Killer Robots: Military Powers Stymie Ban
Click to expand Image All countries have a duty to save humanity by retaining meaningful human control over the use of force and banning fully autonomous weapons. © 2020 Brian Stauffer for Human...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Yemeni Man Sentenced for Apostasy
Click to expand Image Ali Abu Luhum © 2020 Private (Beirut) – A Saudi court sentenced a Yemeni man to 15 years in prison for apostasy on October 21, 2021, based on comments made via two anonymous...
View ArticleUS: Failure to Pass Build Back Better Act Imperils Rights
Click to expand Image Children and teachers complete a mural in celebration of the launch of the Child Tax Credit on July 14, 2021 at the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center in Washington, DC. © 2021...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea’s Rapid Tides Expose Climate Risks
Click to expand Image Children play with a canoe on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, February 6, 2018. © 2018 Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images Earlier this month, parts of Papua New Guinea...
View ArticleJapan: Cut Defense Ties with Myanmar Military
Click to expand Image A Myanmar soldier during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 7, 2021. © 2021 Kaung Zaw Hein/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images (Tokyo) – The Japanese...
View ArticleNigeria: Halt Closure of Displaced People’s Camps
Click to expand Image The Bakassi Internally Displaced People's camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, March 2020. © 2020 AUDU MARTE/AFP via Getty Images (Abuja) – Nigeria’s Borno State government’s efforts to...
View ArticleTop Human Rights Tweets of 2021
The hashtags #WhatIsHappeningInMyanmar, #Tigray, #FarmersProtest, #WhereIsPengShuai, and #FreeBritney trended across the globe in 2021, springing from some of the world's most dire conflicts and...
View ArticleCovid-19, Security Concerns Threaten Cameroon Football Tournament
Click to expand Image Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education, looks on as the Africa Cup of Nations trophy is presented in Yaounde, December 7, 2021. © 2021...
View ArticleCentral African Republic Special Court Announces First Trial
Click to expand Image Judges from the Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court (SCC) hear arguments on December 17, 2021 on whether to send the case against Issa Sallet Adoum, Ousman Yaouba...
View ArticleUN Members Should Stand Strong on Human Rights Funding
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
View ArticleTunisia: Courts Ramp up Speech Prosecutions
Click to expand Image Tunisia’s shuttered parliament. President Saeid suspended the body on July 25 as part of his seizure of extraordinary powers. July 26, 2021, Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. © 2021 Ahmed...
View ArticleRussia: Year of Doubling Down on Internet Censorship
Click to expand Image A young man wearing a face mask checks his mobile phone at the State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, May 26, 2020. © 2020 Jesus Merida / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images (Moscow)...
View ArticleDR Congo: Protesters Shot Dead, Wounded in Goma
Click to expand Image National Road No. 2 barricaded with stones to block traffic during a demonstration in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 20, 2021. © 2021 GUERCHOM NDEBO/AFP...
View ArticleVietnam: Independent Political Candidate Faces Charges
Click to expand Image Le Trong Hung in his home office. © Private (New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately drop all charges and release the independent political candidate Le Trong...
View ArticleEthiopia: Returned Tigrayans Detained, Abused
Click to expand Image Ethiopian migrants returned from Saudi Arabia arrive at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 7, 2021. © 2021 Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty...
View ArticleNationwide Protests, Violence Rock Kazakhstan
Click to expand Image Demonstrators stand in front of a police line during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 5, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov Update January 6: Dozens of people were...
View ArticleRacism’s Prominent Role in January 6 US Capitol Attack
Click to expand Image A protester stands with a Confederate flag after storming the Capitol during a Joint Session of Congress in which members were to certify the 2020 Presidential election on...
View ArticleGermany: Syria Torture Trial Verdict Near
Click to expand Image Witness testifying before the court in Koblenz, Germany on June 16, 2021. Illustration © 2021 Moner Alkadri for Human Rights Watch (Berlin) – A verdict by a court in Germany in a...
View ArticleTunisia: Free Arbitrarily Detained Ex-Justice Minister
Click to expand Image Former Justice Minister Noureddine Bhiri (left) and former Interior Ministry employee Fethi Beldi are both in arbitrary detention in Tunisia since December 31, 2021. © 2011 AP...
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