Cambodia: End Food Insecurity, Abuses During Lockdown
Click to expand Image Military Police patrol the 'Red Zone' to ensure people abide by the lockdown measures. © 2021 Andy Ball / SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Bangkok) – The Cambodian government should...
View ArticleRussia: Withdraw New Batch of Oppressive Laws
Click to expand Image Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addresses the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. July 22, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko...
View ArticleTime for Action to Protect Australia’s Older People
Click to expand Image A resident looks out from the window of the Florence Aged Care Facility amid the second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Melbourne, Australia August 17, 2020. ©...
View ArticleBiden Pledges Support for Covid-19 Intellectual Property Waiver
Click to expand Image Supporters attend the Rally for Vaccine Access for Everyone, Everywhere on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Eric Kayne/AP Images for Social Security Works) People...
View ArticleCOVAX: Enhance Transparency, Share Intellectual Property
Click to expand Image A woman receives the AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 at an apartment building in Bengaluru, India, April 24, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi (New York) – The COVAX vaccine...
View ArticleUganda: Reject Sexual Offenses Bill
Click to expand Image Brenda, a Ugandan transgender woman, was arrested and assaulted by police in the wake of the passage of Uganda’s 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Activists fear that the passage of...
View ArticleGreece: Custody Bill Puts Women, Children at Risk
Click to expand Image Protest outside the Greek Parliament in Athens on March 27, 2021 against a bill that would introduce compulsory equal joint custody of children in cases of separation or divorce....
View ArticleClimate Crisis A Rising Threat to Maternal Health in the US
Click to expand Image Farmworkers, considered essential workers under the current Covid-19 pandemic guidelines, work a strawberry field in Santa Paula, California, April 15, 2020. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Health Care for Women Hit by Aid Cuts
(New York) – Falling donor support for essential services in Afghanistan is reducing women’s access to essential health care, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. More cuts are likely...
View ArticleICC Sentences LRA Leader to 25 Years
Click to expand Image Dominic Ongwen at his confirmation of charges hearing in ICC courtroom I on 21 January 2016 © ICC-CPI. The International Criminal Court (ICC) today imposed a 25-year-sentence on...
View ArticleMyanmar: Junta Bans Satellite Television
Click to expand Image Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger sign of defiance during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar on April 23, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Myanmar junta added a...
View ArticleUS State of Alabama Removes Anti-LGBT Language from Sex Ed Law
Click to expand Image LGBT Rainbow Flag © 2008 Ludovic Berton (Wikimedia Commons) Alabama’s Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill that will update the US state’s sexuality education law, removing...
View ArticleMartial Law in Eastern Congo No Pretext for Abuse
Click to expand Image Congolese soldiers stand in a field camp in Paida, near Beni, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 7, 2018. © 2018 Goran Tomasevic/Reuters Martial law...
View ArticleRaid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves 25 Dead
Click to expand Image Activists and relatives of victims shout slogans and demand justice the day after a deadly police operation in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 7, 2021. ©...
View ArticleJapan’s Ruling Party LGBT Bill Falls Short
Click to expand Image Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Hiro Komae Over the past six years, activists in Japan have...
View ArticleThailand: Land Rights Activist Gunned Down
Click to expand Image Somsak Ochuenjit © 2020 Private (New York) – Thai authorities should immediately investigate the killing of Somsak Onchuenjit, a lawyer and land rights activist, in Trang...
View ArticleUN Security Council: Adopt Global Arms Embargo on Myanmar
Click to expand Image A police officer stands in front of anti-coup protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, February 19, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo (New York) – The United Nations Security Council should...
View ArticleUAE: Foreign Debtor Trapped in Dire Circumstances
Click to expand Image UAE flag with Dubai skyline © 2019 Getty Images (Beirut) – United Arab Emirates authorities have barred an Iranian national from leaving the country or working for nearly seven...
View ArticleMiddle East/North Africa: End Violent Punishment of Children
Click to expand Image © 2020 Dadu Shin for Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should outlaw the violent discipline of children, Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleEurope: Redouble Efforts to End Violence Against Women
(Berlin) – Council of Europe member states should reinforce efforts to combat violence against women by swiftly ratifying and carrying out a landmark regional convention on women’s rights, Human Rights...
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