French Minister Rightly Shocked by Poland’s Anti-LGBT Zones
Click to expand Image A protester chants slogans on a megaphone during the Women's Day Manifa march in Warsaw, Poland calling for action on climate change, gender equality, access to legal abortion,...
View ArticleKazakhstan’s ‘First’ Women’s March
Click to expand Image International Women’s Day march in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 8, 2021. © 2021 Human Rights Watch By Vika KimInternational Women’s Day 2021, on Monday, was the first time...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Draft Criminal Code Offers Little Meaningful Reform
Click to expand Image Exterior of Barak-khan Madrasah in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. © Getty Images (Berlin) – Uzbekistan should ensure that its new Criminal Code does not just tinker with some problematic...
View ArticleRussia Slows Down Twitter Access
Click to expand Image A mobile phone user turns on Twitter application on his smartphone in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Today, Russian...
View ArticleIran: Overturn Shutdown of Charity
Click to expand Image Members of one of the Imam Ali Popular Students' Relief Society health houses hold a banner with the organization's name and logo. © 2014 IRNA (Beirut) – The Iranian government...
View ArticleUganda: End Enforced Disappearances of Opponents
Click to expand Image Ugandan soldiers patrol near the house of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine in Magere, Uganda. ©Sally Hayden / SOPA Images /...
View ArticleBolivia: Amnesty Decree Opens the Door to Impunity
Click to expand Image Supporters of Bolivian opposition candidate Carlos Mesa and of then President Evo Morales clash during a demonstration over disputed electoral results, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on...
View ArticleIllinois: Repeal Forced Parental Notice of Abortion
(Chicago) – An Illinois law that requires a young person seeking an abortion to involve an adult family member is dangerous for youth in the state, violates their human rights, and threatens their...
View ArticleLessons for French Forces in Mali
Click to expand Image On January 3, 2021, two French Mirage 2000 jet fighters like this one dropped three bombs near Bounti, Central Mali. © 2013 Reuters/Benoit Tessier The facts surrounding the...
View ArticleChina’s ‘Slanders and Smears’ at UN Human Rights Council
Click to expand Image Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on a phone screen remotely addressing the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Mary...
View ArticleArmed Separatists’ Abuse Rife in Cameroon’s Anglophone Regions
Click to expand Image A Cameroonian elite Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) member patrols in the city of Buea in the anglophone South-West region, Cameroon, on October 4, 2018. © 2018 REUTERS /...
View ArticleGambia: Ex-President Tied to Killing of 59 Migrants
Click to expand Image Massacre survivor Martin Kyere testifies before the Gambia truth commission, March 2021. © 2021 Kerr Fatou (Banjul) – Testimony before Gambia’s truth commission implicating...
View Article45 Countries at UN Rights Body Denounce Russia Crackdown
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 ArticleDR Congo: Probe State Role in UN Experts’ Murder
Click to expand Image Zaida Catalán and Michael Sharp. © Instagram/Zaida Catalán; John Sharp (Kinshasa) – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should meaningfully investigate government...
View ArticleCondemnation of Egypt’s Abuses at UN Rights Body
Click to expand Image Egyptian security forces cordon off roads during curfew hours as prevention measures due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2020. © AP Photo/Nariman...
View ArticleSenegal: Respect Free Expression, Assembly
Click to expand Image Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the arrest of opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko near the Justice Palace of Dakar, Senegal,...
View ArticleTurkey: End Probe of Women Over Shouted Slogans
Click to expand Image Women and the LGBTQI community celebrate the upcoming International Women's Day in Istanbul, Turkey on March 6, 2021. ©2021 AP Photo/Erhan Demirtas/NurPhoto (Istanbul) – Turkish...
View ArticleMyanmar: Facial Recognition System Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image A police officer takes photos of protesters in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Myanmar military junta’s access to a new public...
View ArticleMalaysia: Revoke ‘Fake News’ Ordinance
Click to expand Image A television shows a live broadcast of Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin at a shopping outlet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Vincent...
View ArticleMali: Due Process Concerns in ‘Conspiracy’ Case
Click to expand Image The Administrative Park in Mali’s capital, Bamako, in which the Ministry of Justice is located, January 2017. © 2017 Image Professionals GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo (Bamako) –...
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