EU Needs Tougher Response to Attack on Turkish Opposition
Click to expand Image A demonstration against the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu by members of the Turkish diaspora in the Place du Luxembourg, in front of the European Parliament on March...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s Tamil Women Await Justice 16 Years Since War’s End
Click to expand Image Relatives of people who disappeared during or after the civil war protest in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, November 15, 2013. © 2013 Doreen Fiedler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo This...
View ArticleUS: Florida Set to Trample Young People’s Rights
Click to expand Image © 2023 Rebecca Hendin for Human Rights Watch (Miami) – A devastating decision from Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals would eliminate access to abortion care for young...
View ArticlePoland Ends ‘LGBT Free’ Zones
Click to expand Image Activists protesting in favor of equality and against “LGBT-free” zones resolutions in Warsaw, Poland, March 3, 2020. © 2020 Attila Husejnow / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo...
View ArticleAnother Courageous Journalist Jailed in Azerbaijan
Click to expand Image Ulviyya Ali protests against a media bill alongside other journalists, in front of the Parliament building in Baku, Azerbaijan, December 28, 2021. The writing on her hand reads...
View ArticleChad: Opposition Leader Arrested
Click to expand Image Then-Prime Minister Succès Masra, leader of Chad’s main opposition party Les Transformateurs, casts his ballot in N'Djamena, Chad, May 6, 2024. © 2024 Photo by JORIS BOLOMEY/AFP...
View ArticleJapan: Press Cambodia’s Leader on Human Rights
Click to expand Image Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on December 18, 2023. © 2023 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP...
View ArticleUN General Assembly Should Act on North Korea
Click to expand Image A news broadcast at Seoul Railway Station shows a strategic cruise missile during a drill by the North Korean armed forces on the coast of the Yellow Sea in North Korea, February...
View ArticleAfghan War Crimes Victims Still Awaiting Justice
Click to expand Image A British Army officer in Helmand province, Afghanistan, October 26, 2014. © 2014 Press Association via AP images Family members of Afghans unlawfully killed by foreign military...
View ArticleDiscriminatory Testing Blocks Migrant Children’s Right to Education in Russia
Click to expand Image A teacher introduces curricula and school rules to first graders at School No. 362 in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 1, 2023. © 2023 CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Shutterstock This...
View ArticleVictims of Sri Lanka’s Civil War Seek Justice
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan Tamil civil war survivors perform rituals in memory of their deceased or missing relatives near Mullivaikkal, where civilians were trapped during the last months of...
View ArticlePeru: New Law Threatens Free Speech, Trans Rights
Click to expand Image Lawmakers sit inside Congress as they wait for the arrival of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, in Lima, Peru, July 28, 2023. © 2023 Aldair Mejia/Pool photo via AP File (New...
View ArticleSyria’s Transitional Justice Commission: A Missed Opportunity for Victim-Led...
Click to expand Image Activists and relatives hold a protest for four activists who disappeared during the war between the Syrian government under former President Bashar Assad and opposition armed...
View ArticleProsecutions For ‘Insulting the President’ Continue in Türkiye
Click to expand Image Lawyers protest the arrest of their colleagues outside the Çağlayan courthouse in İstanbul, Türkiye, May 12, 2025. (C) 2025 Istanbul Bar Association © 2025 Istanbul Bar...
View ArticleItaly: Constitutional Court Hears Challenge to Law Penalizing Sea Rescue
Click to expand Image The SOS MEDITERRANEE crew performs a rescue in the central Mediterranean, March 9, 2025. © 2025 SOS MEDITERRANEE/ by Stefano Belacchi HRW Amicus to Italy's Constitutional...
View ArticleMali: 22 Men Found Dead After Arrest by Soldiers
Click to expand Image The badge of a member of the Malian army (FAMA), in Anderamboukane, in Menaka region, Mali, March 22, 2019. © 2019 AGNES COUDURIER/AFP via Getty Images (May 20, 2025) – Mali’s...
View ArticleLibya: Civilians Caught in Militia Clashes
Click to expand Image Boys walk past a damaged armored vehicle of an armed group after heavy clashes between militias rocked the capital and resulted in civilian casualties and destruction of homes,...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Prominent Human Rights Defender Arrested
Ruth López. © El Diario de Hoy (Washington, DC) – Authorities in El Salvador have arrested the prominent human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, Human Rights Watch said today.On May 18, 2025, at 11...
View ArticleHungary: Bill Threatens To Eviscerate Democracy
Click to expand Image Protesters demonstrate outside the parliament in Budapest against a bill empowering the government to sanction civil society groups and media deemed to threaten Hungary’s...
View ArticleUN: Start Talks on Treaty to Ban ‘Killer Robots’
Click to expand Image The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots stands outside the United Nations in New York during the General Assembly in 2018. © 2018 Clare Conboy (New York, May 21, 2025) – Global...
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