Iran: UN Rights Council Should Create Fact-Finding Mission
Click to expand Image Iranian demonstrators in the streets of the capital, Tehran, during a September 21, 2022 protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody. © 2022 AFP via Getty...
View ArticleGlobal Plastics Treaty: Opportunity to Protect Rights
Click to expand Image A man collects items from an illegal dump on November 29, 2020 in Adana, southern Turkey. © 2020 Yasin AKGUL / AFP via Getty Images (New York) – Governments attending...
View ArticleThailand: Car Bombing at Police Apartments in South
Click to expand Image Alleged separatist insurgents detonated a car bomb at police apartments in Thailand’s Narathiwat province on November 22, 2022, killing one police officer and injuring at least...
View ArticleSyria: Cluster Munitions Used in November 6 Attacks
Click to expand Image The remnants of a 9M27K-series cluster munition rocket after it deployed its submunitions in the Maram camp for the displaced near the village of Kafr Jales in the Idlib...
View ArticleEgypt: Sexually Abused Refugees Find No Justice
Click to expand Image A refugee survivor of sexual assault, Cairo, Egypt, October 16, 2019. © 2019 Reuters (Beirut) – The Egyptian authorities have failed to protect vulnerable refugees and asylum...
View ArticleEU: Reject Efforts to Weaken Corporate Accountability
Click to expand Image Tazreen garment fire victims and their relatives during a two-month protest in front of the press club demanding compensation and medical treatment in Dhaka, Bangladesh on...
View ArticleHungary’s Half-Promises Should Not Fool EU Commission
Click to expand Image European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015. © 2015 Reuters Media reports suggest the European Commission has...
View ArticleSri Lanka at Brink of Humanitarian Crisis
Click to expand Image A man counts money at a marketplace in Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 21, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena The dramatic fuel shortages that accompanied mass protests in Sri...
View ArticleEU Parliament Backs Remedy Fund for Qatar Migrant Abuses
Click to expand Image Members of the European Parliament sit in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament during a vote. ©2020 Philipp von Ditfurth/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images On November 24,...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Expelled Journalist should be allowed to return from Russia
Click to expand Image The Kyrgyzstan flag is raised at Ala-Too Square, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on March 3, 2022. © 2022 Vladimir Voronin / AP (Bishkek) – Bishkek’s city court ruled on November 23 to...
View ArticleJapan Football Association President Sidelines Rights Issues in Qatar
Click to expand Image Japanese national soccer team's head coach Hajime Moriyasu and Japan Football Association President Kozo Tashima attend a news conference to name the squad for the 2022 Qatar...
View ArticleRussia: Expanded 'Gay Propaganda' Ban Progresses Toward Law
Click to expand Image Participants in a LGBT community rally in central Moscow, Russia hold a rainbow flag that reads, "Love. Don't make war", as a policeman stops them, May 30, 2015. ©2015...
View ArticlePalestinian Authority Muzzles Call for Reform, Elections
Click to expand Image Demonstrators carry pictures of activist Nizar Banat during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah on the same day he was beaten to death in Palestinian Authority custody,...
View ArticleUS Environmental Agency Needs a Reproductive Justice Hero
Click to expand Image Nancy Pedroza, 27, who is pregnant, receives support from Nichollette Jones, her doula, in Fort Worth, Texas, April 7, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare A letter signed by 28...
View ArticleChina: Respect Right to Peaceful Protest
Click to expand Image Chinese police officers block off access to a site where protesters had gathered in Shanghai on November 27, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo (New York) – The Chinese government should...
View ArticleNepal: Dengue Surge Exposes Climate Risk
Click to expand Image A patient sits on her bed after being admitted with dengue at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Kathmandu. © 2022 Skanda Gautam/SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Sipa via...
View ArticleIraq: No Justice for Protester Deaths
Click to expand Image Young women gathered in Tahrir Square commemorating youth killed during the early weeks of the Tishreen uprising, December 2019, Baghdad, Iraq © 2019 Ivor Prickett/Panos Pictures...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Seeks New Executive Director
(New York) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) is seeking a new Executive Director to lead the organization’s global human rights work and advance its endeavor to secure justice, dignity, and freedom for all....
View ArticlePakistan Province Bans Film about Trans Character
Click to expand Image A woman walks past a promotional board for the film "Joyland" in Lahore, Pakistan, November 16, 2022. © 2022 K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo On November 17, the government of Punjab,...
View ArticleFirst World Cup in Arab World Tarnished by Migrant Worker Abuses
Click to expand Image Construction workers in Doha, Qatar, November 16, 2022. © 2022 ddp images via AP Photo As a Jordanian, I wanted to be proud that an Arab and Muslim-majority country is hosting...
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