Egyptian Government Hides Behind UN Ahead of COP27
Click to expand Image Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, center, sits between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, left, at the Petersberg Climate...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Ups Pressure for Action on Hungary
Click to expand Image People protest in Heroes’ square against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George...
View ArticleUS: Hold on Egypt Funding Doesn't Go Far Enough
Click to expand Image President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy, at the State Department in Washington, February 4, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Evan Vucci (Washington, DC) – The Biden...
View ArticleUN: World Leaders Should Press China, Russia on Atrocities
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
View ArticleWoman Dies in Custody of Iran’s ‘Morality Police’
Click to expand Image Photo of Mehsa Amini. © 2022 ISNA She is “gone … gone,” the mother of Mahsa Amini told a reporter. Her 22-year-old daughter, from Sanandaj in western Iran, was arrested by...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Drop Baseless Investigation of US Citizen
(Washington, DC) - Saudi prosecutors should drop an investigation possibly leading to formal criminal charges against a US citizen living in Saudi Arabia for “disrupting the public order,” Human Rights...
View ArticleJordan: Government Crushes Civic Space
Click to expand Image Jordanian teachers display their national flag during a protest in the capital of Amman on September 5, 2019. © 2019 KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images (Amman) – Civic space in...
View Article‘Chemical Restraints’ Deprive Older People of Liberty
Click to expand Image The daughter of Lenora Cline, 88, who has Alzheimer’s disease, had to persuade the nursing home where she lives to discontinue antipsychotic medications. Los Angeles, August...
View ArticleHardliner Takes Charge in Burundi
Click to expand Image Security minister Gervais Ndirakobuca is sworn in as the new Burundi Prime Minister in Bujumbura on September 7, 2022. © 2022 AFP via Getty Images On September 7, Burundi’s...
View ArticleUN Rights Office Slams Abuses in Philippines
Click to expand Image Emily Soriano, holding a picture of her 15-year-old son who was gunned down in Manila in 2016, says she is turning to the International Criminal Court after failing for years to...
View ArticleSouth Asian States Should Back Remedy for Qatar’s Migrant Workers
In just two months, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will kick off in Qatar.While South Asian football teams won’t be participating in the tournament, World Cup fever is spreading across the region. Many South...
View ArticleFIFA World Cup: All Sponsors Should Back Remedies for Workers
Click to expand Image © 2022 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – FIFA’s corporate partners and sponsors of the 2022 World Cup should all press the global football association and the Qatari government to...
View ArticleFunding Needed for UN’s Yemen Oil Tanker Cleanup
By Joey Shea, Acting Researcher Yemen & Bahrain Donor countries that pledged to fund a long-delayed salvage mission for the FSO Safer, a decaying oil supertanker moored off Yemen’s coast in the Red...
View ArticleAs Philippines’ Marcos Speaks Before UN, a Few Reminders
Click to expand Image Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks as the New York Stock Exchange, New York, September 19, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Seth Wenig When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
View ArticleAfrican States Should Tell FIFA to Establish Remedy Fund for Migrant Workers
Click to expand Image The football team made up of migrant workers in Qatar before a big match, from the documentary “The Workers Cup,” which showcases stories of Qatar’s migrant workers. © 2022 The...
View ArticleExplosive Weapons Declaration to Curb Civilian Harm
Click to expand Image Damage to one of the structures at Kremenchuk Road Vehicle Factory, caused by the second Russian missile which struck the area of the factory on June 27, 2022. Photo taken on...
View ArticleTurkey: Plastic Recycling Harms Health, Environment
(Istanbul) – Plastic recycling in Turkey is harming the health of many people and degrading the environment for everyone, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The 88-page report, “‘It’s...
View ArticleAs World Cup Looms, the Families Football Left Behind
Click to expand Image Ram Pukar Sahani shares his father, Ganga Sahani’s pictures. © 2022 Private Ram Pukar Sahani’s father died in Qatar earlier this year, but his memory remains very much alive. Ram...
View ArticleCanada: Nova Scotia To End Immigration Detention in Jails
(Halifax) – Nova Scotia’s confirmation that it will terminate its immigration detention contract with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is another win for migrant and refugee rights, Human...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Border Clashes Prove Deadly for Civilians
Click to expand Image Civilians displaced by border clashes at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border near Batken, southwestern Kyrgyzstan, September 17, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Danil Usmanov Reports indicate that at...
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