No Equality in Sport Until We Stop Policing Women’s Bodies
Click to expand Image Caster Semnya wins the women's 800m during the IAAF Doha Diamond League 2019 at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, May 3, 2019. © 2019 Jiro Mochizuki/Image of Sport...
View ArticleAustralia: Ensure Justice for Alleged War Crimes
Click to expand Image Chief of the Australian Defence Force Gen. Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra,...
View ArticleChina: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims
Click to expand Image © 2020 Badiucao for Human Rights Watch (New York) – A big data program for policing in China’s Xinjiang region arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention, Human...
View ArticleMyanmar: Arrest for Alleging Voter Intimidation
Click to expand Image Protesters hold placards that read "Oppose unfair action of election! Investigate voting fraud around the country!" in a rally condemning the November 8 general election results...
View ArticleEcuador: High Levels of Sexual Violence in Schools
(New York) – Thousands of children and adolescents have suffered school-related sexual violence in Ecuador since 2014, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. While Ecuador has taken...
View ArticleCorruption Means More than Bribes and Payoffs
The recent passing of James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005, offers a moment to reflect on global progress in the fight against corruption. That his 1996 speech decrying the...
View ArticleUrgently Waive Intellectual Property Rules for Vaccine
Click to expand Image Delegates speaks before a special meeting of the General Council Preparatory Committee on Trade Facilitation at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva November...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Uses Celebrities to Whitewash Abuses
Click to expand Image People spend the evening at the Diriyah Oasis amusement park in Diriyah on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 13, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Amr Nabil The Covid-19...
View ArticleLebanon: Health Workers’ Safety Neglected during Covid-19
Click to expand Image A doctor, wearing protective gear, handles a test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2020. © 2020...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: ICC Prosecutor Ends Scrutiny of Iraq Abuses
Click to expand Image The mother and son of Baha Mousa hold pictures of him at their house in Basra on September 7, 2011. © 2011 Reuters (London) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Barriers to Education for Children with Disabilities
Click to expand Image A child looks out the window at the Belovodsk Psychoneurological Institute for children in Kyrgyzstan, November 15, 2017. © 2017 Danil Usmanov, kloop.kg (Berlin) – Thousands of...
View ArticleA Call to Protect People with Disabilities in Armed Conflict
Click to expand Image Nujeen Mustafa speaks at the United Nations Security Council briefing on April 24, 2019. “I have become disappointed. From what I see, nothing has practically changed for...
View ArticleMexican Senate Should Include Women with Disabilities in Justice Center Reform
In a welcome move, this week Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies amended the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence to strengthen the 44 justice centers that provide services for women...
View ArticleBrazil: Education Risk for Children With Disabilities
Click to expand Image A mother with her 3-year-old adoptive daughter, who has developmental disabilities. © 2017 Human Rights Watch (São Paulo) – A recent Brazilian presidential decree risks...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Saudi-US Doctor Sentenced on Vague Charges
Click to expand Image Walid al-Fitaihi, with his daughter Mariam, whom Saudi authorities have placed under a travel ban since 2017. © Private (Washington, DC) – A Saudi court sentenced a prominent...
View ArticleYemen: Houthi Terrorism Designation Threatens Aid
Click to expand Image An aid worker gives a food ration to a woman in Sanaa, Yemen, July 19, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (Washington) – The Trump administration’s potential designation of the...
View ArticleUyghur Family Kept Apart by China’s Xinjiang Policies Reunites
Click to expand Image Sadam Abudusalamu's lawyer Michael Bradley, Sadam Abudusalamu, his son Lutfy and wife Nadila. © Private A Uyghur family in Sydney, Australia is happily reunited today after three...
View ArticleJapan: End Assistance for Cambodia’s Abusive Police
Click to expand Image Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, greets with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, left, before a meeting at the Peace Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday,...
View ArticleItaly Charges Egyptian Security Forces in Giulio Regeni’s Murder
Click to expand Image An Egyptian activist holds a poster calling for justice in the case of Giulio Regeni in Cairo, Egypt, April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany After nearly five years of...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Unlawful Strikes in Nagorno-Karabakh
Click to expand Image Impact crater in a residential neighborhood in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh on Sasountsi David Street from an attack by Azerbaijan aircraft on October 4, 2020. © 2020 Human...
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