Don’t Turn Maldives Into World’s Garbage Dump
Click to expand Image Waste emitting fumes on the coastline of Maafushi Island, Maldives, June 25, 2021. © 2021 Dave Primov/Shutterstock On Sunday, Maldives President Ibrahim Solih signed into law the...
View ArticleDoctor Describes Toll of Attack on Hospital in Southern Ukraine
Click to expand Image Ukrainian firefighters work at a damaged hospital maternity ward in Vilniansk, Zaporizka region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. A Russian rocket struck the maternity wing of...
View ArticleKazakhstan: No Justice for January Protest Abuses
Click to expand Image Riot police officers holding 12-gauge shotguns, which can fire both lethal and less-lethal ammunition, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Vladimir...
View ArticleUkraine: Russians Pillage Kherson Cultural Institutions
(Kyiv, December 20, 2022) –Russian military forces and civilians operating under their orders pillaged thousands of valuable artifacts and artworks from two museums, a cathedral, and a national archive...
View ArticleTen Good News Stories for Kids in 2022
Click to expand Image Children playing at sunset at Trou aux Biches, Mauritius, April 24, 2019. © 2019 Sergi Reboredo/AP Photo Despite enormous challenges facing many children around the globe, 2022...
View ArticleMillions of Moscow’s Children Surveilled Long Before Data Leak
Click to expand Image A child studies online from home in Moscow, Russia, amidst school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic. October 19, 2020. © 2020 Vladimir Fedorenko/AP Photo Last week, “NLB...
View ArticleRussia: ‘Immunity Law’ Set for Crimes in Ukraine
Click to expand Image Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addresses the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. July 22, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko...
View ArticleTexas: Investigation of Civic Groups Dangerous for Rights
Click to expand Image Texas Governor Greg Abbott, left, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confer after an Operation Lone Star roundtable discussion on March 10, 2022, in Weslaco, Texas. © 2022...
View ArticleAfghan University Women Feared This Dark Day
Click to expand Image Afghan female students line up at one of Kabul University's gates in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 26, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File Last week, I spoke to 21-year-old...
View ArticleRussia’s Oldest Human Rights Group Faces 'Liquidation'
Click to expand Image Moscow Helsinki Group’s logo. © 2022 Moscow Helsinki Group Last week, Russia’s Justice Ministry filed a petition with the Moscow City Court seeking “liquidation” of the Moscow...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Nagorno-Karabakh Lifeline Road Blocked
Click to expand Image Azerbaijanis protesting on the Lachin road, opposite Russian peacekeeping forces, in Nagorno Karabakh, leading to the closure of the road since December 12, 2022. © 2022 Resul...
View ArticleIran: Brutal Repression in Kurdistan Capital
Click to expand Image Iranians protesting in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran's Kurdistan province, on September 19, 2022. © 2022 AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Iranian security forces used excessive...
View ArticleUN Security Council: Historic Censure of Myanmar Junta
(New York) – The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on December 21, 2022, denouncing the Myanmar military’s rights violations since the February 1, 2021 coup, Human Rights Watch said...
View ArticlePeru: Investigate Killings, Injuries During Protests
Click to expand Image The relatives of 18-year-old Wilfredo Lizarme walk around the city streets with the casket that contains his body, in Andahuaylas, Peru, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Lizarme is one of...
View ArticleIran: ‘Bloody Friday’ Crackdown This Year’s Deadliest
Click to expand Image People protest in Zahedan, Iran, on October 28, 2022. © 2022 Private (Beirut) – Iranian security forces using unlawful lethal force, killed and wounded several dozen protesters...
View ArticleRussian Forces Forcibly Disappear Ukrainian Activist
Click to expand Image Photo of Iryna Horobtsova, 2022. © 2022 Private (Kyiv, December 22) – Russian forces forcibly disappeared Iryna Horobtsova, a resident of Kherson, Ukraine, in May 2022, and are...
View ArticleGreece: Migrant Rescue Trial to Begin
Click to expand Image Sean Binder and Sarah Mardini, search-and-rescue volunteers who helped migrants and asylum seekers at sea, were detained and face trial in Greece on unfounded charges. © Private,...
View ArticleNo Reprieve in Burundi
Click to expand Image Tony Germain Nkina. © Private Good news met bad yesterday in Burundi, as the lawyer Tony Germain Nkina continued to be held in prison despite his recent acquittal, meaning his...
View ArticleBelarus: New Laws Target Critics in Exile
Click to expand Image Members of the Belarusian diaspora outside the Adam Mickiewicz monument in Krakow, Poland, October 2, 2022. © 2022 Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Vilnius, December 22, 2022)...
View ArticleTurkey: Free Rights Defender
Click to expand Image Şebnem Korur Fincancı © 2022 TİHV (Istanbul, December 22, 2022) – Human Rights Watch joined six other human rights and physicians’ groups on December 22, 2022, in seeking the...
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