US National Climate Report Highlights Climate Harms to Pregnancy, Newborns
Click to expand Image A doctor examines a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus, Jackson, Mississippi, US, December 17, 2021. © 2021 Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo (Washington, D.C.) – The...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Take Action on Rights Abuses Raised at UN Review
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 ArticleEU Corporate Sustainability Law Should Safeguard Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Click to expand Image © 2018 Pailin Wedel for Human Rights Watch As negotiations on the EU’s proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive gather steam, EU lawmakers should firmly embed...
View ArticleMental Health Crisis Support Rooted in Community
Read a text description of this video Police emergency 378. Do you have an emergency?Darna Savariu, Crisis Counselor, The Gerstein Crisis CentreThe police is somebody with power, you know with the...
View ArticleKeep Rights at Center of Turkey/Germany Meeting
Click to expand Image Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, March 14, 2022. © 2022 Burhan Ozbilici/AP Photo On November 17, Turkey’s...
View ArticleUK Supreme Court Finds UK-Rwanda Asylum Scheme Unlawful
Click to expand Image Protesters hold placards outside the UK’s Supreme Court as it rules that the UK Government's Rwanda asylum plan is unlawful, London, United Kingdom, November 15, 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleGaza: Communications Blackout Imminent Due to Fuel Shortage
Click to expand Image Palestinians in Khan Yunis, Gaza, use car batteries to charge their mobile phones, October 23, 2023. © 2023 Mohammed Talatene/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Jerusalem) – The...
View ArticleBelgium Overcomes EU Struggles to Send Strong Message on Gaza
Click to expand Image Minister for Development Cooperation and Metropolitan Policy Caroline Gennez and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo during a plenary session of the Chamber at the Federal...
View ArticleYemen: Aden Electricity, Water Cuts Threaten Rights
Water tanks that Shab Aidroos residents have moved onto the main street in Aden, Yemen, August 2023. © 2023 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – The Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council...
View ArticleBangladesh: UN Rights Review Amid Violent Crackdown
Click to expand Image Police confront Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists gathered in front of the party's central office in Dhaka on December 7, 2022. © 2022 Rehman Asad/Getty Images...
View ArticleWorld Court Rules Against Syria in 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 ArticleIsraeli Authorities’ Cutting of Water Leading to Public Health Crisis in Gaza
Click to expand Image Palestinians stand in line to get water in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip amid ongoing hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups, November 13,...
View ArticleMaldives: New Government Should Prioritize Rights
Click to expand Image The incoming president of the Maldives, Mohammed Muizzu, during an interview in Malé, November 13, 2023. © 2023 Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images (Malé) – The Maldives’ new...
View ArticleSurvivors Demand Change to Japan’s ‘Hostage Justice’ System
Click to expand Image "Hostage justice" survivor event at the Japanese National Diet, November 10, 2023. © 2023 Human Rights Watch “My family was torn apart. I truly cannot stop regretting.” “The...
View ArticleFive Anti-War Price Tags, Seven Years in Russian Prison
Click to expand Image Sasha Skochilenko stands behind bars in the court room at the Vasileostrovsky district court in St. Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2023. © 2023 Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo On...
View ArticleAustralia: Urge Laos to Address Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image Lao people walk past their country flag, in the capital Vientiane, Laos. © 2013 AP Photo/Manish Swarup (Sydney, November 20, 2023) – The Australian government should press Lao...
View ArticleAustralia: Urge Laos to Address Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image Lao people walk past their country flag, in the capital Vientiane, Laos. © 2013 AP Photo/Manish Swarup (Sydney) – The Australian government should press Lao government leaders...
View ArticleChina: Allow Commemorations of ‘White Paper’ Protests
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) – The Chinese...
View ArticleFIFA: No Remedy for Qatar Migrant Worker Abuses
Click to expand Image Laborers remove scaffolding at the Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Monday, April 29, 2019. © AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili (Beirut) – FIFA and Qatar have failed in the past year to...
View ArticleYemen: Prioritize Protection of Children
Click to expand Image Children attending class on the first day of school, which was damaged by an airstrike during fighting between Saudi-led coalition-backed government forces and Houthi forces,...
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