Russian Court Sentences Opposition Figure to 2-Year Suspended Sentence
Click to expand Image Yuliya Galyamina holding placard “Down with the Tsar”, July 2020, Moscow © 2020 Private A Moscow court sentenced Yuliya Galyamina, a member of Moscow’s municipal assembly, to a...
View ArticleTurkey: Draft Law Threatens Civil Society
Click to expand Image On December 24, Turkey’s parliament is due to vote on a new law that will increase the Interior Ministry’s powers to restrict NGOs’ activities and threatens the right to freedom...
View ArticleChina: Free Journalists, Activists
Click to expand Image Du Bin © Jonathan Wong/South China Morning Post (New York) – The Chinese authorities have stepped-up arbitrary detentions of journalists and activists reporting on the Covid-19...
View ArticleFifty Years After Safety Act, US Workers Still at Risk
Click to expand Image The most common ailments for workers in the industry are musculoskeletal disorders—cumulative trauma injuries like carpal tunnel or tendinitis that develop through repeated...
View ArticleUS Should Investigate Trump’s Outrageous Georgia Call
Click to expand Image US President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a rally in Georgia, January 4, 2021. © 2021 Erin Scott/Cover Images via AP Images During the four years of Donald...
View ArticleUS: ‘Remain in Mexico’ Harms Children, Families
Click to expand Image A Honduran migrant mother and child wait in line for a dinner provided by volunteers at a makeshift encampment occupied by asylum seekers sent back to Mexico from the US in...
View ArticleChina: Seekers of Covid-19 Redress Harassed
Click to expand Image Chinese paramilitary police wear face masks in Beijing, May 1, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo (New York) – The Chinese government should cease its campaign against individuals seeking...
View ArticleUS: Trump’s Actions Fuel Capitol Riot
Click to expand Image People shelter in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the US Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)...
View ArticleLibya: Militia Terrorized Town, Leaving Mass Graves
Click to expand Image Residents of the Libyan town Tarhouna who were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020. © 2021 Private (Beirut) – Hundreds of residents of the Libyan town Tarhouna...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Registration Barriers for Independent Groups
Click to expand Image Azimbay Ataniyazov, second from the left, and Chiroq’s members, Nukus, Uzbekistan, February 1, 2020. © 2020 Human Rights Watch (Berlin) – Uzbek authorities are severely hindering...
View ArticleMyanmar: Kirin Should Sever Military Firm Ties
Click to expand Image Storage tanks and fermentation chambers of beer making at Kirin Brewery Nagoya, Kiyosu City, Japan, July 23, 2019. © 2019 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images (Tokyo, January 8,...
View ArticleHong Kong: Mass Arrests of Pro-Democracy Politicians
Click to expand Image Pro-democracy activists who were elected from unofficial pro-democracy primaries, including Joshua Wong, far left, attend a press conference in Hong Kong, July 15, 2020. © 2020...
View ArticleRohingya Arrested in Myanmar Just for Traveling
Click to expand Image Police officers wearing facemasks stand on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, November 3, 2020. © 2020 Kaung Zaw Hein/Sipa via AP Images Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, government...
View ArticleIran: No Justice for Victims of Downed Plane
Click to expand Image In this January 11, 2020, people gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash at the gate of Amir Kabir University in Tehran, Iran. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleNo Safe Haven for LGBT People in El Salvador
Click to expand Image A transgender woman shows a photograph of Camila Díaz, whom she met while migrating to the US, where they both turned themselves in to immigration authorities. Both women were...
View ArticleTrump Administration Again Weakens LGBT Protections
Click to expand Image The picture shows the emblem of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. © Tim Brakemeier/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images With less than two weeks left in...
View ArticleBahrain: No Improvement in Rights Record
Click to expand Image Bahraini prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab wears a face mask after he was released, at his house in Budaiya in Manama, Bahrain June 9, 2020. © REUTERS/Hamad l Mohammed...
View ArticleEgypt: No End to Escalating Repression
Click to expand Image Egyptian security forces cordon off roads during curfew hours as prevention measures due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2020. © AP Photo/Nariman...
View ArticleIran: Relentless Repression of Dissent
Click to expand Image People gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash, at the gate of Amri Kabir University where some of the victims of the crash were former...
View ArticleLebanon: Sharp Decline in Human Rights
Click to expand Image Lebanese people release balloons bearing the names of the victims of the 4 August Beirut seaport blast to mark the two-month anniversary of the explosion that killed 200 people...
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