Forest Guardian Slaying Overshadows Amazon Day
In Brazil, news of a slain forest guardian overshadowed the commemoration of Amazon Day on September 5, as the killing put in stark relief the reality of the rainforest and its embattled defenders....
View ArticlePakistan Floods Dire for Millions of Children
Click to expand Image Children displaced by flooding taking refuge in Shikarpur district of Sindh province, Pakistan, September 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Fareed Khan Disastrous floods now cover nearly...
View ArticleSyria: Children with Disabilities Left Unprotected
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View ArticleAfghan Disability Rights Advocate Honored
(New York) – Benafsha Yaqoobi, an Afghan disability rights advocate, is the 2022 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights...
View ArticleUN: New Rights Chief Should Speak Out for All Victims
Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 2021. © 2021 Sergi Reboredo / VWPics via AP Images (New York) – The United Nations...
View ArticleUS: California Should Enact Housing, Treatment Options That Work
Click to expand Image A view of California’s capitol, where the state legislature passed the CARE Act on August 31, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli (Sacramento) – A newly passed California...
View ArticleSri Lankan Government Appoints Alleged Rights Abusers
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan parliamentarians Sanath Nishantha (right) and Milan Jayatilleke walk to a prison bus escorted by prison officers in Colombo, May 18, 2022. © 2022 Pradeep...
View ArticleEU Leader Should Prioritize Rights During Mozambique Visit
Click to expand Image A destroyed house in the town of Mbau, Mozambique, September 23, 2021. © 2021 REUTERS/Baz Ratner As the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security...
View ArticleEgypt: Government Undermining Environmental Groups
Click to expand Image (RL) Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, and Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt, photographed as part of the Petersberg climate dialogue...
View ArticlePhilippines: Strong UN Rights Council Action Needed
Click to expand Image Progressive groups protest during the inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as president of the Philippines, in Manila, June 30, 2022. © 2022 Sipa via AP Images (Geneva) – The...
View ArticlePhilippines: Strong UN Human Rights Council Action Needed
Click to expand Image Progressive groups protest during the inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as president of the Philippines, in Manila, June 30, 2022. © 2022 Sipa via AP Images (Geneva) – The...
View ArticleInternational Criminal Court Should Reach Decision on Afghanistan
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File Delay in a critical International Criminal Court...
View ArticleUS States Fail to Protect Children’s Rights
Click to expand Image © 2022 Ben Wiseman for Human Rights Watch (New York) – United States state laws overwhelmingly fail to meet international child rights standards, with the vast majority failing...
View ArticleMyanmar: Death of Activists in Custody
Click to expand Image People attend the funeral of Khin Maung Latt, a National League for Democracy ward chairman in Yangon, Myanmar, who died in custody, March 7, 2021. © 2021 REUTERS/Stringer...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Rights Groups Urge Strong UN Resolution
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan human rights activists protest against the Prevention of Terrorism Act outside the UN office in Colombo, March 3, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena (Geneva) –...
View ArticleAustralia: Act on China’s Abuses in Xinjiang
Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) and Foreign Minister Penny Wong attend the Quad leaders' summit, between the United States, Japan, India and Australia, in...
View ArticleLandmark Prosecution of Iranian Official Gives Diaspora Hope
Click to expand Image People react to the verdict of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian official sentenced to life in prison, outside the Stockholm District Court, Sweden on July 14, 2022. © 2022 Chris...
View ArticleEndless Tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea
Click to expand Image Migrants in a wooden boat are waiting to be rescued by a ship from the Spanish NGO Open Arms in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, March 5, 2022. © 2022 Antonio...
View ArticleA Devastating Burning Season for the Brazilian Amazon
Click to expand Image Fire consumes land deforested by cattle farmers ranchers near Novo Progresso, Para Pará State, Brazil, August 2020. © 2022 AP/Andre Penner There were more fires in the Brazilian...
View ArticleChina: Xinjiang Official Figures Reveal Higher Prisoner Count
Click to expand Image Guard towers on the perimeter wall of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang region on April 23, 2021. © AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein (New...
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