Iranian Media Reports Hundreds of Schoolgirls Poisoned
Click to expand Image Students attend class in Tehran, Iran, November 22, 2021. © 2021 Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press/Shutterstock Iran’s reformist Etemad news agency reported on March 1 that over the...
View ArticleNew York Taxpayers Foot Bill for Abusive Police
Click to expand Image New York City police detain a legal observer during a peaceful protest in Mott Haven on June 4, 2020. © 2020 C.S. Muncy In an agreement made public yesterday, New York City will...
View ArticleKilling of Indigenous Leader in Ecuador Demands Thorough Investigation
Click to expand Image Eduardo Mendúa Facebook: Eduardo Mendúa Eduardo Mendúa, an A’i Cofán Indigenous leader, was shot dead on February 26 outside his home in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Mendúa was an...
View ArticleCambodia: Opposition Leader Convicted on Bogus Charges
Click to expand Image Cambodia’s opposition leader Kem Sokha talks to the media at his home before leaving for a court hearing in Phnom Penh, January 16, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Heng Sinith (Bangkok) –...
View ArticleDigital Dehumanization Paves Way for Killer Robots
Last month, members of the Stop Killer Robots campaign met in Costa Rica with 68 campaigners from 29 countries for their first in-person global conference since the Covid-19 pandemic. A central theme...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Judy Heumann
(New York) – Human Rights Watch mourns the passing of the pioneering disability rights activist Judy Heumann, a dear friend and board member. Heumann’s lifelong activism supporting the rights of people...
View ArticleNicaragua: UN Rights Council Should Renew Experts’ Mandate
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...
View ArticleInquest Highlights Abuses in Canada’s Immigration Detention
Click to expand Image Central East Correctional Centre in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, February 10, 2021. © 2021 Kawartha 411 A coroner’s inquest into the 2015 death of Abdurahman Hassan, a refugee from...
View ArticleUse Global Meeting to Highlight Bahrain’s Abuses
(Beirut) – Members of parliament from around the world attending this year’s Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Bahrain should use the assembly to raise concerns about the serious repression of human...
View ArticleUganda’s Parliament Threatens to Criminalize Homosexuality
Click to expand Image Ugandan activists attend a conference to promote homosexuals’ rights, in Kampala, Uganda, February 14, 2010. © 2010 Benedicte Desrus/Sipa Press via AP Images Once again, Ugandan...
View ArticleAluminum’s Amazon Footprint
Click to expand Image Ship refuels near a bauxite mine in Para state, Brazil, September 16, 2022. © 2022 Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg via Getty Images Ford’s F-150 Lightning, the electric version of...
View ArticleObstetric Violence Violates Human Rights
Click to expand Image Delivery room in Argentina. © 2022 Authentic Images/Getty Images The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has helped to progress the fight against gender-based violence by...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Revise Draft Laws to Better Protect Women
Click to expand Image Participants protest against discrimination and gender-based violence during a rally held by members of feminist organizations and social activists in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
View ArticleGeorgia: ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill Tramples on Rights
Click to expand Image People take part in a protest against the controversial "foreign agents" bill outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia March 6, 2023. © 2023 Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze...
View ArticleCOP28: Carbon Market Rules Should Protect Rights
(Berlin) – The expert group meeting in Bonn, Germany on March 7, 2023, should propose rigorous rules to ensure that the carbon market established under the Paris Agreement is strictly regulated to...
View ArticleGermany: Low-Income Households Struggle for Social and Economic Rights
Click to expand Image “Maggie,” a 36-year-old single mother living in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, calculates her monthly household budget as food and energy prices rise rapidly, February 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleLebanon: 38 Countries Condemn Interference with Beirut Blast Probe
Click to expand Image Families of Port Blast's victims show portraits of their beloved ones near the Palace of Justice in Beirut, November 25, 2021. Relatives of victims call for an independent...
View ArticleThe Global Backlash Against Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image An Afghan teacher collects books in a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. © 2022 Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo On International Women’s Day, we not only recognize the...
View ArticleLittle to Cheer for in South Korea on International Women’s Day
Click to expand Image Civil society organizations and activists march in a rally for International Women's Day in Seoul, South Korea, March 8, 2022. © 2022 Chris Jung/NurPhoto via AP For women in...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship
Click to expand Image People walk past a Vision 2030 banner showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jeddah. © 2019 AP Photo/Amr Nabil (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s first codified law on personal...
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