Taliban Close Girls’ Secondary Schools in Afghanistan, Again
Click to expand Image Women, teachers and students demonstrate inside a private school to demand their rights and equal education for women and girls, during a gathering for National Teachers Day, in...
View ArticleUN Body Condemns Sri Lanka’s Criminalization of Same-Sex Acts
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan activists march in Colombo on World AIDS day, December 1, 2012. © 2012 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena In a major judgment issued this week, a United Nations treaty body...
View ArticleHaitians Being Returned to a Country in Chaos
Click to expand Image A Haitian who was returned to Haiti from the United States in December 2021 wrote on a sweatshirt the countries he had crossed to get to the US, starting in the Dominican...
View ArticleFrance: Afghan Evacuees Need Mental Health Support
(New York) – Many Afghans evacuated to France as the Taliban took over their country more than six months ago are experiencing trauma and psychological distress, Human Rights Watch said today. While...
View ArticleEthiopia: Airstrike on Camp for Displaced Likely War Crime
Click to expand Image Damage to school building after Ethiopian government airstrike hit the Dedebit Elementary School compound in Tigray on January 7, 2022. © 2022 Private (Nairobi, March 24,...
View ArticleSouth African Court Urges Action on Deadly Air Pollution
Click to expand Image The Kendal and Duvah coal plant power station on the outskirts of Witbank, Mpumalanga province, South Africa, on September 28, 2016. © 2016 MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP via Getty Images...
View ArticleRussia: Arrests, Harassment of Ukraine War Dissidents
Click to expand Image Russian demonstrators attend a protest against the war in Ukraine, in Lenin Square, Novosibirsk on March 2, 2022. © 2022 Vlad Nekrasov/Kommersant/Sipa via AP Images (Berlin) –...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Repeal Protest Ban
Click to expand Image Demonstrators hold anti-war posters during an action against Russia’s attack on Ukraine near the Russian Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, February 28, 2022. © 2022 AP/Vladimir...
View ArticleKashmiri Journalist Detained Under Draconian Indian Law
Click to expand Image Fahad Shah, right, editor-in-chief of the Kashmir-based news website, The Kashmir Walla, in his office in Srinagar, India, January 21, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File A...
View ArticleUS: Don’t Roll Back New York Pretrial Reforms
Click to expand Image A participant holds a “Build Communities” sign at a rally on Rikers Island in New York, NY. © 2020 Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images (New York, NY, March 24,...
View ArticleAfghan Girls Grieve After School Ban Reinstated
Click to expand Image Afghan girls attend class at a high school in Herat, Afghanistan, November 25, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File “For Afghan girls, the earth is unbearable, and the...
View ArticleMyanmar: Armed Forces Day Spotlights Atrocities
Click to expand Image Military personnel participate in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Saturday, March 27, 2021. © AP Photo (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day on March 27,...
View ArticleExtreme Heat Dangers When Pregnant in Pakistan
Click to expand Image Women arrive at an agricultural farm in Lahore, Punjab province, Pakistan on March 5, 2021. © 2021 ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images A new video shows how rising temperatures are...
View ArticleKazakhstan Authorities Should Drop Charges, Release Opposition Activist
Click to expand Image Zhanbolat Mamay © Inga Imanbay This week Kazakhstan celebrated a major holiday marking the beginning of Spring, Nowruz/Nauryz. For Kazakhs, it is a time of street festivals,...
View ArticleUK Government Fails Low-Income Households
Click to expand Image Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves 11 Downing Street for the House of Commons to deliver the Spring Statement in London, March 23, 2022. © 2022 AP...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s Changes to Abusive Security Law Superficial
Click to expand Image Activists protest against the Prevention of Terrorism Act outside the UN office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 3, 2022. Placards in Sinhalese read "Stop bogus amendments," left,...
View ArticleEgypt: Police Target Sudanese Refugee Activists
Click to expand Image Men sitting in a cafe predominantly visited by Sudanese migrants in Cairo, Egypt, 08 August 2017. © 2017 Oliver Weiken/picture alliance via Getty Images (Beirut) – Egyptian...
View ArticleAustralia Inquiry on Beijing Academic Freedom Threats
Click to expand Image Students at the University of New South Wales campus in Sydney, Australia, December 1, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Mark Baker, File On Friday, the Australian parliament’s Joint...
View ArticleColombia/Venezuela: Border Area Abuses by Armed Groups
Click to expand Image An improvised shelter in Vichada state, Colombia, where Indigenous people fleeing Venezuela's Apure state live in poor conditions, without sufficient access to food, drinking...
View ArticleWorld Cup Draw Feted in Qatar, but Migrants Left in Lurch
On April 1, the final draw for the 2022 World Cup is set to take place in Qatar, which is hosting the tournament. This is a major event for football fans, who will be hoping for good luck and a...
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