Yemen: Authorities Failing to Protect People’s Basic Rights
Click to expand Image A Houthi-affiliated soldier walks among humanitarian aid supplies in a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on March 16, 2017. © 2017 Mohammed...
View ArticleRwanda: Suspicious Death of Investigative Journalist
Click to expand Image John Williams Ntwali. © Private (Nairobi) – Rwandan authorities should allow an effective, independent, and transparent investigation into the suspicious death of John Williams...
View ArticleThailand: Free Detained Critics of Monarchy
Click to expand Image Orawan Phuphong and Tantawan Tuatulanon protest in front of the Bangkok Criminal Court by pouring red paint on themselves, January 16, 2023. © 2023 Voice TV (New York) – Thai...
View ArticleChad: Justice Needed for October Crackdown
Click to expand Image Relatives and friends gather at the October 28 burial ceremony of Chadian journalist, Oredje Narcisse, killed during a pro-democracy demonstration, in N'Djamena, Chad. ©...
View ArticleWest Bank: New Entry Rules Further Isolate Palestinians
Click to expand Image A road sign points to the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge crossing to Jordan, in the city of Jericho in the Israel-occupied West Bank. © 2021 Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images...
View ArticleIndia’s Blocking of BBC Documentary Reflects Broader Crackdown
Click to expand Image Victims of the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state, which left more than 1,000 dead, gather for a protest on the anniversary of the violence in Ahmedabad, India, February 28,...
View ArticleIn Belarus, Jailed for Protecting Loved Ones
Click to expand Image Daria Losik with her four-year old daughter. © 2021 Nasha Niva Last week, a court in Brest, Belarus sentenced Daria Losik to two years in prison for an interview she gave about...
View ArticleMyanmar: Japan’s Construction Aid Benefits Junta
Click to expand Image Members of the Myanmar military stand atop trucks loaded with missiles during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 77th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2022. ©...
View ArticleGuatemala: Threats to Free, Fair Elections
Click to expand Image Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal opened nominations for the 2023 general elections in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 20, 2023. © 2023 Josue Decavele/Anadolu Agency via...
View ArticleRussia Designates Another Rights Organization as ‘Undesirable’
Click to expand Image Tanya Lokshina, Europe and Central Asia associate director at Human Rights Watch, with Sergey Lukashevsky, director of Moscow's Sakharov Center, at the Andrei Sakharov...
View ArticleBiden's Empty Call to Reevaluate US-Saudi Relationship
Click to expand Image US President Joe Biden, center left, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center, at a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s city of Jeddah, July 16, 2022. © 2022 Mandel Ngan/AP Photo...
View ArticleLebanon: Victims’ Families Despair as Blast Suspects Freed
Click to expand Image Graffiti at the damaged port area in the aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 11, 2020. © 2020 Hannah McKay/Reuters (Beirut) – Lebanon’s general prosecutor...
View ArticleEswatini: Activist, Rights Lawyer Brutally Killed
Click to expand Image Human Rights Lawyer and activist Thulani Maseko pictured giving an interview to Agence France-Presse on September 22, 2018, in Lobamba, eSwatini. Maseko was killed on January 21,...
View ArticleBrazil: Restore Rule of Law in the Amazon
Click to expand Image Trucks carrying illegally harvested logs exit the Terra Nossa settlement, September 30, 2019. © 2019 Fernando Martinho/Repórter Brasil (São Paulo) – Brazil’s President Luiz...
View ArticleChina: Free ‘White Paper’ Protesters
Click to expand Image Protesters hold up blank papers and chant slogans as they march in protest in Beijing, China, November 27, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File (New York) – Chinese...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Lawsuit Seeks to Shut Independent Media Outlet
Click to expand Image Protesters flash the light of their mobile phones during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 25, 2022. © 2022...
View ArticlePhilippines: Officials ‘Red-Tagging’ Indigenous Leaders, Activists
Click to expand Image Family and members of the Indigenous Dumagat tribe carry the coffins of Puroy and Randy Dela Cruz to be buried in Rizal province, Philippines, March 17, 2021. The two were among...
View ArticleGreece: Migrant Rights Defenders Face Charges
Click to expand Image Left: Panayote Dimitras. Right: Tommy Olsen. © 2019 EIN Secretariat – Agnes Ciccarone © 2015 Adam Rosser (Athens, January 26, 2023) – Greek authorities have brought unfounded...
View ArticleMorocco: Saudi Man at Risk of Forced Return
Click to expand Image Hassan Al Rabea. © Private (Beirut) – Moroccan authorities may extradite a Saudi citizen to Saudi Arabia, where he is at serious risk of arbitrary detention, torture, and an...
View ArticleSpain Debates Dangerous Sex Work Law
Click to expand Image Sex workers protest in the Puerta del Sol, Madrid, against the the proposed criminalization of sex work, October 22, 2021. © 2021 Cecilia Montagut Spanish lawmakers should reject...
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