France: Put Fundamental Rights at Top of EU Agenda
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, October 22, 2021. © 2021 Aris Oikonomou, Pool Photo via AP (Paris) – President...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Muslim Blogger Faces Eight-Year Prison Term
Click to expand Image Fazilhoja Arifhojaev © 2019 Private (Berlin) – A Muslim blogger from Uzbekistan who has been in arbitrary detention for five months is facing charges of threatening public...
View ArticleIncendiary Weapons: Heed Calls to Strengthen Law
Click to expand Image An incendiary weapon falls in Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on March 23, 2018. © 2018 HAMZA AL-AJWEH/AFP via Getty Images (Geneva, December 9, 2021) – The...
View ArticleBangladesh: Bring Home the ‘Disappeared’
Click to expand Image © Private (New York) – Bangladesh authorities should stop tormenting families and provide information on the whereabouts of their loved ones disappeared by security forces, Human...
View ArticleRestarting ‘Remain in Mexico’ a Travesty
Click to expand Image Migrant women walk inside a migrant encampment in Matamoros, Mexico, February 18, 2021. © 2021 REUTERS/Daniel Becerril (Washington, DC) – The decision to revive the “Remain in...
View ArticleEthiopia: Tigray Forces Summarily Execute Civilians
Click to expand Image The shallow grave of an unidentified person killed during fighting in the village of Chenna, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Residents said it was dug in early September 2021...
View ArticleBlue Lights for Human Rights Across Germany
Click to expand Image Die Paulskirche in Frankfurt am Main leuchtet blau, um den Tag der Menschenrechte am 10. Dezember 2019 zu feiern. © Wonge Bergmann (Berlin) – On Human Rights Day, numerous...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Protect Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image International Women’s Day march in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 8, 2021. © 2021 Human Rights Watch (Almaty) – Almaty city authorities’ denial of a permit for a women’s rights march...
View ArticleThe Misguided US Approach to Drug Overdose Deaths
Click to expand Image Evelyn Milan, right, prepares a package with sterile injecting equipment for a member at VOCAL-NY's headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 3, 2018. © 2018 AP...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image Abortion-rights activists rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC, November 1, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin In disastrous news for women’s rights, the US...
View ArticleKilling of Journalist, Criminal Libel in the Philippines
Click to expand Image Employees and supporters of Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN join a protest calling for the franchise renewal of the media giant on July 3, 2020 in Quezon City, Philippines....
View ArticleMyanmar: Junta Blocks Lifesaving Aid
Click to expand Image A man sits at a makeshift displacement site in Demoso township, Karenni State, June 17, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo (New York) –Myanmar’s military junta is blocking desperately needed...
View ArticleVietnam: Free Prominent Blogger
Click to expand Image Pham Doan Trang with two books that she co-authored, 2019. © Private (New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should drop all criminal charges against the prominent human rights...
View ArticleBahrain: Free Leading Opposition Activists
Click to expand Image Bahraini political opposition leaders, activists, bloggers, and human rights defenders imprisoned for their roles in the 2011 pro-democracy protests. © 2021 Bahrain Institute...
View ArticleKenya: Vaccine Requirements Violate Rights
Click to expand Image A nurse prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, March 5, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Ben Curtis (Nairobi) – Kenyan...
View ArticleIsrael: Abusive Policing in Lod During May Hostilities
Click to expand Image Israeli forces detain three Palestinians on May 13, 2021 during unrest in Lod, a mixed Jewish and Palestinian city in central Israel. © 2021 Associated Press (Jerusalem) –...
View ArticleVietnam: Free Land Rights Activists
Click to expand Image Photos of Nguyen Thi Tam (right) and Trinh Ba Phuong (left), wearing a shirt that says "Human Rights" and carrying a sign that reads, "[You] cannot rob human rights from us, the...
View ArticleUN to Release Much-Anticipated Rights Report on China
Click to expand Image UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 4, 2019. © 2019 Salvatore...
View ArticleUS: End Impunity for Civilian Casualties
Click to expand Image The Pentagon, Washington, DC, United States. © 2008 Flickr/David B. Gleason (Washington) – The US military’s decision to hold no one accountable for killing 10 civilians in an...
View ArticlePhilippines: ICC Should Continue ‘Drug War’ Investigation
Click to expand Image Protesters holding up caricature of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte march outside Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines, June 30, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Aaron Favila (New...
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