Nepal’s Statute of Limitations Denies Rape Survivors Justice
Click to expand Image People chant slogans and display placards during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, against rape cases and domestic violence. May 21, 2022. © 2022 Abhishek Maharjan/Sipa via AP...
View ArticleTajikistan: Stop Abusing Autonomous Region Protesters
Click to expand Image Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon attends a meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan September 16,...
View ArticleAlgeria Targets Diaspora Critics
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 Compared to the most brazen practitioners...
View ArticleCuba: Release Imprisoned Artists
(New York) – The Cuban government should immediately and unconditionally release Maykel Castillo Pérez and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, artists who are set to stand trial starting on May 30, 2022,...
View ArticleFilm ‘Immoral Code’ Explores Danger of Machines That Kill
Click to expand Image A photo outside the ‘Immoral Code’ premiere at the Prince Charles Cinema in London, May 19, 2022. © 2022 Stu Mason, Stop Killer Robots. Over the past decade, concerns have...
View ArticleMexico’s Supreme Court Bans ‘Random’ Immigration Checks
Click to expand Image A Mexican Marine orders a group of migrants from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan off a bus at an immigration checkpoint outside the town of Viva Mexico, near Tapachula, in Chiapas...
View ArticleChad: No Reparations for Ex-President’s Victims
Click to expand Image Hissène Habré’s victims march for reparations, Ndjaména, Chad © Association of Victims of the Crimes of Hissène Habré, May 2022 (Dakar) – The victims of the late Chadian...
View ArticleOne Year Since Deadly Heatwave in Canada, Protections Still Needed
Click to expand Image A woman sits to take a rest as heatwave hits Western Canada on June 30, 2021 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. © 2021 Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images ©...
View ArticleRussia: Authorities Double Down on Persecuting 'Undesirables'
Click to expand Image Mikhail Iosilevich, head of the local branch of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Pastafarianism), an independent group, November 2020. © Private/Facebook (Berlin) – A...
View ArticleDeath of a Man with a Disability at the Hands of Brazilian Police
Click to expand Image Screengrab from a video posted to social media shows smoke coming out of a police vehicle where Genivaldo de Jesus Santos was held, in Sergipe, Brazil, May 25, 2022. The death of...
View ArticleUS: LGBT Asylum Seekers in Danger at the Border
Click to expand Image At a rally in Tijuana, Mexico, people hold placards reading "Stand for Asylum" and "Stop Title 42 Now." The US policy often called “Title 42” allows border agents to expel people...
View ArticleAs US States Restrict Abortion Access, Mexican States Expand It
Click to expand Image A woman holds up a banner that reads "My body, I decide" during a rally to celebrate the decision of the Mexican Supreme Court that found the total criminalization of abortion to...
View ArticleChad: Release Opposition Members and Supporters
Click to expand Image People demonstrating in N’Djamena, Chad’s capital, on May 14, 2022 over France’s military presence in the country and perceived support for the transitional government. © 2022...
View ArticleUkraine War Sparks Hate Crimes in Germany
Click to expand Image A smashed window pane and smeared white paint are seen on a Russian-Polish supermarket in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Wesphalia, March 3, 2022. Police are investigating the incident....
View ArticleLibya: Russia’s Wagner Group Set Landmines Near Tripoli
Click to expand Image National Safety Authority members clear landmines and improvised explosive devices used during the armed conflict in Tripoli, Libya, June 3, 2020. © 2020 Hazem Turkia/Anadolu...
View ArticleKeep Pressure on Sudan’s Coup Leaders
Click to expand Image Pro-democracy protesters flash the victory sign as they take to the streets to condemn a takeover by military officials, in Khartoum, Sudan, October 25, 2021. © 2021 AP...
View ArticleExecution-Style Killings Emblematic of Impunity by South Sudan Army
Click to expand Image In this file photo, soldiers cheer at a ceremony marking the 34th anniversary of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in the capital Juba, South Sudan, November 4, 2017. ©...
View ArticleAttacks on Education Increased Worldwide During Pandemic
Click to expand Image A survivor of the May 8, 2021, bombing of Sayed Al-Shuhada school in Kabul, Afghanistan, looks inside a classroom days after the attack. © 2021 UNICEF/UN0514375 This report was...
View ArticleDR Congo: Civilians at Risk Amid Resurgence of M23 Rebels
Click to expand Image People flee fighting between Congolese troops and M23 rebels near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 24, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa (Goma) –...
View ArticleChina: No Justice 33 Years after Tiananmen Massacre
Click to expand Image This composite image shows the "Goddess of Democracy" statue at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; and the site after the statue was removed on December 24, 2021. © 2021 Daniel...
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