US Has a Chance to Protect Forests Worldwide
Click to expand Image “I don’t have gloves; when we pick up the fruit bunches it hurts us,” said a palm fruit harvester that has worked for the Congolese palm oil company PHC for over a decade....
View ArticleUS Should Sanction Saudi Crown Prince
Click to expand Image Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman arrives to attend the first meeting of the defense ministers and officials of the 41-member Saudi-led Muslim...
View ArticleJapan: Adopt LGBT Equality Act Before Olympics
Click to expand Image Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, left, speaks to media after a video conference with the IOC executive board in Tokyo, Japan, February 24, 2021. © 2021...
View ArticleCambodia: Quash Conviction of Opposition Leaders
Click to expand Image Sam Rainsy talks with media at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, November 9, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Cambodian government should immediately end...
View ArticleMyanmar: End Lethal Force Against Protesters
Click to expand Image Protesters run in the middle of tear gas smoke during a demonstration against the military coup, Yangon, Myanmar, March 3, 2021. © 2021 Sipa via AP Images (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s...
View ArticleLast Chance for EPP to Uphold Democratic Values in Hungary Showdown
Click to expand Image Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban takes part in a European People Party (EPP) summit in St Julian's, Malta, March 30, 2017. © 2017 Reuters The decision yesterday by Hungary’s...
View ArticleUAE: Greater Progress Needed on Women's Rights
(Beirut) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made important women’s rights reforms in recent years, such as passing new domestic violence protections, but significant discrimination against women and...
View ArticleTurkey: Free Politician after European Court Ruling
Click to expand Image Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was among MPs jailed on November 4, 2016. His vacant seat in the general assembly of Turkey’s...
View ArticleCovid-19 Pandemic Sparked Year of Rights Crises
Click to expand Image Relatives touch each other's hand through a plastic film screen and a glass to avoid contracting Covid-19 at the San Raffaele center in Rome, Italy, December 22, 2020. © 2020...
View ArticleEuropean Climate Change Lawsuit Spotlights Child Rights
Click to expand Image Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire at the village of Chaveira, near Macao, in central Portugal on Monday, July 22, 2019. © AP Photo/Sergio Azenha Increased heat, more...
View ArticleArtists Unite to Support Human Rights Watch
(New York) – A group of contemporary artists whose works grapple with the challenges of our time announced an auction today to benefit Human Rights Watch.The auction, 20 21 Artists in Support of Human...
View ArticleUS: ‘New’ Dream Act Not Full Reform
Click to expand Image Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students celebrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, June 18, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta (Washington,...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Withdraw Problematic Draft Constitution
Click to expand Image The new Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov, who won the January 10 snap election, at his inauguration ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. © 2021 AP...
View ArticleCambodia: Scrap Abusive Covid-19 Prevention Bill
Click to expand Image Front side of the National Assembly of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, May 7, 2019. © Daniel Kalker/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Bangkok) – The Cambodian government should withdraw a...
View ArticleEthiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians
Click to expand Image Priest on his way to church in Axum, Tigray region, Ethiopia on January 25, 2011. © 2011 Matjaz Krivic via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Eritrean armed forces massacred scores of...
View ArticleLebanon: Sexual Harassment Law Missing Key Protections
Click to expand Image Activists take part in a demonstration against sexual harassment, rape, and domestic violence in the Lebanese capital Beirut on December 7, 2019. © ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty...
View ArticleMexico: Abuses Against Asylum Seekers at US Border
(Washington, DC) – Asylum seekers sent to Mexico by the administration of former US president Donald Trump have suffered violence and extortion by Mexican police, immigration agents, and criminal...
View ArticleWestern Sahara: Harassment of Independence Activist
Click to expand Image Sahrawi activist Sultana Khaya in 2019. © 2019 Stefano Montesi - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (Washington) – Moroccan security forces have maintained a near-constant heavy...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Thousands of Villagers Facing Eviction
Click to expand Image Staff from the Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Development (MACRAD Trust) consult with members of the Chilonga community in Chiredzi. © 2021 MACRAD Trust (Johannesburg)...
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