Tunisia: Racist Violence Targets Black Migrants, Refugees
Click to expand Image Black African migrants camp, in Tunis, Tunisia, seeking shelter and protection amidst attacks on them, March 2, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Hassene Dridi (Tunis) – President Kais...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Complicit in Crimes Against Women in Kyrgyzstan
Click to expand Image Women march to mark International Women's Day in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 8, 2023. Some of the posters read : "The best gift for me it's my rights!, My body, my choice!" © 2023...
View ArticleBelarus Equates Rights Protection to Extremism
Click to expand Image The door of the Belarusian Association of Journalists main office in Minsk, Belarus on June 2021 © 2021 BAJ Authorities in Belarus have designated the Belarusian Association of...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Police Shut Down Popular Musician’s Show
Click to expand Image Zimbabwean reggae-dancehall artist Wallace Chirumiko, known as Winky D, performs at the Africa Unplugged festival in London, August 27, 2012. © 2012 Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0...
View ArticleRussia’s 'Verdict' against Ukrainian POW a Cynical Farce
Click to expand Image Maxym Butkevych © 2021 Private Today, Russian authorities reported that Maxym Butkevych, an officer with Ukraine’s armed forces, confessed to having deliberately targeted and...
View ArticleEgypt: Dissidents Abroad Denied Identity Documents
Click to expand Image Protesters hold banners and chant slogans during Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s official visit to Germany on July 18, 2022, in Berlin. © 2022 Omer Messinger/Getty...
View ArticleUkraine: Perils of War for Children in Institutions
Click to expand Image A child walks down a hallway of a residential institution where he is staying, April 8, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. © 2022 Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Ukraine war has had traumatic...
View ArticleUN Highlights Abuses Against Women and Girls in North Korea
Click to expand Image A North Korean flag flies at the DPRK Permanent Mission in Geneva. © 2017 Reuters A United Nations report on the rights of women and girls in North Korea documents in...
View ArticleMyanmar: Concrete UN Security Council Action Needed
Click to expand Image A man sits in front of a house in Shan State that was destroyed during fighting between Myanmar security forces and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, January 10, 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees in Denmark at Risk of Forced Return
Click to expand Image Syrian refugee Sawsan Doungham (L) and son Majed (C) protest against the deportation of Syrian families to their homeland at the City Hall Square in Copenhagen on November 13,...
View ArticleWell Deserved Recognition for Central African Judge
Click to expand Image Danièle Darlan, of the Central African Republic, receives the International Women of Courage Award from US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, with US first lady, Jill Biden,...
View ArticleHonduras Ends Ban on Emergency Contraception
Click to expand Image Honduran President Xiomara Castro signing an executive document that allows open access to emergency contraception, March 8, 2023. © 2023 Office of the Honduran Presidency...
View ArticleIn Tunisia, Ticking the Authoritarian Checklist
Click to expand Image Demonstration against President Kais Saied’s policies, Tunis, Tunisia, January 14, 2023. © 2023 Yassine Mahjoub/NurPhoto via AP Images What remains of the human rights gains from...
View ArticleBhutan: Free Long-Term Political Prisoners
Click to expand Image Top row: Lok Bahadur Ghaley; Rinzin Wangdi; Chandra Raj Rai; Kumar Gautam. Bottom row: San Man Gurung; Birkha Bdr Chhetri; Omnath Adhikari; Chaturman Tamang. © Private (New...
View ArticleBahrain: 4 Arrested Over Tweets
Click to expand Image A Bahraini anti-government protester holds up a poster calling for the freedom of jailed human rights activists Nabeel Rajab (who was released in 2020), left, and Abdulhadi...
View ArticleBurundi: Free Five Rights Defenders
Click to expand Image From the left to the right, Sonia Ndikumasabo, Prosper Runyange, Sylvana Inamahoro, Audace Havyarimana and Marie Emerusabe. © 2023 Private Burundian authorities should...
View ArticleCambodia: Labor Leader, Activists Face Baseless Charges
Click to expand Image Union protesters hold a photo of Chhim Sithar, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, and call on authorities to release her and detained...
View ArticleUAE: Arbitrarily Detained Afghans Stuck in Limbo
Click to expand Image Afghans rally in an Afghan refugee camp in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to protest their non-transfer to the United States, February 13, 2022. © 2022 Sayed...
View ArticleMore Migrant Deaths in the Mediterranean
Click to expand Image A piece of the boat and a piece of baby clothing from the deadly migrant shipwreck in Steccato di Cutro near Crotone, Italy, February 28, 2023. © 2023 Remo Casilli/Reuters Thirty...
View ArticleFIFA: Approve ‘Legacy Fund’ for 2022 World Cup Abuses
Click to expand Image FIFA President Gianni Infantino at a Press Conference in Doha, Qatar, November 19, 2022. © 2022 DDP Images via AP photo (Beirut) – FIFA should commit to using the FIFA World Cup...
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