Indonesia Shamelessly Abandons Uyghurs
Click to expand Image Indonesia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters, September 26,...
View ArticleObstruction Threatens Probe into Disappeared Mexico Students
Click to expand Image Families and friends march in Mexico City seeking justice for the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students on the eighth anniversary of their disappearance, August 26, 2022. © 2022 Marco...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Women Protesters Detail Taliban Abuse
Click to expand Image Taliban fighters fire into the air to disperse women protesters in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 13, 2022. ©2022/ AFP via Getty Images/Wakil Kohsar (New York) – Three Afghan women...
View ArticleQatar/FIFA: Reimburse Migrant Workers’ Recruitment Fees
Click to expand Image Parents of Ram Kishun Sahani, a Nepali migrant worker who died in Qatar. © 2022 Private (Beirut) – Many migrant workers paid exorbitant and illegal recruitment fees to make the...
View ArticleNepal: Next Parliament Should Prioritize Justice for Conflict Victims
Click to expand Image A Nepali man looks at photographs of disappeared persons displayed by human rights activists at an event to mark the International Day of the Disappeared in Kathmandu, Nepal,...
View ArticleUS/Mexico: Expelling Venezuelans Threatens Rights, Lives
Click to expand Image Venezuelans walk near a bridge that crosses the Rio Grande River after being expelled from the United States into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. The Biden...
View ArticleHundreds Flee Attacks in Mozambique’s Ruby Mining Region
Click to expand Image People arrive in Montepuez after fleeing violence in several villages across Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, October 20, 2022. © 2022 Private This week, suspected Al-Shabab...
View ArticleUN Chief Admonishes India to Protect Rights of Minorities
Click to expand Image Women stand near the rubble of a shop after authorities demolished a number of Muslim-owned businesses after a Hindu religious procession resulted in communal violence, New...
View ArticleQatar: Security Forces Arrest, Abuse LGBT People
Click to expand Image Evening traffic on the Corniche promenade with the skyline of West Bay Doha the background © 2022/Christian Charisius/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images. (Beirut) – Qatar Preventive...
View ArticleTurkey: Hundreds of Refugees Deported to Syria
Click to expand Image Smoke billows from Russian airstrikes near Syria's Bab al-Hawa (Cilvegözü) border crossing with Turkey on September 27, 2022, according to AFP correspondents and the...
View ArticleMalaysia: Surge in Summary Deportations to Myanmar
Click to expand Image An immigration vehicle takes Myanmar nationals to a Malaysian naval base for deportation, February 23, 2021. © 2021 Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) – Malaysian...
View ArticleRussia: Appeal in Trumped-Up Chechnya Conviction
(Berlin, October 25, 2022) – Two men, whom police tortured in Chechnya, are appealing their conviction on false, politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan Arrests Activists en Masse
Click to expand Image Demonstrators on October 24, 2022 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan call for detained opposition politicians and activists to be freed and protest a border demarcation deal with Uzbekistan...
View ArticlePrevent Civilian Harm from Explosive Weapons
Click to expand Image A fireman stands in the ruins of a building destroyed by a Russian cruise missile, which also injured several civilians, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, July 9, 2022. © 2022 Alex Chan Tsz...
View ArticleUS: Protect the Right to Vote
Click to expand Image (Washington, DC) – Election officials in the United States have human rights obligations to ensure that everyone entitled to vote in the November 8, 2022 elections are able to do...
View ArticleChad: Scores of Protesters Shot Dead, Wounded
Click to expand Image A barricade is set on fire during anti- government barricades in N'Djamena, Chad, October 20, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo (Nairobi) – Security forces fired on protesters in several...
View ArticleUS: Anti-Trans Bills Also Harm Intersex Children
Click to expand Image People rally to end intersex surgeries in New York City, October 27, 2018. © 2018 Hunter Abrams (New York) – The spate of anti-transgender legislative proposals across the...
View ArticleNew UK Prime Minister’s Cabinet Raises Rights Concerns
Click to expand Image Rishi Sunak makes his first speech as British prime minister outside 10 Downing Street, London, October 25, 2022. © 2022 KGC-254/STAR MAX/IPx via AP Photo These are unprecedented...
View ArticleRussia Uses Facial Recognition to Hunt Down Draft Evaders
Click to expand Image Facial recognition payment gates at Smolenskaya metro station in Moscow, Russia, on August 27, 2021. © 2021 Bloomberg/Getty Images Moscow authorities are using the city’s video...
View ArticleASEAN Ministers Hold Emergency Myanmar Meeting
Click to expand Image Immigration authorities transport Myanmar nationals before their deportation from Malaysia, February 23, 2021. © 2021 Lim Huey Teng/Reuters Southeast Asian foreign ministers are...
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