India: Media Freedom Under Threat
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View ArticleNo ‘Dignity and Pride’ in World Cup Labor Abuses
Click to expand Image Workers walk to the Lusail Stadium, one of the 2022 World Cup stadiums, in Lusail, Qatar, December 20, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Hassan Ammar At a May 2 conference entitled “Managing...
View ArticleWhat Roe v Wade Means for Human Rights
Click to expand Image A crowd of people gather outside the US Supreme Court in Washington DC, May 2, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Anna Johnson On Monday night, POLITICO published a leaked draft US Supreme...
View ArticlePhilippines: Witnesses Retract Testimony Against Duterte Critic
Click to expand Image Senator Leila de Lima prepares to address the media after a warrant for her arrest was issued by a regional trial court in Pasay city, Philippines, February 23, 2017. © 2017 AP...
View ArticleConcerns Remain as Egypt Frees Activists and Critics
Click to expand Image Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entrances of Tora prison, in Cairo, Egypt, August 2, 2015. © 2015 AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File During the last days of...
View ArticleKazakhstan: No Justice for January Protest Victims
Click to expand Image Demonstrators attend a rally in memory of victims of the January 2022 country-wide unrest in Almaty, Kazakhstan, February 13, 2022. © 2022 ALEXANDR BOGDANOV/AFP via Getty Images...
View ArticleFrontex Reform Needed to Uphold Human Rights
Click to expand Image A man holds a banner during a protest against pushbacks of migrants near the border crossing between Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina in Maljevac, Croatia, June 19, 2021. © 2021...
View ArticleIran: Release Detained Teacher Activists
Click to expand Image Thousands of Iranian teachers took to the streets in 28 cities across the country, demanding better labor protections, February 2015. © 2015 Siavosh Hosseini, Sipa via AP Images...
View ArticleCosta Rica’s Mental Health Bill a Step Back for Human Rights
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View ArticleHow Data Targets People Seeking Abortion
Click to expand Image A Planned Parenthood clinic in Louisville, Kentucky on April 14, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Piper Hudspeth Blackburn Vice Motherboard recently reported that a location data firm is...
View ArticleNew Covid-19 Death Count Should Prompt Stronger Action
Click to expand Image Activists hold a candlelight vigil in front of the White House in Washington DC, May 4, 2022. © 2022 Joy Asico/AP Images for Public Citizen Nearly 15 million people have died...
View ArticleAlgeria: Arbitrary Travel Bans on Diaspora Activists
Click to expand Image Algerians demonstrate in Algiers to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak movement, February 22, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Toufik Doudou (Beirut) – Algerian authorities have...
View ArticleUkraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines
Click to expand Image A member of the Ukrainian armed forces walks past the wreckage of a house damaged by rockets on the southern outskirts of Mykolaiv, Ukraine on March 9, 2022. © 2022 Scott...
View ArticleLebanon: Credible Plans Needed on Education Crisis
Click to expand Image Fewer than half of the school-age refugee children in Lebanon are in formal education. © 2017 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Donor governments should address...
View ArticleJordan: End Debt Imprisonment
Click to expand Image A rehabilitation center in Zarqa, 30 kilometers east of Amman, Jordan, July 2018 © 2018 Khalil Mazraawi/AFP via Getty Images (Amman) – Jordan should commit to fully ending debt...
View ArticleLebanon: New Parliament Should Focus on Rights Issues
Click to expand Image Activists chant slogans demanding the end of corruption, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 20, 2020. © 2020 Marwan Naamani/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Beirut) – Candidates for...
View ArticleNigeria: Prioritize Justice for Abuses Against Protesters
Click to expand Image Demonstrators protesting against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, on October 15, 2020. © 2020 Sunday Alamba/AP Photo (Abuja) – Nigerian authorities have made no effort to...
View ArticleSyrian Detainees’ Families Deserve Answers
Click to expand Image Dozens of Syrians wait at the al-Ra’is Bridge in Damascus for relatives they hope would be among those released from prison, May 3, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki On April...
View ArticleAfghans Dying from Lack of Medicine
Click to expand Image A view of a hall in a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 26, 2022. © 2022 Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images “We just buried Mom. Can you believe it? She was too...
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