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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...

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Hijab 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...

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US: 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...

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Stop 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...

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Pressure 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...

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Uganda: 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) –...

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Gruesome 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)...

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Biden 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...

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Cameroon: 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...

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Workers 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...

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Europe 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...

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China: 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...

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Myanmar: 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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Nicaragua’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...

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UK: 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,...

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Cambodia: 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...

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Myanmar: 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...

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India’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...

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Nigeria’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...

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LGBT 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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