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Cambodia: Quash Convictions of ‘ADHOC 5’

Click to expand Image © 2018 ADHOC (Bangkok) – The Cambodian authorities should quash the baseless criminal convictions of four members and one former member of the Cambodian Human Rights and...

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Zambia: Hope for Kabwe Lead Poisoning Victims

Click to expand Image Three girls play the game isolo on the ground in the lead-affected township of Waya in Kabwe. Soil is the main source of lead exposure in Kabwe. © 2018 Zama Neff/Human Rights...

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Australia: Climate Protesters’ Rights Violated

Click to expand Image (Left) Violet Coco, 31, spent 21 days under what amounted to house arrest and is under a curfew from 3 p.m.- 10 a.m. (Middle) Andrew George, 33,  was sentenced to three months in...

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LGBTI Activists in Ghana Sue Over Abusive Arrest and Detention

Click to expand Image  A young lesbian woman at an LGBT community center in Accra, Ghana.   © 2017 Human Rights Watch Last week, a group of Ghanaian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex...

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The UK Government’s Bill of Wrongs

Click to expand Image UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, speaks during a cabinet meeting with at 10 Downing Street, London, May 24, 2022. © 2022 Daniel Leal/Pool via AP The UK government has...

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Horror Behind Closed Doors of Polish Residential Institution

Click to expand Image Women hold banners during a Supermothers Day protest in Warsaw on May 26, 2018. © 2018 Luczniewski/NurPhoto via Getty Images “My child’s nightmare lasted around a year and a...

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A Suffocating Environment for Greek Civil Society

Click to expand Image Supporters of activists from a migrant search-and-rescue group, who are facing espionage and other felony charges, gather outside a court before their trial in Mytilene port, on...

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US States Should Protect Youth Abortion Access

Click to expand Image Protesters rally in support of abortion rights outside the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas on May 14, 2022. © 2022 Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP As people...

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US Supreme Court Topples Roe v. Wade in a Blow to Rights

Click to expand Image Abortion rights activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana In a predicted but...

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Crackdown in Russia Requires Dedicated UN Monitoring

Click to expand Image Police officers detain a demonstrator holding a poster reading "Hands off Memorial, freedom for political prisoners" in front of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in...

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US: Abortion Access is a Human Right

Click to expand Image Abortion rights activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana (Washington, DC) –...

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Judge Tries to Block Abortion for 11-Year-Old-Rape Survivor in Brazil

Click to expand Image Women hold a banner calling for “legal, safe and free abortion,” during a protest in front of the municipal theater in Rio de Janeiro.  © 2018 Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil “Do...

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Tanzania: Court to Rule on Education Ban for Pregnant Students

Click to expand Image The flag of the United Republic of Tanzania. © 2010 TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – A landmark case on Tanzania’s discriminatory ban against students who are...

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Cameroon: Separatist Abuses in Anglophone Regions

Click to expand Image A burned-out classroom in the government primary school in Molyko, Buea, South-West Cameroon, destroyed by suspected separatist fighters on February 7, 2022. © Private, February...

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Lebanon: Commitment Needed to Tackle Torture

Click to expand Image Ziad Itani, a Lebanese actor, who was exonerated of spying for Israel, is carried after he was released by Lebanese authorities. Itani has accused security officials of torturing...

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Polish Court Rules Pushback of Asylum Seekers Unlawful

Click to expand Image Two women and a child huddle in sleeping bags on the forest floor after crossing the Polish-Belarusian border near Michalowo on October 6, 2021. © 2021 Maciej...

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Maldives Arrests Suspects in Cases of Murdered Activists

Click to expand Image (Left): Relatives of disappeared Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla hold a silent protest during International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances in Colombo,...

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India: Free, Drop Charges Against Teesta Setalvad

Click to expand Image Protestors demand the release of activist Teesta Setalvad after she was arrested in Mumbai, India, 27 June, 2022. © Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto via AP (New York) – The Indian...

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Pakistan Court Holds State Responsible for Enforced Disappearances

Click to expand Image Relatives hold placards and photos of missing family members during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 20, 2021.  © 2021 AP Photo/Anjum Naveed The Islamabad High Court...

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Morocco/Spain: Horrific Migrant Deaths at Melilla Border

Click to expand Image Migrants hold placards during an anti-racism demonstration in the Moroccan capital Rabat on June 28, 2022. © 2022 AFP via Getty Images (Milan, June 29, 2022) – The deaths of at...

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