South Sudan Government Begins Trial of Activists, Critics
Click to expand Image Abraham Chol Maketh Watches as he attends his first court sitting in Juba, South Sudan on October 5, 2022. © 2022 Samir Bol On October 3, South Sudan’s government started its...
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Click to expand Image A bulldozer demolishes a shop entrance in Jahangirpuri, in New Delhi, India, April 20, 2022. © 2022 REUTERS/ Anushree Fadnavis (New York) – The authorities in India are...
View ArticleVenezuela: UN Rights Council Renews Experts’ Mandate
Click to expand Image © 2022 Human Rights Watch (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council has taken a crucial step to push for accountability for serious crimes and ensure international...
View ArticleGuinea Stadium Trial to Resume
Click to expand Image Victims and their families of crimes committed during Guinea’s 2009 stadium massacre line up to enter a courthouse in Conakry, Guinea on September 28, 2022 the first day of the...
View ArticleUN Rights Body Should Debate Xinjiang Report
Click to expand Image Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 2021. © 2021 Mark...
View ArticleHonduras: Select Supreme Court Based on Merit
Click to expand Image A February 2022 agreement allowed Luis Redondo, an ally of President Xiomara Castro, to lead the Honduran Congress. © 2022 REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez (Washington, DC) – Honduras...
View ArticleLiberia: US War Crimes Ambassador’s Visit
Click to expand Image (Monrovia) – The United States government should stand with victims of civil wars-era crimes in Liberia by signaling its support for a war crimes court to deliver justice and to...
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Click to expand Image Russian-affiliated forces detained and tortured men in a cellar behind these houses that they occupied during March and April in Kapytolivka village, Kharkiv region. September...
View ArticleUN: Deny Venezuela Human Rights Council Seat
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View ArticleFrance: Liberia Atrocity Trial
Click to expand Image A French gendarme stands guard at Paris' criminal courthouse, August 26, 2022. © 2022 REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol. (Paris) – The trial in France of Kunti K. for crimes against...
View ArticlePhilippines: UN Rights Body Fails to Act
Click to expand Image Families of victims of extrajudicial killings in the "war on drugs" display portraits of their slain relatives and call on the UN Human Rights Council to investigate the...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council Should Mandate Expert Monitor on Russia
Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Families Struggle to Enjoy Basic Rights
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Click to expand Image Journalists and activists light candles during a rally following the killing of Filipino journalist Percival Mabasa, also known as Percy Lapid, in Quezon City, Metro Manila,...
View ArticleOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation Should Support Xinjiang’s Muslims
Click to expand Image Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang region on April 23, 2021. © 2021 Mark Schiefelbein/AP...
View ArticleIran: Security Forces Fire On, Kill Protesters
Click to expand Image Iranian demonstrators march down a street in Tehran, October 1, 2022. © 2022 Getty (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have ruthlessly cracked down on widespread anti-government...
View ArticleBangladesh Government Keeps Rewarding Rights Abusers
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View ArticleSouth Sudan Government Begins Trial of Activists, Critics
Click to expand Image Abraham Chol Maketh Watches as he attends his first court sitting in Juba, South Sudan on October 5, 2022. © 2022 Samir Bol On October 3, South Sudan’s government started its...
View ArticleFrench Football Federation Backs Remedy for Qatar’s Migrants
Click to expand Image FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, speaks with French Football Federation President Noel Le Graet before the start of the 69th FIFA congress in Paris, June 5, 2019. © 2019 AP...
View ArticleIndia: Surge in Summary Punishments of Muslims
Click to expand Image A bulldozer demolishes a shop entrance in Jahangirpuri, in New Delhi, India, April 20, 2022. © 2022 REUTERS/ Anushree Fadnavis (New York) – The authorities in India are...
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