Kazakhstan: Set Independent Inquiry into January Events
Click to expand Image Troops are seen at the main square in Almaty, Kazakhstan where hundreds of people were protesting against the government, after authorities' decision to lift price caps on...
View ArticleChina: Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril
Click to expand Image Go Sherab Gyatso, summer 2020. © Private (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately and unconditionally release the imprisoned Tibetan monk and religious philosopher...
View ArticleMyanmar: Japan Construction Giant Should End Military Partnership
Click to expand Image Myanmar people living in Japan protest against military rule in their country on the first anniversary of the coup, outside the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo,...
View ArticleTunisia: Secret Detentions Under Cover of State of Emergency
Click to expand Image Demonstrators gather during a protest against President Kais Saied on September 18, 2021, in Tunis. © 2021 AP Photo/Riadh Drid (Tunis) – The Tunisian authorities are using what...
View ArticleDR Congo: Neglected Massacre of Indigenous Group
(Kinshasa) – Democratic Republic of Congo authorities have failed to fully investigate the killing of at least 66 Indigenous Iyeke people in the Bianga district of Monkoto territory in February 2021,...
View ArticleUK Energy Price Hike Threatens to Worsen Poverty Crisis
Click to expand Image Protesters hold placards during a rally urging the government to help people with their energy bills, London, United Kingdom, January 31, 2022. © 2022 Vuk Valcic / SOPA...
View ArticleRussian Government Seeks Closure of LGBT Rights Group
This week, Russia's Justice Ministry filed a lawsuit seeking to “liquidate” Sphere Foundation, the legal entity under which the Russian LGBT Network operates, arguing the group’s activities run...
View ArticleEnsuring Choice for People with Disabilities in Mexico
Click to expand Image View of the plenary session inside the Senate of the Republic of México on March 22, 2018. © 2018 AP Agencia EL UNIVERSAL/Alejandro Acosta/RCC Since the beginning of the 19th...
View ArticleHijab Ban in India Sparks Outrage, Protests
Click to expand Image Students protesting in New Delhi against the hijab ban in some schools in Karnataka state, India, February 8, 2022. © 2022 Naveen Sharma / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images Over...
View ArticleUS: Deported Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Suffer Serious Harm
(Washington, DC) – Cameroonian authorities subjected dozens of asylum seekers deported by the United States to serious human rights violations between 2019 and 2021, Human Rights Watch said in a report...
View ArticleStop Conflating Covid-19 Vaccine Access with ‘Hesitancy’
Click to expand Image A man walks through a gate that displays a banner with information about vaccine shortages outside a primary health center in Hyderabad, India on May 3, 2021. © 2021 AP...
View ArticlePressure Mounts on Sri Lanka to Reform Abusive Law
Click to expand Image A Police Special Task Force is deployed after eight inmates were killed in a prison incident in Mahara, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 30, 2020. © 2020 Akila...
View ArticleUganda: Ensure Justice for Detained, Tortured Author
Click to expand Image The Ugandan author of "Greedy Barbarian," Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, at his home in Iganga district in Eastern Uganda, May 11, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa (Nairobi) –...
View ArticleGruesome Femicide in Iran
Click to expand Image Iranian women walk down a street in the capital Tehran on February 7, 2018. © 2018 ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images Headlines about the beheading of 17-year-old Ghazaleh (Mona)...
View ArticleBiden Seeks to Seize Afghanistan’s Assets
Click to expand Image A composite image of US President Joe Biden (left) and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. (Left): © 2022 AP Photo/Alex Brandon; (Right): © 2022 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana The...
View ArticleCameroon: 2 Years On, Massacre Victims Await Justice
Click to expand Image Memorial ceremony held on February 21, 2020 at the Saint Theresia Cathedral l in Kumbo, North-West region, Cameroon, for victims of the Ngarbuh massacre. © 2020 Private...
View ArticleWorkers Sue Dyson on Allegations of Forced Labor in Malaysian Supplier
Click to expand Image Workers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia mark May Day in 2019 with a rally for labor rights. One sign reads “Migrant workers rights.” © 2019 AP Photo/Annice Lyn Migrant workers from...
View ArticleEurope Shouldn’t Roll Out Red Carpet for Egypt’s President
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attend a joint press conference at the Elysee palace, December 7, 2020 in Paris. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleChina: IOC Can’t Ensure Olympic Apparel Is Abuse-Free
Click to expand Image International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (3rd from right) participates in the Beijing Olympic torch relay in the Chinese capital on February 4, 2022, prior to the...
View ArticleMyanmar: Rohingya Genocide Case Steps Toward Justice
Click to expand Image Members of Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic minority walk through rice fields after crossing the border into Bangladesh near Cox's Bazar's Teknaf area, September 5, 2017. © 2017 AP...
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