Ensuring 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...
View ArticleNicaragua’s Ultimate Sham Trial
Click to expand Image Reporters sit under a banner reading "Freedom for political prisoners" before a news conference of Nicaraguan exiles to denounce the electoral process in Nicaragua ahead of the...
View ArticleUK: 26th Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Click to expand Image © You Resemble Me (London) – Human Rights Watch proudly presents the 26th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival from March 17-25, in partnership with Barbican Cinema,...
View ArticleCambodia: Covid-19 Used to Justify Crackdown on Union
Click to expand Image NagaWorld Casino workers protest outside the National Assembly building after several union members were arrested, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, January 5, 2022. © 2022 REUTERS/Cindy...
View ArticleMyanmar: Scrap Draconian Cybersecurity Bill
Click to expand Image People wait outside an internet shop in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, March 16, 2021. © 2021 STR/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta has revived a draconian...
View ArticleIndia’s Hijab Debate Fueled by Divisive Communal Politics
Click to expand Image Female Muslim students barred from entering their classrooms for wearing a hijab walk outside their college in Udupi, Karnataka, India, February 7, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo The...
View ArticleNigeria’s Kano State Needs Child Protection Law
Click to expand Image Women and girls arrive to make traditional Friday prayers at a mosque in Kano, northern Nigeria on February 15, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Cara Anna Last week, the Federation of Women...
View ArticleLGBT Rights Under Renewed Pressure in Hungary
Click to expand Image Dorottya Redai, an activist with Labrisz Lesbian Association and publisher of the book A Fairy Tale For Everyone, reads from it in Budapest, Hungary, on July 21, 2021. © 2021...
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