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India: Media Freedom Under Threat

Click to expand Image प्रेस क्लब ऑफ इंडिया के बाहर मीडिया पर सरकारी तंत्र के बढ़ते प्रतिबंधों का विरोध करते पत्रकार, नई दिल्ली, भारत, 18 फरवरी, 2021 © 2021 प्रदीप गौर/सोपा इमेजेज/सिपा यूएसए (सिपा वाया...

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Time for British Columbia to Cancel Immigration Detention Contract

Click to expand Image © Shivangi Sikri/Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity Human rights organizations and advocates across the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) are launching a...

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No ‘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...

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What 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...

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Philippines: 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...

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Concerns 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...

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Kazakhstan: 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...

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Frontex 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...

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Iran: 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...

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Costa Rica’s Mental Health Bill a Step Back for Human Rights

Click to expand Image A plenary session in the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly in San José, September 28, 2021. © 2021 Asamblea Legislativa de la Republica de Costa Rica via Wikimedia Commons Last...

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How 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...

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New 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...

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Algeria: 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...

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Ukraine: 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...

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Lebanon: 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...

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Jordan: 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...

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Lebanon: 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...

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Nigeria: 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...

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Syrian 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...

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Afghans 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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