Some Progress for Children Despite Pandemic’s Toll
Click to expand Image Climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, demonstrates with others in front of the Standard and Chartered Bank during a climate protest in London, England, October 29, 2021, ahead...
View ArticleUEFA Fails Test on Human Rights Strategy
Click to expand Image The winner's trophy of the 2024 European Football Championship (UEFA 2024) stands in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2021. © 2021 Alexander...
View ArticleHong Kong Imposes Sham Election
Click to expand Image A man walks past a poster promoting the upcoming legislative elections in Hong Kong, November 23, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Kin Cheung On December 19, Hong Kong election authorities...
View ArticleBangladesh: Rohingya Refugee Schools Face Closure
Click to expand Image Rohingya refugee students demonstrate against being expelled from Bangladeshi secondary schools in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 6, 2019. © 2019 Private (Bangkok) – The...
View ArticleFIFA and Qatar Need to Do More for Migrant Workers
Click to expand Image © John Holmes, for Human Rights Watch In less than a year, Qatar will host the FIFA 2022 World Cup.The tournament’s final match will be held in the glittering new Lusail Stadium...
View ArticleEgypt: Wave of Unjust ‘Emergency’ Trials
Click to expand Image Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi. During his presidency, Egypt has harassed, prosecuted, arrested and seized the assets of dozens of human rights groups and defenders. ©...
View ArticleKiller Robots: Military Powers Stymie Ban
Click to expand Image All countries have a duty to save humanity by retaining meaningful human control over the use of force and banning fully autonomous weapons. © 2020 Brian Stauffer for Human...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea’s Rapid Tides Expose Climate Risks
Click to expand Image Children play with a canoe on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, February 6, 2018. © 2018 Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images Earlier this month, parts of Papua New Guinea...
View ArticleJapan: Cut Defense Ties with Myanmar Military
Click to expand Image A Myanmar soldier during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 7, 2021. © 2021 Kaung Zaw Hein/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images (Tokyo) – The Japanese...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Yemeni Man Sentenced for Apostasy
Click to expand Image Ali Abu Luhum © 2020 Private (Beirut) – A Saudi court sentenced a Yemeni man to 15 years in prison for apostasy on October 21, 2021, based on comments made via two anonymous...
View ArticleUS: Failure to Pass Build Back Better Act Imperils Rights
Click to expand Image Children and teachers complete a mural in celebration of the launch of the Child Tax Credit on July 14, 2021 at the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center in Washington, DC. © 2021...
View ArticleNigeria: Halt Closure of Displaced People’s Camps
Click to expand Image The Bakassi Internally Displaced People's camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, March 2020. © 2020 AUDU MARTE/AFP via Getty Images (Abuja) – Nigeria’s Borno State government’s efforts to...
View ArticleTop Human Rights Tweets of 2021
The hashtags #WhatIsHappeningInMyanmar, #Tigray, #FarmersProtest, #WhereIsPengShuai, and #FreeBritney trended across the globe in 2021, springing from some of the world's most dire conflicts and...
View ArticleCovid-19, Security Concerns Threaten Cameroon Football Tournament
Click to expand Image Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education, looks on as the Africa Cup of Nations trophy is presented in Yaounde, December 7, 2021. © 2021...
View ArticleCentral African Republic Special Court Announces First Trial
Click to expand Image Judges from the Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court (SCC) hear arguments on December 17, 2021 on whether to send the case against Issa Sallet Adoum, Ousman Yaouba...
View ArticleUN Members Should Stand Strong on Human Rights Funding
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
View ArticleTunisia: Courts Ramp up Speech Prosecutions
Click to expand Image Tunisia’s shuttered parliament. President Saeid suspended the body on July 25 as part of his seizure of extraordinary powers. July 26, 2021, Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. © 2021 Ahmed...
View ArticleRussia: Year of Doubling Down on Internet Censorship
Click to expand Image A young man wearing a face mask checks his mobile phone at the State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, May 26, 2020. © 2020 Jesus Merida / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images (Moscow)...
View ArticleDR Congo: Protesters Shot Dead, Wounded in Goma
Click to expand Image National Road No. 2 barricaded with stones to block traffic during a demonstration in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 20, 2021. © 2021 GUERCHOM NDEBO/AFP...
View ArticleVietnam: Independent Political Candidate Faces Charges
Click to expand Image Le Trong Hung in his home office. © Private (New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately drop all charges and release the independent political candidate Le Trong...
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