Brazil´s Supreme Court A Step Closer to Decriminalizing Abortion
Click to expand Image People take part in a march in defense of legal abortion on International Safe Abortion Day at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 28, 2023. © 2023 Cris...
View ArticlePhilippine Drag Artist Arrested for ‘Offending Religion’
Click to expand Image Amadeus Fernando Pagente, popularly known as Pura Luka Vega, a drag artist, is jailed after he was arrested in Manila on October 4, 2023, after being accused of “offending...
View ArticlePolish Government Ups Anti-Migrant Rhetoric Ahead of Elections
Click to expand Image Polish border guards watch asylum seekers stuck at the Polish-Belarus border in Bialowieza, May 28, 2023. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images In a bid to legitimize its anti-migrant...
View ArticleProminent Chinese Activist Seriously Ill in Prison
The prominent Chinese lawyer and writer Yang Maodong, better known as Guo Feixiong, is in a “critical state of health” five months into his eight-year prison term on baseless charges of “incitement to...
View ArticleTajikistan: Exiled Activists’ Relatives Detained over Protest
Click to expand Image German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, for the Central Asia Summit in Berlin, September 29, 2023. © 2023 Kay...
View ArticleProtect Humanity from Killer Robots
Click to expand Image © 2022 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric...
View ArticleUS: Extreme Anti-Immigrant Proposals in Texas
Click to expand Image Texas Governor Greg Abbott, right, holds a news conference as members of the Texas National Guard prepare to deploy to the Texas-Mexico border in Austin, Texas, May 8, 2023. ©...
View ArticleNYC Mayor Should Prioritize Human Rights over Harmful Discourse
Click to expand Image Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique, right, shakes hands with New York City Mayor Eric Adams during a meeting on migration in Quito, Ecuador, October 6, 2023. © 2023 AP...
View ArticleSyria: World Court Begins Watershed Torture Case
Click to expand Image Photos of Syrians who have been detained or disappeared set up by their relatives, as part of a protest in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands,...
View ArticleUN Rights Body Should Help Tackle Impunity in Sudan
Click to expand Image Survivors of sexual violence, who fled the fighting in El Geneina, in Sudan’s Darfur region, outside their makeshift shelters in Adre, Chad, August 1, 2023. © 2023 REUTERS/Zohra...
View ArticlePunish the Victim, says Kazakhstan Parliamentarian
Click to expand Image Protesters attend a rally in defense of women's rights on International Women’s Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 8, 2021. © 2021 Kushamanov Didar/Majority World/Universal Images...
View ArticleChained, Locked Up, and Abused … Because of a Disability
Click to expand Image This man with a real or perceived psychosocial disability is one of the residents at Marsiyo’s House, a private family-run social care facility in Kebumen, Central Java,...
View ArticleIsrael/Palestine: Devastating Civilian Toll as Parties Flout Legal Obligations
Click to expand Image Rockets fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. © 2023 AP (Jerusalem) – Palestinian armed groups carried out a deadly assault on October 7, 2023, that...
View ArticleRwanda: Global Playbook of Abuse to Silence Critics
Click to expand Image © 2023 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to silence criticism from...
View ArticleUK: Abandon Rwanda Asylum Transfer Plan
Click to expand Image © 2023 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to silence criticism from...
View ArticleTunisia: African Migrants Intercepted at Sea, Expelled
Click to expand Image Black African migrants and asylum seekers walk in the desert near the Tunisia-Algeria border between July 5 and 7, 2023 after collective expulsion or forcible transfer there from...
View ArticleTurkey: Top Court Upholds Rights Defender’s Life Term
Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Private (Istanbul) – The prosecution of the rights defender and businessman Osman Kavala and four codefendants in connection with mass protests a decade ago...
View ArticleHamas-Led Attack in Southern Israel Kills Hundreds
Click to expand Image A view of destroyed vehicles near the grounds of the Supernova electronic music festival in southern Israel. © 2023 Ilia Yefimovich/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Early Saturday...
View ArticleNepal Courts Refuse to Register Same-Sex Marriages
Click to expand Image Surendra Pandey, right, and Maya Gurung, who married six years ago, pose for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleEnforced Disappearances Still a Scourge in Philippines
Click to expand Image Relatives and supporters of victims of enforced disappearances shout slogans as they hold pictures of their loved ones during a gathering at the Monument to the Heroes in Manila,...
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