Myanmar: The Rohingya’s Decade of Detention
Click to expand Image A Rohingya boy watches soldiers patrol his camp in Sittwe, May 13, 2013. © 2013 Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Myanmar authorities have detained over 135,000...
View ArticleRecognized Yet Limited: Abortion Rights in Nepal
Click to expand Image Nepalese police outside the Supreme Court in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 23, 2021. © 2021 Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via AP Following the deaths of countless women who had...
View ArticleUS Immigrants Who Arrived as Children Remain Stuck in Impermanence
Click to expand Image DACA recipients hold a rally in New York on August 17, 2021 to demand citizenship now for all undocumented immigrants. © 2021 Lev Radin/Sipa via AP Images Ten years ago, on June...
View ArticleUN Chief Should Name Bold Rights Advocate to Succeed Bachelet
Click to expand Image UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the opening of the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 24, 2020. ©...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Landmine Use Endangers Civilians
Click to expand Image TM-62 anti-vehicle mines found during a mine clearance mission near Bervytsia, a village previously occupied by Russian forces, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 21, 2022. © 2022 Sipa...
View ArticleAfrica: End Rights Abuses Against Girls
Click to expand Image A 16-year-old girl who is pregnant stands in the hallway of her residence in Mbare township in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi (Nairobi) –...
View ArticleAustralia: Prioritize Rights at Home, Abroad
Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese waves alongside newly appointed Foreign Minister Penny Wong, at the door of their plane in Canberra, Australia, May 23, 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleFeminist and LGBT Rights Activist on Trial in Russia
A prosecutor has called for Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova to serve three years and two months in prison during a closed trial over absurd “pornography” charges. Click to expand Image Yulia...
View ArticleExplosive Weapons: Declaration to Curb Civilian Harm
Click to expand Image Damage caused to residential buildings by a Russian attack on March 13, 2022 on Myru Avenue in Chernihiv city, April 19, 2022. Local official said at least six people were...
View ArticleUS: Groups Ask Biden to Create Commission to Study Reparations
Click to expand Image A woman tends to a 150-foot garden planted outside the White House to raise awareness of slavery’s legacy in Washington, DC. © Photograph by Dermot Tatlow © 2022 Human Rights...
View ArticleRespect Rights in Monkeypox Response
Click to expand Image A nurse holds one of the tests for monkeypox at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal, May 30, 2022, in Madrid, Spain. © 2022 Carlos Luján/Europa Press via AP (New York) – Governments...
View ArticleEuropean Union: Prioritize Rights in Egypt Meetings
Click to expand Image EU foreign affairs high representative Josep Borrell (L) meets with Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry, July 13, 2021. © 2021 Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brussels)...
View ArticleUN Rights Body Should Maintain Scrutiny on Sudan
Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019...
View ArticleEU Should Press Ethiopia for Tangible Rights Progress
Click to expand Image Ethiopians wait for food distribution in a small town north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 7, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Ben Curtis © 2021 AP Photo/Ben...
View ArticleChina: US Law Against Uyghur Forced Labor Takes Effect
Click to expand Image In this aerial photo, workers walk alongside a tractor during planting of a cotton field, amid a government-organized trip for foreign journalists, near Urumqi in northwestern...
View ArticleMexico: Barriers for Trans People in Guanajuato State
Click to expand Image A plenary session of the Congress of Guanajuato on June 9, 2022 in Guanajuato City, Mexico. © 2022 Congreso del Estado Guanajuato (León) – Trans people in the Mexican state of...
View ArticleLandmines: US Moves Closer Toward Global Ban
Click to expand Image A landmine survivor wearing a prosthetic leg at an event to commemorate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in Bogotá, Colombia, April 4, 2022....
View ArticleIn Ukraine, Women Should Be Protected from Violence in War and Peace
Click to expand Image A woman carries flowers and a placard that says "At the funeral of the patriarchy" during the feminist's Women March on International Women's Day 2021 in Kyiv, during which...
View ArticleTajikistan: Release Bloggers, Respect Media Freedom
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 ArticleSudan: New Deadly Attacks in West Darfur
Click to expand Image The aftermath of an attack on the village of Masteri in west Darfur, Sudan Saturday, July 25, 2020. © 2020 Mustafa Younes via AP (Nairobi) – New attacks by armed Arab assailants...
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