Myanmar Junta Executes Four
Click to expand Image Ko Jimmy and Phyo Zeya Thaw. © 2006/2012 AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta on July 25, 2022, reported the execution of four men in the country’s first...
View ArticleNepal: Amend Transitional Justice Bill
Click to expand Image Nepalese human rights activists and relatives of disappeared persons, make a formation with lighted candles that reads 1350+ (referring to the number of victims) at an event to...
View ArticleMorocco: ‘Playbook’ to Mask Worsening Repression
(New York) – Moroccan authorities are using indirect and underhanded tactics to silence critical activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. The moves aim to...
View ArticleEcuador: Gang Control of Prisons Enabled Massacres
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View ArticleMorocco’s Hidden Repression
Toward the end of his reign, Morocco’s King Hassan II eased his iron-fisted grip on the country, releasing long-serving political prisoners and allowing more space for dissent.Upon Hassan II’s death in...
View ArticleEU’s Drone Is Another Threat to Migrants and Refugees
Click to expand Image Reconstruction of the July 30, 2021, interception facilitated by Frontex drone. In addition to the track of the Frontex drone, the map shows the track of Seabird (a Sea-Watch...
View ArticleKenya: Police Impunity Raises Election Risk
Click to expand Image Protesters in Nairobi, Kenya during a demonstration against police brutality on June 8, 2020. © 2020 Sipa via AP Images (Nairobi) – The failure of Kenyan authorities to address...
View ArticleWhat Lay Behind the Brutal Killing of a Nigerian in Italy?
Click to expand Image A man shows a picture of the victim Nigerian street vendor Alika Ogorchukwu, in Civitanova Marche, Italy, July 30, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Chiara Gabrielli On Friday in the small...
View ArticleIndia: Repression Persists in Jammu and Kashmir
Click to expand Image Employees of Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Association protest against the killing of their colleague Rajni Bala in Jammu and Kashmir, India, June 2, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Channi...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Heightened Crackdown on Dissent
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan police and military personnel near the parliament in Colombo, July 19, 2022. © 2022 Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via AP (New York) – The Sri Lankan government is using...
View ArticleUN: Set Fact Finding Mission on Beirut Explosion
(Beirut) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should pass a resolution at its September 2022 session to create an impartial fact-finding mission into the Beirut port explosion, 11 human rights...
View ArticleDutch Decision Helps Protect EU’s Syrian Asylum Seekers
Click to expand Image A protest by the Irish-Syria Solidarity Movement outside the Danish Embassy on June 4, 2021, in Dublin, Ireland. © 2021 Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP Denmark’s controversial move...
View ArticleBeijing Eats Bitter Fruit of its Own Propaganda
Click to expand Image Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, speaks with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she prepares to leave Taipei, August 3, 2022. © 2022 Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Economic Crisis Underlies Mass Hunger
Click to expand Image Afghans waiting in lines to receive emergency assistance from the World Food Program (WFP) in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 3, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Bram Janssen (Washington, DC)...
View ArticleBurundi Leader Lashes Out at Rights Groups
Click to expand Image Révérien Ndikuriyo on the day of his election as secretary general of Burundi's ruling party in Gitega on January 24, 2021. © 2021 Private The head of Burundi’s ruling...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s Economic Crisis and the IMF
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan anti-government protesters call for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 29, 2022. © 2022 Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via AP Sri...
View ArticleUS: Dismantle Structures of Racism Now
Click to expand Image Protesters at a rally in Minneapolis call for justice for George Floyd after closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial ended on April 19, 2021. © 2021 Jason Armond / Los...
View ArticleDR Congo: Blinken Visit Tests US Support for Democracy, Rights
Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with African ministers at United Nations headquarters, May 18, 2022. © 2022 Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP (Washington, DC) – United...
View ArticleRwanda: Human Rights Should Be Priority on Blinken Trip
Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with African ministers at United Nations headquarters, May 18, 2022. © 2022 Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP (Washington) – The United...
View ArticleJapan: Press Cambodia to End Trade Union Crackdown
Click to expand Image Cambodian authorities force NagaWorld strikers onto city buses to remove them from picket lines near the NagaWorld Casino in Phnom Penh, February 23, 2022. © 2022 CamboJA News...
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