Zambia: Tackle Lead Poisoning at Former Mine
Click to expand Image View of a former mine pit, now flooded, at the old mine site in Kabwe. In the foreground is an area where small-scale miners still work today. © 2019 Diane McCarthy for Human...
View ArticleMyanmar: Junta Escalates Media Crackdown
(Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta should stop prosecuting journalists and end its assault on independent media, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a video about the media crackdown.Since the...
View ArticleTunisia: President’s Seizure of Powers Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image Kais Saied during the sworn ceremony in Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia on October 23, 2019. © 2019 Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Images (Tunis) – Tunisian...
View ArticleVictory Against Child Marriage in New York State
Click to expand Image Women protest child marriage at the New York state capitol in Albany, on Feb. 14, 2017. © 2017 Anna Gronewold/AP Photo New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation...
View ArticlePhilippine President’s Tired, Old ‘Drug War’ Rhetoric
Click to expand Image Families of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings in the so-called "war on drugs" with portraits of their slain relatives on July 9, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. © 2019...
View ArticleChile: Rulings Uphold Rights of Deported Venezuelans
Click to expand Image Venezuelan migrants board a plane as they are being deported from Chile, at the General Diego Aracena Aguilar International Airport in Iquique, Chile, on February 10, 2021. ©...
View ArticleNigeria: Covid-19 Impact Worsens Hunger in Lagos
The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the plight of families living in poverty in Lagos State, Nigeria and left many people struggling to afford food and meet other basic needs....
View ArticleIndia: Release Detained Myanmar Asylum Seekers
Click to expand Image A Myanmarese man looks towards the Indian side at the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram, India on March 20, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Anupam Nath (New York) – Indian authorities...
View ArticleGlobal Education Summit Begins Amid Pandemic
Click to expand Image Pupils wearing facemasks head to school following the reopening of schools after nine months of no school due to the coronavirus pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya, January 4, 2021. ©...
View ArticleFrance: Equatorial Guinea Vice President’s Conviction Upheld
Click to expand Image Teodorin Nguema, Equatorial Guinea's vice president and son of President Teodoro Obiang. © 2013 Jerome Leroy/AFP via Getty Images (Paris) – France’s highest court, the Cour de...
View ArticleGreece: Stop Denying Refugee Children an Education
Click to expand Image Parwana Amiri, 17, lives in the Ritsona camp, near Athens. She has helped organize informal classes for asylum-seeking children in the camp, whose access to public schools was...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Summary Executions in North
Click to expand Image H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the newly appointed Governor of Warrap State Hon. Aleu Ayieny Aleu meet for a briefing on February 26, 2021 prior to Aleu's departure for...
View ArticleNepal: New Government Should Address Rights
Click to expand Image Newly elected Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (center) walks out of the Federal Parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal after winning vote of confidence, July 18, 2021. © 2021 Rojan...
View ArticleIran: Deadly Repression of Khuzestan Protests
Click to expand Image © Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – The rising death toll and mass arrests raise grave concerns about the Iranian authorities’ response to recent protests in Khuzestan and other...
View ArticleUnchecked Spyware Industry Enables Abuses
Click to expand Image People march in Budapest, Hungary during a July 26, 2021 protest against the Hungarian government over reports that it has used Pegasus spyware. © 2021 Marton Monus/Reuters (New...
View ArticleArrest of Afghan Journalists Highlights Larger Concerns
Click to expand Image Afghan journalists film at the site of a bombing attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 9, 2021. © 2021 Rahmat Gul/AP Images The arrests this week of four journalists in Kandahar...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Mounting Taliban Revenge Killings
Click to expand Image A family flees Panjwai district in Kandahar province on July 4, 2021, after the Taliban captured the area. © 2021 Javed Tanveer / AFP via Getty Images (New York) – Taliban...
View ArticleMali: Girls’ Basketball Coach Indicted for Sexual Assault
Click to expand Image Former President of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hamane Niang attends the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 official mascot launch ceremony on April 18, 2018 in...
View ArticleEgypt: Renewed Judicial Harassment of Rights Defenders
Click to expand Image Human rights activist Gamal Eid is seen at a court in Cairo, March 24, 2016. © 2016 Reuters / Asmaa Waguih (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have summoned at least five prominent...
View ArticleMyanmar: Coup Leads to Crimes Against Humanity
Click to expand Image Women cry after seeing the body of their relative killed on March 14th by security forces during a peaceful protest in Yangon, Myanmar. © 2021 Aung Kyaw Htet / SOPA Images/Sipa...
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