US Should Stop Scapegoating Migrants
Click to expand Image A man shows a portrait of Wilmer Tulul in Tzucubal, Guatemala. Wilmer and his cousin Pascual, both 13, were among the dead discovered inside a tractor-trailer near auto salvage...
View ArticleAmerican Bar Association Backs Intersex Autonomy
The American Bar Association (ABA), a membership organization for attorneys in the United States that develops professional ethics codes, has issued a resolution supporting the rights of children with...
View ArticleLibya/US: Rights Concerns in Lockerbie Suspect’s Extradition
Click to expand Image A police officer walks by the wreckage of Pan Am flight 103 in a field near the town of Lockerbie, Scotland where it lay after a bomb aboard exploded, killing a total of 270...
View ArticlePhilippines: Next Steps for ICC Probe of Duterte-Era Killings
Click to expand Image Protesters march outside Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines, June 30, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Aaron Favila (Manila) – A three-judge panel of the International Criminal Court...
View ArticleHong Kong Court Rejects Compulsory Surgery for Trans Men
Click to expand Image Transgender activist Henry Edward Tse speaks to reporters outside of Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, February 6, 2023. © 2023 Anthony Kwan/AP Photo The Court of Final Appeal...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Expands Access to Free Education
Click to expand Image Students attend a class at Mercy School in Juba, South Sudan, on July 8, 2021. © 2021 Andreea Campeanu/Getty Images Last week, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir directed...
View ArticleLBQ+ Women Face Brutal Attacks, Discrimination at Every Turn
Lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ+) women and non-binary people around the world face violence from security forces, family members, and others, along with widespread discrimination that prevents them...
View ArticleUS: New Policy on Autonomous Weapons Flawed
Click to expand Image © 2020 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – A new United States Department of Defense directive concerning development of autonomous weapons systems is an...
View ArticleSome Governments, Companies Take Steps to Protect Children
Click to expand Image A girl studies online at home during Covid-19 school closures in Berlin, Germany, January 8, 2021. © 2021 Kira Hofmann/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Several governments and...
View ArticleTax Authorities Raid BBC Offices in India
Click to expand Image Police officers stand outside a building having BBC offices, where income tax officials are conducting a search, in New Delhi, India, February 14, 2023. © 2023 Anushree...
View ArticleCambodia: Hun Sen Extinguishes Media Freedom
Click to expand Image Voice of Democracy staff inside their office following the revocation of their operating license by Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 13, 2023. © 2023 LICADHO (Bangkok) – The...
View ArticleMyanmar: Political Parties Law Shackles Opposition
Click to expand Image A Myanmar protester holds up a three-finger salute in front of security forces. © Myanmar Film Collective (Sydney) – Myanmar’s new political parties law will prevent key members...
View ArticleChina and Russia Fail to Defund UN Human Rights Work
Click to expand Image Dai Bing (on screen), China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks during the opening of the main session of the Fifth Committee of the 77th UN General...
View ArticleThe Snail’s Pace of Military Justice in Cameroon
Click to expand Image Memorial ceremony held on February 21, 2020 at the Saint Theresia Cathedral l in Kumbo, North-West region, Cameroon, for victims of the Ngarbuh massacre. © 2020 Private Three...
View ArticleUganda Threatens to Close UN Human Rights Office
Click to expand Image The flag of Uganda. © 2018 Press Association via AP Images (Nairobi) – The Ugandan government should immediately reverse its decision to end the mandate of the United Nations...
View ArticleUK/US: 50 Years on, Islanders Can’t Go Home
(London) – The forced displacement of the entire Chagossian people by the United Kingdom and United States governments and the UK’s racial persecution, and continued blocking of their return home, are...
View ArticleNorthwest Syria: Aid Delays Deadly for Quake Survivors
Click to expand Image Destruction left by the deadly earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey in Jindires, northwestern Syria on February 11, 2023. © 2023 Anas Alkharboutli/picture-alliance/dpa/AP...
View ArticleThailand: Law on Torture, ‘Disappearance’ Delayed
Click to expand Image A sketch of Somchai Neelapaijit, a prominent Muslim human rights lawyer abducted in Bangkok on March 12, 2004. © 2015 Prachatai (New York) – The Thai government’s decision to...
View ArticleUK, US Expelled Islanders 50 Years Ago, a Crime Against Humanity
(London) – The forced displacement of the entire Chagossian people by the United Kingdom and United States governments and the UK’s racial persecution, and continued blocking of their return home, are...
View ArticleMexico: Bill to Support People With Disabilities and Older Persons
Click to expand Image Legislators attend a session of Mexico City’s Congress on April 24, 2007. © 2007 ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images (Mexico City) – A proposal to eliminate legal guardianship...
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