images The first day of school in...
View ArticleBiden Administration Targets Out-of-Control US Drug Prices
Click to expand Image President Joe Biden speaks about how his Build Back Better agenda will lower prescription drug prices, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 12, 2021....
View ArticleTurkey Defies the European Court
Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Private (Istanbul) – The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers should trigger infringement proceedings against Turkey at its September 14-16, 2021 meeting...
View ArticleSharing Knowledge, Technology Critical to Curb Covid-19
(New York) – Wealthy governments and pharmaceutical companies are undermining a rapid and equitable public health response to Covid-19 vaccines, therapeutic drugs, and tests, Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleSouth Korea: LGBT Students Face Bullying, Discrimination
(Seoul) – Young lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in South Korea experience isolation and mistreatment in schools, Human Rights Watch and the Allard K. Lowenstein International...
View ArticleMexico: Landmark Reproductive Rights Rulings
Click to expand Image A woman holds up a banner that reads "My body, I decide" during a rally to celebrate the decision of the Mexican Supreme Court that found the total criminalization of abortion to...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: Important Step for Justice
Click to expand Image Special Prosecutor Toussaint Muntazini (right) and five other judges of Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court (SCC) sit at the National Assembly in Bangui, having...
View ArticleBrazil: Bolsonaro Threatens Democratic Rule
Click to expand Image The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, at a rally on September 07, 2021 in São Paulo, Brazil. © Amauri Nehn/NurPhoto via AP President Jair Bolsonaro is threatening democratic...
View ArticleLebanon: UN Rights Body Should Investigate Beirut Blast
Click to expand Image In this Aug. 9, 2020 file photo, political graffiti is visible in front of the scene of the August 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. © 2020 AP Photo/Hussein...
View ArticleGuinea: Leaders Should Respect Fundamental Rights
Click to expand Image Guinea's Col. Mamady Doumbouya, center, is heavily guarded by soldiers after a meeting with ECOWAS delegation in Conakry, Guinea on September 10, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Sunday...
View ArticleDR Congo: Massacres Persist Despite Martial Law
Click to expand Image Congolese army soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers patrol the area of an attack near the town of Oicha, 30 kilometers from Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, July...
View ArticleUS: Extreme Heat Should Prompt New Border Approach
Click to expand Image Alyssa Quintanilla, part of the Tucson Samaritans volunteer group, carries a cross, May 18, 2021, to be installed near Three Points, Arizona. The cross will be installed in the...
View ArticleUS: Commit to Joining Cluster Munitions Ban
Click to expand Image Submunición M77 DPICM sin estallar hallada en la localidad de Dughayj, en el norte de Yemen, tras los ataques perpetrados por las fuerzas de la coalición liderada por Arabia...
View ArticleUN Rights Chief to Report on China’s Abuses in Xinjiang
Click to expand Image Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang region on April 23, 2021. © 2021 Mark Schiefelbein/AP...
View ArticleGreece: Dangerous Custody Law to Take Effect
Click to expand Image Protesters in Athens, Greece on March 27, 2021 stand outside the Greek Parliament displaying a banner that reads “your sexism is harming both mother and child” against a new law...
View ArticleRussia: Broad Facial Recognition Use Undermines Rights
Click to expand Image A surveillance camera operates in Red square near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on November 2, 2019. © 2019 Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Moscow) – Russian...
View ArticleSri Lankan Minister Threatens Prisoners at Gunpoint
Click to expand Image Prison guards at the main entrance of Welikada prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 2019. © © 2019 Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images As the Sri Lankan government was...
View ArticleDon’t Forget Older Australians as Covid-19 Lockdown Lifts
Click to expand Image Summitcare aged care facility in Baulkham Hills in Sydney, Australia, July 4, 2021. © 2021 Jenny Evans/Getty Images For the first time in 12 weeks, residents of Sydney, Australia...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Reject Amendments to Press Law
Click to expand Image South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, October 28, 2020. © 2020 Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP (Seoul) - South Korea’s...
View ArticleEthiopia: Eritrean Refugees Targeted in Tigray
Click to expand Image Satellite image collected after the destruction of Hitsats refugee camp, in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region offers a snapshot of the extensive damage to humanitarian...
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