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UN: Deny Venezuela Human Rights Council Seat

Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019...

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France: Liberia Atrocity Trial

Click to expand Image A French gendarme stands guard at Paris' criminal courthouse, August 26, 2022.  © 2022 REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol. (Paris) – The trial in France of Kunti K. for crimes against...

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Philippines: UN Rights Body Fails to Act

Click to expand Image Families of victims of extrajudicial killings in the "war on drugs" display portraits of their slain relatives and call on the UN Human Rights Council to investigate the...

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UN Human Rights Council Should Mandate Expert Monitor on Russia

Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019...

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Kazakhstan: Families Struggle to Enjoy Basic Rights

Click to expand Image A woman carries a child in the village of Zhalanash, Kazakhstan, April 16, 2017. © 2017 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (Berlin, October 5, 2022) – Vulnerable populations in Kazakhstan...

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Killing of Radio Journalist in Philippines Adds to Grim Toll

Click to expand Image Journalists and activists light candles during a rally following the killing of Filipino journalist Percival Mabasa, also known as Percy Lapid, in Quezon City, Metro Manila,...

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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Should Support Xinjiang’s Muslims

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...

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Iran: Security Forces Fire On, Kill Protesters

Click to expand Image Iranian demonstrators march down a street in Tehran, October 1, 2022.  © 2022 Getty (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have ruthlessly cracked down on widespread anti-government...

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Bangladesh Government Keeps Rewarding Rights Abusers

Click to expand Image Bangladeshi RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) stand on guard at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 2021. © 2021 Piyas Bissau/ Sopa Images via AP Photo As...

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South Sudan Government Begins Trial of Activists, Critics

Click to expand Image  Abraham Chol Maketh Watches as he attends his first court sitting in Juba, South Sudan on October 5, 2022.  © 2022 Samir Bol On October 3, South Sudan’s government started its...

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French Football Federation Backs Remedy for Qatar’s Migrants

Click to expand Image FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, speaks with French Football Federation President Noel Le Graet before the start of the 69th FIFA congress in Paris, June 5, 2019. © 2019 AP...

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India: Surge in Summary Punishments of Muslims

  Click to expand Image A bulldozer demolishes a shop entrance in Jahangirpuri, in New Delhi, India, April 20, 2022. © 2022 REUTERS/ Anushree Fadnavis (New York) – The authorities in India are...

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Venezuela: UN Rights Council Renews Experts’ Mandate

Click to expand Image © 2022 Human Rights Watch (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council has taken a crucial step to push for accountability for serious crimes and ensure international...

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Russia: First Treason Charges for Criticizing Kremlin

Click to expand Image Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in Moscow. © 2021 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko (Berlin, October 7, 2022) – Russian authorities have brought a charge of high treason...

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Grim Anniversary of Boy’s Killing by CBP Should Prompt Reforms

This weekend, in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico, the family of José Antonio Elena Rodriguez will be joined by immigrants’ rights activists and community organizations to honor José Antonio and...

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Bahrain: Death Sentences Follow Torture, Sham Trials

Click to expand Image (Top row): Maher Abbas al-Khabbaz; Sayed Ahmed al-Abar; Zuhair Ebrahim Jasim Abdullah; Husain Ebrahim Ali Husain Marzooq. (Bottom row): Husain Moosa; Mohamed Ramadhan; Husain Ali...

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World Mental Health Day: Support Conflict Survivors

Click to expand Image Farhan*, a 29-year-old man from Kapisa province, said he could not sleep during the night: “I’m in bed [in France], but my mind is in Afghanistan.” © 2022 John Holmes for Human...

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Bangladesh: Crackdown on Political Opposition

Click to expand Image Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists hold a candlelight vigil in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 17, 2022. © 2022 Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via AP (New York) – Opposition groups are...

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China: Third Term for Xi Threatens Rights

Click to expand Image Chinese President Xi Jinping, front row center, stands with other officials during the singing of “The Internationale” at the closing ceremony for the 19th Party Congress at the...

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World Bank Guidance for Universal Social Protection is Lacking

Click to expand Image A woman and her child receive relief goods distributed by a community service center in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 4, 2021. © 2021 Sipa USA via AP As rising inflation, climate...

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