Cameroon Court Punishes Anti-LGBTI Violence
Last week a court in Cameroon handed down a 6-month prison sentence and fine of 650,000 CFA (US$1,106) to one of the perpetrators of a violent attack on an intersex person last year in Yaoundé,...
View ArticleQatar: Wage Abuses by Firm in World Cup Leadup
Click to expand Image Doha Skyline, Qatar. © 2018 Šarūnas Burdulis (Beirut) – Migrant workers at a prominent Qatari trading and construction firm have not received their salaries for up to five...
View ArticleFlorida’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Threatens Rights and Dignity
Click to expand Image Advocates stand at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee to protest a bill before the Florida legislature to limit abortions, February 16, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Mark...
View ArticleUkraine: Cluster Munitions Launched Into Kharkiv Neighborhoods
Click to expand Image The cargo section of a 9M55K cluster munition rocket that hit a street in Kharkiv. The 72 submunitions would have been stacked inside this carrier. © 2022 Private Russian forces...
View ArticleThe UK Sees No Evil in Bahrain’s Detention of Children
Click to expand Image © 2016 Human Rights Watch Despite mounting evidence of abuse, the United Kingdom government has yet to criticize or even retract statements that appear to support Bahrain’s...
View ArticleUkraine: Unequal Treatment for Foreigners Attempting to Flee
Click to expand Image Nigerian students in Ukraine wait on a platform in Lviv railway station for a train to evacuate across the border, Sunday, February 27, 2022 in Lviv, west Ukraine. © AP...
View ArticleSurge in Attacks on Aid Workers in South Sudan
Click to expand Image People are seen at a hospital run by Medicines Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Old Fangak in Jonglei state, South Sudan, December 28, 2021. © © 2021 AP Photo/Sam...
View ArticleHungary: Smear Campaign Targets Critical Voices
Click to expand Image Thousands of people take part in a rally against the Hungarian government's distorting media policies and campaign against civic groups, in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, April 21,...
View ArticleA Sick Baby Clings to Life in a Ukraine Basement
Click to expand Image Women and their children sit in the basement of a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, February 28, 2022. The photo...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Alleged Child Offender Again Sentenced to Death
Click to expand Image Abdullah al-Huwaiti, now 20, at 14 years old. © Private (Beirut) – A Saudi man who was 14 at the time of his alleged crime and whose previous death penalty conviction was...
View ArticleRussia Instructs Teachers to Spread Disinformation About Ukraine
Click to expand Image Students attend a physics lesson at a secondary school in Yekaterinburg, Russia, February 4, 2022. © 2022 Donat Sorokin\TASS via Getty Images This week, Russia’s Education...
View ArticleTurning Covid’s Economic Crisis into Opportunity
Click to expand Image A man picks up food for his family at the Los Angeles Unified School District's Liechty Middle School in Los Angeles, California, July 16, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes...
View ArticleFrench Election Guide: Vote for Human Rights
Click to expand Image Ballot envelope, initials Republique Francaise, with a ballot box, March 5, Gace, France. © Sipa via AP Images (Paris, March 7, 2022) - France's 2022 presidential election is...
View ArticleUnder Shelling in Kharkiv
Click to expand Image A view of the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. © March 1, 2022 AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy © “We stopped counting days and nights. It’s...
View ArticleRussia Criminalizes Independent War Reporting, Anti-War Protests
Click to expand Image A flag flies on a Russian State Duma building in Moscow, Russia. February 2022. © 2022 Alexey Maishev/Sputnik via AP (Berlin) – Russia has enacted two laws, adopted and brought...
View ArticleHong Kong: Covid-19 Threatens Detained Democracy Leaders
Click to expand Image Activist Koo Sze-yiu speaks to the media after arriving at a court in Hong Kong, September 30, 2020. © AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File (Hong Kong) – Hong Kong authorities should...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban Threatening Provincial Media
Click to expand Image A TV presenter from southern Afghanistan hides her identity for security concerns as she gives an interview to The Associated Press in Kabul, February 3, 2022. © 2022 AP...
View ArticlePutting a Spotlight on Nicaragua’s Brutal Repression
Click to expand Image Riot police stand guard outside the house of Cristiana Chamorro, former director of the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation and opposition presidential candidate, in Managua...
View ArticleHonoring Women’s Rights Activists on International Women’s Day
Click to expand Image A woman holds a sign that reads "Sex education to decide, contraceptives to avoid abortion," as she participates in the Global Day of Action for access to legal, safe and free...
View ArticleUkraine: Mariupol Residents Trapped by Russian Assault
Click to expand Image Smoke rises after shelling by Russian forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 4, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka Civilians in Ukraine’s southeastern coastal city of Mariupol...
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