Indian Government Finally Responds to Violence in Manipur
Click to expand Image A demonstration against sexual violence targeting women and ongoing ethnic violence in India's northeastern state of Manipur, in Imphal, July 21, 2023. © 2023 AFP via Getty...
View ArticleThailand: Bogus Charges Keep Candidate from Top Post
Click to expand Image Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the Move Forward Party and top winner in May's general election, raises his hand as he leaves Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2023. ©...
View ArticleEthiopia: Oromo Opposition Figures Held Despite Court Orders
Click to expand Image Activists in prison jumpsuits and handcuffs protest human rights abuses against the Oromo people in Ethiopia at a demonstration in London, October 10, 2020. © 2020 David...
View ArticleDR Congo: Deadly Militia Raid on Ituri’s Displaced
Click to expand Image CODECO militiamen destroyed and burned hundreds of displaced people’s huts and shelters during a deadly raid on Lala camp on June 12, 2023, Ituri province, Democratic Republic...
View ArticleMali: New Atrocities by Malian Army, Apparent Wagner Fighters
Click to expand Image Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, right, welcomes Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Bamako, Mali, February 7, 2023. © 2023 Russian Foreign...
View ArticleRussia Grants Immunity for Crimes Committed in State’s Interests
Click to expand Image At a plenary session of Russia’s State Duma, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Irina Pankina (left), confers with...
View ArticleItaly’s Mounting Attack on Lesbian Parents
Click to expand Image Protest by the Italian LGBT organization Rainbow Families at the Court of Padua, Padua, Italy, June 23, 2023. © 2023 Simone Piccirilli/LiveMedia/Shutterstock In January, Italy’s...
View ArticleRussia: Bill Bans Work with Most Foreign Groups
Click to expand Image FILE: A Russian state flag waves on top of a hammer and sickle at the State Duma, lower parliament chamber, headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 © AP...
View ArticleNew Rape Statistics in Brazil Highlight Importance of Sexuality Education
Click to expand Image Adolescent girls in Brazil take part in a program where they receive information on sexual and reproductive health, learn to confront gender inequalities, and develop leadership...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Opposition Leader Arrested
Click to expand Image A photograph of Gubad Ibadoghlu taken in 2021. © 2021 Private (Berlin, July 25, 2023) – Azerbaijani authorities have arrested a prominent opposition leader and scholar, Gubad...
View ArticleNo Justice 3 Years After Kyrgyzstan Rights Defender’s Death
Click to expand Image Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at...
View ArticleYemen: Proposal for Post-Conflict Justice
Click to expand Image Yemeni police inspect a site of Saudi-led airstrikes that hit two houses in Sanaa, Yemen, March 26, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Hani Mohammed (Beirut) – Negotiations for an end to...
View ArticleLessons from Judy: A Decade in Disability Rights
Click to expand Image Judy Heumann (right) and Shantha Rau Barriga at a gala in Chicago on June 10, 2019, during which Human Rights Watch was awarded the Lead On! Award by Access Living. © 2019 Human...
View ArticleAfghanistan: UN Assessment Should Prioritize Rights
Click to expand Image Afghan women chant during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 21, 2021. ©2021/AP Photos/ Ahmad Halabisaz via AP Photo (New York) – A United Nations Security...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Revise National Security Service Bill
Click to expand Image South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (center with hat) addresses South Sudanese parliament, April 10, 2012. © 2012 WAAKHE WUDU/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – South Sudan’s...
View ArticleTurkey: Istanbul Police Mistreatment of Peaceful Protesters
Click to expand Image Istanbul police surround and detain activists handing out leaflets announcing a July 20 commemoration of the Suruç bombing eight years earlier in which 33 young socialist...
View ArticleNiger: Rights at Risk Since Military Coup
Click to expand Image Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, front center, with a delegation of military officers, appear on Niger State TV to announce their coup on July 26, 2023, in Niamey, Niger. © 2023...
View ArticleOne Year Since Death of Ukrainian POWs in Explosion
Click to expand Image An interior view of the damaged barrack in Olenivka prison in Russian-occupied territory of Donetska region where an explosion on July 29 killed 50 and injured 100 Ukrainian...
View ArticleSurvivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur
Click to expand Image Rainbow is seen over makeshift shelters of people who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, during a sunset in Adre, Chad, July 27, 2023. © 2023 REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra...
View ArticleRussia Bans ‘TV Rain’ for Critical Reporting
Click to expand Image Tikhon Dzyadko, editor-in-chief of TV-Rain, at their newsroom in Moscow in August 2021. On July 25, 2023, Russia’s prosecutor general declared the station to be an “undesirable”...
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