Uzbekistan: Unrest Poses Key Human Rights Test
Click to expand Image Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. © 2017 Reuters At least 18...
View ArticleFrance: Rights Agenda for Macron’s Second Term
Click to expand Image A photo of a TV screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during televised address on June 22, 2022, in Paris. © Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Abandoned Coal Mines Risk Safety, Rights
Click to expand Image A child collects coal in front of a coal-fired power plant in Emalahleni in the coal-rich province of Mpumalanga, South Africa, June 2, 2021. © 2021 REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko...
View ArticleIndia Punishes Internationally Recognized Activists
Click to expand Image Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair being produced at the Patiala House Court by police in New Delhi, India, June 28, 2022. © 2022 Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images...
View ArticleMexico/Central America: New Visa Restrictions Harm Venezuelans
Click to expand Image Migrants waiting for a boat to take them from the Indigenous community of Canaán Mebrillo to Puerto Limón, Panama, after a days-long walk across de Darien Gap, May 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleHow the French Soccer Team Can Support Human Rights
Click to expand Image The French national team, including captain Hugo Lloris (in yellow), pose for a photo during the UEFA Nations League A Group 1 match between France and Denmark at Stade de France...
View ArticleEgypt: Arbitrary Travel Bans Throttle Civil Society
Click to expand Image Gamal Eid (Top Left), Karim Ennarah (Top Right), Azza Soliman (Bottom Left), and Nasser Amin (Bottom Right). © 2022 Private (Washington, DC) – Egypt is using arbitrary travel...
View ArticleHow Australians Can Avoid Aiding China’s Propaganda Machine
Click to expand Image China's ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, gives an address on the state of relations between Australia and China at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, June 24,...
View ArticlePoland Finally Lifts State of Emergency at Belarus Border
Click to expand Image Polish border guards patrol along the fence on the Polish-Belarusian border near the village of Nowdziel, June 30, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP Poland ended...
View ArticleHow the French Football Team Can Support Human Rights
Click to expand Image The French national team, including captain Hugo Lloris (in yellow), pose for a photo during the UEFA Nations League A Group 1 match between France and Denmark at Stade de France...
View ArticleVictory for Asylum Seekers in US Supreme Court
Click to expand Image A protest against the "Remain in Mexico" policy in front of the US Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., April 26, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Michael Brochstein/ Sipa via AP Images The...
View ArticleForced Return of Syrians by Lebanon Unsafe and Unlawful
Click to expand Image A group of Syrians gather around a small fire inside a camp in the village of Sumakieh in north Lebanon a few hundred meters from the Lebanese-Syrian border, January 31, 2022. ©...
View ArticleEgypt: Flawed Investigation Into Death in Custody
Click to expand Image Ayman Hadhoud © Private (Beirut) – The Egyptian authorities have failed to conduct an independent, effective, and transparent investigation into the suspicious death in custody...
View ArticleThe Cost of Speaking Up in Rwanda
Click to expand Image Kizito Mihigo speaking to the media in Kigali on April 15, 2014 after nine days in incommunicado detention. In an audio recording released after his death, Mihigo says he was...
View ArticleIndonesia: Make Draft Criminal Code Public
Click to expand Image About 2,000 students from several universities in Jakarta protest outside the parliament building, calling on the Indonesian government and parliament to allow sufficient time...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban Execute, ‘Disappear’ Alleged Militants
Click to expand Image Darunta Canal, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2022. © 2022 Private (New York) – Taliban security forces have summarily executed and forcibly disappeared alleged...
View ArticleReproductive Justice on the Frontlines of US Climate Action
Click to expand Image Nancy Pedroza, 27, who is pregnant, receives support from Nichollette Jones, her doula, in Fort Worth, Texas, April 7, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare Massive heatwaves in...
View ArticleEU Parliament Adopts Landmark Regulation of Internet Platforms
Click to expand Image The European Union logo is seen on a portable mobile device in this photo illustration on January 22, 2019. © 2019 Jaap Arriens/Sipa via AP Images The European Parliament has...
View ArticleCameroon: Military Killings Inquiry A Positive Step
Click to expand Image Soldiers of the 21st Motorized Infantry Brigade patrol in the streets of Buea, South-West Region of Cameroon on April 26, 2018. © 2018 ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images...
View ArticleEuropean Court Slams Greece Over Deadly Migrant Pushback
Click to expand Image Demonstrators gather in front of the Greek parliament in Athens during a protest against violence at the Greek-Turkish border on February 6, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Yorgos...
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