Iran: Population Law Violates Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image Iranian women walk down a street in the capital Tehran on February 7, 2018. © 2018 ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images (Beirut) – Iran’s new population law further violates women’s...
View ArticleEU: Artificial Intelligence Regulation Threatens Social Safety Net
Click to expand Image European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager, left, and European Commissioner in charge of internal market Thierry Breton participate in a media...
View ArticleLandmines: US Should Support Global Ban
Click to expand Image Clearance operator from the Halo Trust clearing a steep, rocky hillside in Afghanistan. © 2004 Brian Liu/Toolbox DC The annual Landmine Monitor 2021 report recorded at least...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea: Address Abuses Raised at UN Review
Click to expand Image Screenshot of Elias Wohengu, Acting Foreign Affairs and International Trade Secretary of Papua New Guinea, presenting during the Papua New Guinea Universal Periodic Review on...
View ArticleLeaders Meet in Paris to Support Libya Elections
Click to expand Image People carry a Libyan flag at Martyr square during a march commemorating the anniversary of protests in Tripoli, Libya, February 25, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File...
View ArticleGreece: Life-Saving on Trial
Click to expand Image Sean Binder and Sarah Mardini, search-and-rescue volunteers who helped migrants and asylum seekers at sea, were detained and face trial in Greece on unfounded charges. © Private,...
View ArticleAfghanistan Facing Famine
Click to expand Image Afghans attempting to withdraw money from a bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, where lost income and cash shortages are worsening severe food insecurity, September 21, 2021. © 2021...
View ArticleHong Kong: Harsh Sentence for Shouting Slogans
Click to expand Image Hong Kong activist Ma Chun-man attends a vigil for Marco Leung Ling-kit, a protester who fell to his death during a demonstration outside the Pacific Place mall, Hong Kong, June...
View ArticleStuck in Limbo Between Poland and Belarus
Click to expand Image People continue to wait at the Polish-Belarusian border in Belarus, November 10, 2021. © 2021 Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images “Die here or go to Poland.”This was the...
View ArticleRussian Authorities Move to Shut Down a Human Rights Giant
Click to expand Image On the night before the infamous “foreign agents” law came into force back in 2012, unknown individuals sprayed graffiti reading, “Foreign Agent! ♥ USA” on the buildings hosting...
View ArticleThailand: Cambodian Refugees Forcibly Returned
Click to expand Image Cambodian political opposition activist Veourn Veasna. © Private (Bangkok) – Thai immigration officials forcibly returned two Cambodian refugees on November 9, putting them at...
View ArticleUkraine War Crimes Arrest a Step Toward Justice
On November 9 Ukrainian authorities arrested Denis Kulikovsky, a senior-level member of the Russia-backed armed group “DNR”. Between 2015 and 2018, Kulikovsky oversaw the “Izoliatsiia” detention center...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Shelve ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill
Click to expand Image El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1. © 2021 AP Photo/Salvador Melendez...
View ArticleNepal: Protect Judicial Independence and Integrity
Click to expand Image Police stand outside the Supreme Court of Nepal on February 23, 2021, following its ruling to reinstate the dissolved House of Representatives. © 2021 / Narayan...
View ArticleIn India, Speaking Out on Abuses Carries a High Price
Click to expand Image A student wearing a face mask stands next to a display of placards at a women-led protest against a new citizenship law in Bangalore, India, March 8, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Aijaz...
View ArticleChina: Olympics Sponsors in Spotlight as Games Loom
Click to expand Image Skaters compete in a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, October 21, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein (New York) – The...
View ArticleAU: Uphold African Human Rights Standards
Click to expand Image The African Union logo outside the AU headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. © 2021 REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (Dakar) – African Union member states should urgently tackle...
View ArticleEgypt: Rampant Abuses Make for Poor Climate Host
Click to expand Image Egyptian special riot police taking their places an hour before the start of the ''Pharaohs' Golden Parade'' on April 3, 2021, Cairo, Egypt. © 2021 Vassilis A....
View ArticleEgypt: US Advocate’s Father Held Incommunicado
Click to expand Image Salah Soltan © Private 2021 (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have held Salah Soltan in incommunicado detention since June 2020, in conditions that amount to enforced disappearance...
View ArticleAfrican Leaders Meet in Niger to Support Girls’ Rights
Click to expand Image A 17-year-old girl from western Kenya who dropped out of lower secondary school when she got pregnant. She received no information that would have allowed her to continue going...
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